Editor-in-Chief
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E. Steve Roach, MD Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics Associate Chair for Operations Department of Neurology Chief, Pediatric Neurosciences Program Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX, USA Focus areas: Cerebrovascular disorders in children and young adults, genetic neurological disorders Learn more about Dr. Roach here |
Senior Associate Editor
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Phillip Pearl, MD William G. Lennox Chair Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School Director of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Boston Children’s Hospital Boston, MA, USA Focus areas: Epilepsy, inherited metabolic disorders, the neurologic basis of creativity Learn more about Dr. Pearl here |
Associate Editors
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David Bearden, MD Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry Rochester, NY, USA Focus areas: Infectious disease, neurogenetic disorders, health care in low-resource settings Learn more about Dr. Bearden here |
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Dave F. Clarke, MD Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin Chief, Pediatric Epilepsy Service Dell Children’s Hospital Austin, TX, USA Focus areas: Epilepsy, health care disparities Learn more about Dr. Clarke here |
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Bruce Cohen, MD Professor of Pediatrics and Integrative Medicine Philip H. Maynard Endowed Chair in Neurodevelopmental Science Northeast Ohio Medical University Akron, OH, USA Focus areas: Medical economics and practice issues, mitochondrial disorders Learn more about Dr. Cohen here |
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Janet Soul, MD Associate Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School Director, Fetal-Neonatal Neurology Program Boston Children’s Hospital Boston, MA, USA Focus area: Fetal and neonatal neurology Learn more about Dr. Soul here |
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Yingchao Yuan, MA Senior Biostatistician The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Austin, TX, USA Focus areas: Statistics and epidemiology Learn more about Yingchao Yuan here |
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John Crawford, MD, MS Professor of Clinical Pediatrics University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Director of Child Neurology Children’s Hospital of Orange County and UC Irvine Co-Medical Director of CHOC Neuroscience Institute Orange, CA, USA Focus area: Neuro-oncology Learn more about Dr. Crawford here |
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Donald Gilbert, MD, MS Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, OH, USA Focus areas: Movement disorders, education Learn more about Dr. Gilbert here |
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Partha Ghosh, MBBS Associate Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School Director, EMG Laboratory Boston Children’s Hospital Boston, MA, USA Focus area: Neuromuscular disorders Learn more about Dr. Ghosh here |
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Kristina Julich, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX, USA Focus area: Genetic disorders and epilepsy Learn more about Dr. Julich here |
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Ann Neumeyer, MD Associate Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School Director, Lurie Center for Autism Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA, USA Focus area: Behavioral disorders Learn more about Dr. Neumeyer here |
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Grace Gombolay, MD, MSc Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Director, Pediatric Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Clinic Emory University School of Medicine/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA, USA Focus area: Neuroimmunology Learn more about Dr. Gombolay here |
MANAGING EDITOR
Christina Roth
Austin, TX, USA
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Gyula Acsadi, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics & Neurology
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Chief, Neurology Division
Connecticut Children’s Hospital
Farmington, CT, USA
Neuromuscular disorders
Stephen Ashwal, MD
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics & Neurology
Department of Pediatrics
Former Chief, Division of Child Neurology
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, CA, USA
Brain injury assessment
Erika Augustine, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Neurology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Associate Chief Science Officer & Director, Clinical Trials Unit
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, MD, USA
Clinical trials
Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Neurological Sciences, Anatomy and Cell Biology
RUSH University Medical Center
Director, RUSH Pediatric Neurosciences F.A.S.T. Center for Translational Research
Co-Director, Molecular Diagnostics & Genetic Laboratory
Chicago, IL, USA
Genetics and therapeutics
Lauren Beslow, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Neurology & Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Cerebrovascular disorders
Heidi K. Blume, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Neurology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA, USA
Headache, epidemiology
Josh Bonkowsky, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics & Neurology
Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurology
Director, Primary Children’s Center for Personalized Medicine
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Leukodystrophies
James Nicholas Brenton, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology & Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders Clinic
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, VA, USA
Neuroimmunology, epilepsy
Audrey Brumback, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX, USA
Developmental disorders, autism
