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PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Chair
Peter Crino, MD, PhD

Temple University School of Medicine
Department of Neurology
Philadelphia, PA
Specialty: Adult Neurology & Epilepsy

Stephen Ashwal, MD
Loma Linda School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Loma Linda, CA
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology
 
E. Martina Bebin, MD, MPA
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Neurology
Birmingham, AL
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy
 
John Bissler, MD
Children's Hospital Medical Center
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Cincinnati, OH
Specialty: Pediatric Nephrology

Candida Brown, MD
Diablo Valley Child Neurology, Inc.
Pleasant Hill, CA
Specialty:  Pediatric Neurology

Anna W. Byars, PhD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Specialty: Neuropsychology

Paul Caruso, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Specialty: Pediatric neuroradiology

Kevin Chapman, MD
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Denver, CO
Specialty:  Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

Harry T. Chugani, MD
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Pediatric Neurology
Detroit, MI
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy
 
Petrus J. de Vries, MBChB, MRCPsych, PhD
University of Cape Town
Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Rondebosch, Cape Town
South Africa
Specialty:  Developmental Neuropsychiatry

Orrin Devinsky, MD
NYU Epilepsy Center
New York, NY
Specialty: Neurology & Epilepsy

Francis J. DiMario, Jr, MD
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Neurology
Hartford, CT
Specialty:  Pediatric Neurology & Pediatrics
 
Michael S. Duchowny, MD
Miami Children's Hospital
Department of Neurology
Miami, FL
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

David W. Dunn, MD
Riley Hospital for Children
Indiana University School of Medicine
Department of Neurology
Indianapolis, IN
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Psychiatry
 
Nancy J. Elling, RN, BSN, CPN
Children's National Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Fairfax, VA
Specialty: Nursing (Neurology & Epilepsy)

Kevin C. Ess, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Department of Neurology
Nashville, TN
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

David H. Ewalt, MD
Urology Clinic of North Texas
Dallas, TX
Specialty: Urological Surgery

J. Robert Flamini, MD
PANDA Neurology
Atlanta, GA
Specialty:  Pediatric Neurology

David Neal Franz, MD
Children's Hospital Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Cincinnati, OH
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

Emily R. Freilich, MD
Children’s National Medical Center
Fairfax, VA  & Washington, DC
Specialty: Neurology

Michael D. Frost, MD
The Minnesota Epilepsy Group, P.A.
Saint Paul, MN
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

Patricia A. Gibson, MSSW
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Baptist Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Comprehensive Epilepsy Information Service
Winston Salem, NC
Specialty: Social Work

Tanjala T. Gipson, MD
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, MD
Specialty: Pediatrics, Pediatric  Neurology, Neurodevelopmental disabilities
 
Howard P. Goodkin, MD, PhD
University of Virginia
Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics
Charlottesville, VA
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology

Ajay Gupta, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Department of Neurology
Cleveland, OH
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy 

Elizabeth P. Henske, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Specialty: Oncology

John Hulbert, MD
Urologic Physicians, P.A.
Edina, MN
Specialty: Urological Surgery

Monica P. Islam, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology 

Shafali Spurling Jeste, MD
UCLA Semel Institute/Neuropsychiatric Institute
Los Angeles, CA
Specialty: Developmental Neurology & Autism

Karen C. Keough, MD
Dell Children’s Medical Center
Austin, TX
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology, Epilepsy
 
Bryan H. King, MD
Children's Hospital
Department of Psychiatry
Seattle, WA
Specialty: Child Psychiatry
 
Mary Kay Koenig, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston, TX
Specialty:  Pediatric Neurology

Susan Koh, MD
University of Colorado
Division of Pediatric Neurology
Denver, CO
Specialty:  Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy 

Michael Kohrman, MD
University of Chicago
Department of Pediatrics
Chicago, IL
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology, Epilepsy and Sleep Medicine

Bruce Korf, MD, PhD
University of Alabama Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Specialty:  Genetics and Neurology

Darcy A. Krueger, MD, PhD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Specialty: General Neurology, Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

Rachel Kuperman, MD
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Department of Neurology
Oakland, CA
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

