The Chair of the Department of Pediatrics is: Michael W. Konstan, MD.

The Child Neurology Division Faculty

Mark Scher, MD

  • Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Division Chief, Division of Child Neurology
  • Director of Fetal/Neonatal Program and Neurointensive care program
  • Director of the Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience
  • Academic interests: Fetal/Neonatal Neurology, Epilepsy and Neonatal EEG, Neurointensive Care

Nancy Bass, MD

  • Associate Professor Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Program Director Child Neurology Residency/Fellowship Program
  • Academic Interests: Education, Neurogenetics and Metabolism, Neurocutaneous syndromes, Stroke, Sports concussions

Edward Gilmore, MD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Academic Interests: Neurogenetics, Brain malformations, General Child Neurology

Deborah Rukin Gold, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Academic Interests: brain and spinal cord tumors, acute and late neurologic effects of cancer and its treatment, neurocutaneous syndromes, general pediatric neurology

Stephen M. Maricich, PhD, MD

  • Associate Professor
  • Depts. of Pediatrics, Dermatology, Neurosciences and Otolaryngology
  • Division of Child Neurology
  • Academic Interests: Development, maturation and function of the auditory and somatosensory systems.

Dararat Mingbunjerdsuk, MD

  • Associate Professor Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Academic interests: Developmental delay, Cerebral palsy, Spasticity

Max Wiznitzer, MD

  • Associate Professor Pediatrics and neurology
  • Academic Interests: Neurodevelopmental disorders, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, stroke, adverse events following immunizations

The Pediatric Epilepsy Division Faculty

Ingrid Tuxhorn, MD

  • Professor Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Division Chief of Pediatric Epilepsy
  • Academic Interests: pediatric epilepsy surgery, comorbidities in epilepsy, epilepsy syndromes, clinical neurophysiology

Elia Pestana-Knight, MD

  • Assistant Professor Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Academic Interests: Neonatal neurophysiology, Epilepsy surgery, epileptic encephalopathy, health disparities in epilepsy management, clinical neurophysiology

Asim Shahid, MD

  • Assistant Professor Pediatrics and Neurology
  • Academic Interests: status epilepticus and acute seizure management, clinical neurophysiology