Juan Cabello, MD
Professor and Chief
Laboratory of Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Nutrition and Food Technology Institute
University of Chile
Professor and Director of the Pediatric Neurology Training Program
University of Valparaíso Medical School
Valparaiso, Chile
Genetic metabolic disorders
Peter Camfield, MD
Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS, Canada
Epilepsy outcomes
Steven Chrzanowski, MD
Trainee board member
Neuromuscular Fellow
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
Neuromuscular disorders
Melissa Chung, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Director, Critical Care Neurology
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH, USA
Critical care, stroke
Gary Clark, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Chief of Child Neurology, Departments of Pediatrics, Neurology and Neuroscience
Blue Bird Endowed Chair Division Chief of Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
Chief, Neurology Service, Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, TX, USA
Developmental brain anomalies
Anne Comi, MD
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Director, Hunter Nelson Sturge-Weber Center
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, MD, USA
Neurocutaneous disorders
Dana D. Cummings, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Stroke Program
Director, Clinical Research
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Cerebrovascular disorders
Jay Desai, MBBS, DPed, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Developmental disorders
Francis DiMario, MD, MA
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Associate Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Pediatrics
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Hartford, CT, USA
Autonomic disorders
Marc DiSabella, DO
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Director, Headache Program
Children’s National Hospital
Washington, DC, USA
Headache
William Dobyns, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Division of Genetics and Metabolism
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Genetic neurologic disorders
Kevin Ess, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Section Chief and Ponzio Family Chair of Pediatric Neurology
Children’s Hospital of Colorado
Denver, CO, USA
Genetic neurologic disorders
Laura M. Flores-Sarnat, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Neurosciences
University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine
Calgary, AB, Canada
Neonatal neurology
David Franz, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Associate Director of Clinical Affairs, Division of Neurology,
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Neurocutaneous disorders
Suman Ghosh, MD, MPA
Associate Professor of Neurology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Neurocritical care, trauma
Tanjala T. Gipson, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, TSC-Associated Neuropsychiatric Disorders Unit
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN, USA
Developmental disorders
Howard Goodkin, MD, PhD
Shure Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Chair, Department of Neurology
Director, Division of Child Neurology
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, VA, USA
Concussion, epilepsy
Rejean Guerriero, DO
Associate Professor of Neurology
Associate Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA
Neuro-critical care
Christina Gurnett, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Director, Division of Pediatric and Developmental Neurology
Co-Director, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
Associate Director, Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences
Washington University School of Medicine
Neurologist in Chief, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis, MO, USA
Genetic neurologic disorders
Charles Kumi Hammond, MB ChB, MPhil
Senior Lecturer, Department of Child Health
Senior Specialist, Department of Child Health
Head of the Paediatric Neurology Unit
School of Medicine and Dentistry
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
Tropical diseases
Duriel Hardy, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX, USA
Neuroimmunology
Franziska Hoche, MD
Trainee member
Massachusetts General Hospital for Children
Boston, MA, USA
Movement disorders, neurodegenerative disease
Sarah Hopkins, MD, MSPH
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Section Head, Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroinflammatory Disorders,
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Neuroimmunology
MacKenzie Howard, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX, USA
Basic epilepsy mechanisms
Samantha Irwin, MB BCh, MS
Associate Professor of Neurology
Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX, USA
Pediatric headache
Monica Islam, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Division of Child Neurology Interim Chief, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Richmond, VA, USA
Neurocutaneous disorders, epilepsy
Charuta Joshi, MBBS
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Program Director, Advanced EEG and Epilepsy Research Fellowship
Roy D. & Ragen S. Elterman Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Epilepsy
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA
Epilepsy
Sergiusz Jozwiak, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Head of the Department of Pediatric Neurology
Director of Program for Rare Diseases
Chairman of Committee for Human Development of Polish Academy of Science
The Children’s Memorial Health Institute
Warsaw, Poland
Neurocutaneous disorders
Csaba Juhasz, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Neurosurgery
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, MI, USA
Neuroimaging, epilepsy
Louisa Kalsner, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Division Chief of Genetics
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Hartford, CT, USA
Genetic neurologic disorders
