Editor-in-Chief


    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


    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


    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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