David J. Kwiatkowski, MD, PhD
Genetics Lab, Hematology Division
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Specialty: Genetic Research
 
Janine Lewis, MS, CGC
ICF International
Rockville, MD
Specialty: Genetic Counseling

William McClintock, MD 
Children's National Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Fairfax, VA
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology

Frank McCormack, MD
University of Cincinnati School of Medicine
Pulmonary Division
Cincinnati, OH
Specialty: Pulmonology

Patricia E. McGoldrick, PNP, MPA
Beth Israel / Roosevelt Hospital
New York, NY
Specialty: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (Neurology & Developmental Disabilities)

Kimberly Parker Menzer, NP
New York University Langone Medical Center
New York, NY
Specialty: Adult Primary Care and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner (Neurology, Epilepsy)
 
Ian O’Neil Miller, MD
Miami Children’s Hospital
Department of Neurology
Miami, FL
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology

Greg Mlynarczyk, DDS
Santa Rosa, CA
Specialty: Dentistry

Joel Moss, MD, PhD
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Specialty: Pulmonology
 
Vinodh Narayanan, MD
APNNA- Arizona Pediatric Neurology & Neurogenetics Associates
Phoenix, AZ
Specialty:  Pediatric Neurology

Katherine L. Nathanson, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Specialty: Clinical Genetics

Peter W. Newberry, MD 
Massachusetts General Hospital 
Department of Psychiatry 
Boston, MA
Specialty: Psychiatry

Hope Northrup, MD
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics
Houston, TX
Specialty: Pediatrics & Genetics

Neha J. Patel, MD
American Family Children’s Hospital
Madison, WI
Specialty: Pediatric Neuro-oncology

Freedom Perkins, Jr, MD
Dell Children’s Medical Center
Austin, TX
Specialty:  Pediatric Neurology, Epilepsy, Autism

M. Scott Perry, MD
Cook Children’s Hospital
Department of Neurology
Ft. Worth, TX
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology

Phillip L. Pearl, MD
Children’s National Medical Center
Fairfax, VA & Washington, DC
Specialty: Epilepsy, Neurometabolic & Neurogenetic Disorders

James J. Riviello, Jr, MD
New York University Medical Center
Department of Neurology
New York, NY
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

E. Steve Roach, MD
Ohio State University
Department of Neurology
Columbus, OH
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology
 
Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD
Children's Hospital
Department of Neurology
Boston, MA
Specialty:  Pediatric Neurology

W. Donald Shields, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
Division of Pediatric Neurology
Los Angeles, CA
Specialty:  Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

Marcio A. Sotero de Menezes, MD
Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Pediatric Neuroscience Center
Seattle, WA
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

Steven P. Sparagana, MD
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Department of Neurology
Dallas, TX
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology

Elizabeth A. Thiele, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Neurology
Boston, MA
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

Stephen Thompson, MD 
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, NJ
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology; Pediatric Neuro-oncology

Lily Hoang Tran, MD
Children's Hospital Orange County 
Orange, CA
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

Katherine Van Poppel, MD
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
Memphis, TN
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

William G. Ward, MD
Guthrie Health Systems
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Sayre, PA
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery

Howard Weiner, MD
New York University Medical Center
Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
New York, NY
Specialty: Neurosurgery

James W. Wheless, MD
LeBonheur Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Neurology
University of Tennessee
Memphis, TN
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

Vicky H. Whittemore, PhD
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
Rockville, MD

Shelley Williams, MD
Children's Hospital
Department of Neurology
Pittsburgh, PA
Specialty:  Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

Steven M. Wolf, MD
Beth Israel / Roosevelt Hospital
New York, NY
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

Michael Wong, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Neurology
St. Louis, MO
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

Joyce Y. Wu, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
Division of Pediatric Neurology
Los Angeles, CA
Specialty:  Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy

Raymond Yeung, MD
University of Washington School of Medicine
Division of Surgery and Medical Genetics
Seattle, WA
Specialty: Surgery

Lisa R. Young, MD
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Specialty: Pediatric Pulmonology

Mary L. Zupanc, MD
Children’s Hospital Orange County
Orange, CA
Specialty: Pediatric Neurology & Epilepsy


 
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