Matthew P. Kirschen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor Pediatrics, Neurology, and Critical Care Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Associate Director, Pediatric Neurocritical Care
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Neurocritical care
Eric Kossoff, MD
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
Epilepsy, ketogenic diet
Wang Tso Lee, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences
National Taiwan University College of Medicine
Superintendent, National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
Epilepsy, movement disorders
Jean-Baptiste Le Pichon, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Madison Lauren Sargent Professorship in Neurology/Angelman Syndrome
University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine
Associate Director for the Division of Neurology
Children’s Mercy Kansas City and the University of Missouri Kansas City
Kansas City, MO, USA
Genetic metabolic disorders
Monica Lemmon, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Population Health Sciences
Associate Dean for Scientific Integrity
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC, USA
Neonatal neurology
Kenneth J. Mack, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Rochester, MN, USA
Pediatric headache
David E. Mandelbaum, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics
Albany Medical College
Providence, RI, USA
Developmental disorders
Joseph Madsen, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Harvard Medical School
Webster Family Chair in Neurosurgery and Neuro-engineering
Director Emeritus, Epilepsy Surgery Program
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
Pediatric neurosurgery
Soe Mar, MD, MBBS, MRCP
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA
Neuroimmunology
Maitreyi Mazumdar, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor in Environmental Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Boston, MA, USA
Population and global health
Jonathan W. Mink, MD, PhD
Child Neurology Consultant
Former Professor and Chief of Child Neurology
University of Rochester
Pittsford, NY, USA
Movement disorders
Solomon L. Moshe, MD
Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Pediatrics
Charles Frost Chair in Neurosurgery and Neurology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York, NY, USA
Neurophysiology, epilepsy
Finbar O'Callaghan, MA, MB ChB, MSc, PhD
Professor of Paediatric Neuroscience
University College London Medical School
Head of Clinical Neurosciences
UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
London, UK
Genetic neurologic disorders
Roger Packer, MD
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Director and Chief, Gilbert Neurofibromatosis Institute
Director and Chief, Brain Tumor Institute
Children’s National Hospital
Washington, DC, USA
Neuro-oncology
Steven Pavlakis, MD
Professor of Neurology
Chief, Pediatric Neurology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
New York, NY, USA
Cerebrovascular disorders
Anna Pinto, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Director, Ketogenic Diet Program and Sturge Weber Program
Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology,
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
Neurocutaneous disorders
Nancy Rollins, MD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Radiology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, TX, USA
Pediatric neuroimaging
Sean C. Rose, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Co-Director, Complex Concussion Clinic
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH, USA
Brain injury
Harvey B. Sarnat, MS, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Neuropathology), and Clinical Neurosciences
University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine
Calgary, AB, Canada
Neuropathology, brain development
Renee A. Shellhaas, MD, MS
David T. Blasingame Professor of Neurology
Associate Dean for Faculty Promotions and Career Development
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA
Epilepsy, neonatal neurology
Michael I. Shevell, MD CM
Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology & Neurosurgery
McGill School of Medicine
Division of Pediatric Neurology,
Montreal Children’s Hospital
Montreal, QB, Canada
Neurodevelopmental disabilities
Harvey Singer, MD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, MD, USA
Movement disorders
Jonathan B. Strober, MD
Professor of Clinical Neurology and Pediatrics
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Director, Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinic and MDA Care Center
Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
Neuromuscular disorders
Yoshiyuki Suzuki, MD, PhD
Special Visiting Scientist
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Tokyo, Japan
Former Professor of Pediatrics and Child Neurology
International University of Health and Welfare
Otawara, Japan
Neurogenetic disorders
Haluk Topaloglu, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Yeditepe University School of Medicine
İstanbul, Turkey
Neuromuscular disorders
William Trescher, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Hershey, PA, USA
Quality improvement
Hannah Tully, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director, Child Neurology Residency
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA, USA
Fetal neurology, epidemiology
Jithangi Wanigasinghe, MBBS, DCH, MD, MPhil
Professor of Pediatric Neurology
Head, Department of Paediatrics
University of Colombo
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Epilepsy, infantile spasms
Elaine C. Wirrell, MD
Professor of Child Neurology
Chair, Child and Adolescent Neurology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Rochester, MN, USA
Epilepsy
Max Wiznitzer, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Interim Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurology
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Cleveland, OH, USA
Developmental disorders
Bo Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Department of Neurology, Biostatistics and Research Design Center
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
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