Dr. Wirrell is the Director of Pediatric Epilepsy at Mayo Clinic. She focuses on early-onset epilepsies and epileptic encephalopathies, such as LGS. Her clinical focus also includes ketogenic diet therapy and surgical therapy for epilepsy. Dr. Wirrell’s research activities include…
Dr. Crino is the Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is an internationally recognized physician-scientist specializing in developmental brain disorders. His laboratory has researched mechanisms of altered brain development associated with…
Dr. Gelinas is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Anatomy and Neurobiology at University of California Irvine. Her clinical practice focuses on infantile and childhood epilepsy, with a special interest in epilepsy surgery and intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG)….
Dr. Knowles is an Assistant Professor in Neurology at Stanford. Dr. Knowles is a physician-scientist who provides clinical care for children with epilepsy and leads a lab team conducting basic, translational and clinical research on pediatric epilepsy. She is passionate…
Dr. Nascimento is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Washington University in St. Louis. Originally from Brazil, he completed medical school at the Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) and then spent two years at the University of Toronto working as…
Dr. Shellhaas is a Professor of Neurology and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Promotions & Career Development at Washington University School of Medicine. She is also the President of the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting…
Dr. Wheless is a Professor and the Chief of Pediatric Neurology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He is also the Director of the Neuroscience Institute and Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. His research is…
Dr. Gerard is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Her clinical and academic interests focus on the care of women with epilepsy and epilepsy genetics. Inspired by patients seeking to understand the causes of…
