Edwin Trevathan, MD, MPH
Dr. Trevathan is the Multi-PI/Program Director of "Bridging the Childhood Epilepsy Treatment Gap in Africa (BRIDGE)", a large NIH-funded sixty-site cluster randomized clinical trial in three cities in northern Nigeria comparing task-shifted epilepsy care provided by community health workers versus standard care provided by physicians. He is currently conducting studies of status epilepticus among children in northern Nigeria. Dr. Trevathan also studies global health diplomacy as a tool to improve health, global security, and international relations.
Pediatric neurology, epilepsy, electroencephalography (EEG)
Specialty
Neurology, Pediatric
M.D.
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Residencies
Pediatric Residency-Yale-New Haven Medical Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Pediatric Neurology Residency-Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Fellowship
Clinical Neurophysiology and Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship-Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
M.P.H.
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Shilpa B. Reddy, MD
M.D.
University of Iowa, 2010
Internship
Pediatric Internship-Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Residency
Child Neurology Residency-Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Fellowship
Epilepsy Fellowship-Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Lindsay Pagano, MD
Critical Care and Inpatient Neurology, Epilepsy
Specialty
Neurology, Pediatric
M.D.
Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2009
Residency
Child Neurology Residency-Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Fellowship
Epilepsy Fellowship-Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Lori Jordan, MD, PhD
Dr. Jordan's multidisciplinary clinical research program focuses on pediatric stroke, stroke prevention, sickle cell disease, and studies of brain injury and cognitive function in children with congenital heart disease and type I diabetes. In addition, Dr. Jordan and the Vanderbilt team enroll children in national and international pediatric stroke studies. The pediatric stroke program, led by Dr. Jordan, is focused on improving outcome after ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in children. Further, she leads advanced neuroimaging studies to identify children at highest risk of stroke or subtle brain injury in children and young adults with sickle cell disease as well as co-leads clinical trials for stroke prevention in children with sickle cell disease in Nigeria.
Pediatric stroke, sickle cell disease, cognition
Specialty
Neurology, Pediatric
M.D.
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma, City, OK, 1999
Residencies
Pediatric Residency-The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Pediatric Neurology Residency-The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Fellowships
Vascular Neurology Clinical Fellowship-The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Neurology Research Fellowship-The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Ph.D.
The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation, Baltimore, MD, 2009
Kaitlin C. James, MD
Specialty
Neurology, Pediatric
M.D.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2006
Residency
Child Neurology Residency-Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Fellowship
Epilepsy Fellowship-Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Cary Fu, MD
Rett syndrome, epilepsy
Specialty
Neurology, Pediatric
M.D.
University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002
Residencies
Pediatrics Internship and Residency-University of Arkansas Medical School, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR
Child Neurology Residency-University of Alabama-Birmingham, Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Fellowship
Clinical Neurology Fellowship-Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Mariana Ciobanu, MD
Specialty
Neurology, Pediatric
M.D.
Medical and Pharmaceutical University N. Testimiteanu, Chisinau, Moldova, 1994
Residencies
Pediatric Internship and Residency/Neuropeadiatric Track-Medical University "N. Testimiteanu", Chisinau, Moldova
Pediatric Residency-Wake Forrest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC
Pediatric Neurology Residency-Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC
Fellowship
Neurogenetics Fellowship-Medical University "N. Testimiteanu", Chisinau, Moldova
Robert P. Carson, MD, PhD
Specialty
Neurology, Pediatric
M.D.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2005
Residency
Child Neurology Residency-Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Fellowship
Epilepsy Fellowship-Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2001
W. Bryan Burnette, MD
Dr. Burnette's clinical and research interests are in the development of novel therapies for inherited neuromuscular disorders such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Spinal Muscular Atrophy through multicenter clinical trials, as well as the development of novel serologic, clinical, and imaging biomarkers of progression of these disorders. Dr. Burnette is director of the Vanderbilt SMA Care Center, and co-director of the Vanderbilt Multidisciplinary Duchenne Care Clinic.
Neuromuscular Disorders, Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital Myopathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Myasthenia Gravis, Peripheral Neuropathy, CIDP
Specialties
Neurology, Pediatric
M.D.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 2001
Residencies
Pediatric Residency-Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Pediatric Neurology Residency-Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship
Neurology/Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship-Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD