Medical Advisory Board

Fábio 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 a research fellow in epilepsy genetics. Subsequently, he moved to Houston, Texas to train as […]

Elaine Wirrell, MD – Mayo Clinic Dr. Elaine Wirrell is the Chair of Child Neurology and Professor of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She completed medical school at the University of British Columbia and her pediatric neurology training at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is active in the International League

Joseph Sullivan, MD University of California San Francisco Dr. Joseph Sullivan, is a Professor of Neurology & Pediatrics and Director of the UCSF Pediatric Epilepsy Center of Excellence, where he specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children with epilepsy, in particular the treatment of refractory epilepsy that does not respond to medications. He also

Ingrid Scheffer, AO MB BS PhD FRACP FAHMS FAA University of Melbourne Laureate Professor Ingrid Scheffer’s work has resulted in a major paradigm shift in our understanding of the epilepsies, highlighting the importance of genetic causes. Her work on epilepsy syndromes and classification over thirty years has framed clinical practice. Her collaborative group discovered the

M. Scott Perry, MD – Cook Children’s Medical Center Dr. Perry is the Head of Neurosciences and Director of the Jane and John Justin Institute for Mind Health at Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX where he also is director of the Genetic Epilepsy Clinic. He also serves as the Vice President of Faculty

Sookyong Koh, MD, PhD – University of Nebraska Dr. Koh is the chief of the UNMC Division of Pediatric Neurology. Dr. Koh is board certified in neurology with a special qualification in child neurology, clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy. Dr. Koh earned her MD and PhD in neurobiology from the University of Rochester in New York.

Kelly Knupp, MD, MSCS – Children’s Hospital Colorado Kelly Knupp is a Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at the University of Colorado. She received her medical degree from the University of New Mexico – School of Medicine, completed her residency in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of New York followed by Pediatric Neurology Residency at Columbia

Danielle Andrade, MD, MSc, FRCPC – University of Toronto Dr. Andrade is a Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at the University of Toronto. She is the Medical Director of the Epilepsy Program of University Health Network, University of Toronto, and the founder and Director of Krembil Neuroscience Adult Epilepsy Genetics Program, where she studies the causes and

Board Chair – Linda Laux, MD – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital Dr. Laux is an Attending Physician in the Neurology and Epilepsy Center of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, as well as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She received her medical degree