Our TeamBMC physician, nursing and social work teams collaborate closely with other clinical pediatric specialists to assure the best and most comprehensive care for each patient. These teams include neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, geneticists, sleep specialists and neurosurgeons, as well as social workers, emergency medicine specialists, intensivists and developmental pediatricians. Other experts range from otolaryngologists, gastroenterologists and endocrinologists to cardiologists, pulmonologists, ophthalmologists, allergists and orthopedists. | |
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Karl Kuban, MD, Division Chief Board Certified, American Board of Pediatrics Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child Neurology) Fellowship Training in Cerebral Palsy, Children’s Hospital Boston Clinical Interests: Cerebral palsy, neonatal neurology, Tourette syndrome, motor disabilities, stroke and autism. Current Research: Multi-center National Institutes of Health (NIH) study looking at biological protein markers in the blood of babies born under 28 weeks gestation that predict cerebral palsy and other later manifesting developmental disorders of the brain, including autism. |
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William DeBassio, PhD, MD Board Certified, American Board of Pediatrics Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and Sleep Medicine) Fellowship Residency Training in Pediatric Neurology, Boston City Hospital Clinical Interests: Sleep disorders, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), epilepsy, learning disabilities, malnutrition and brain development. Current Research: Awarded NIH program project grant for neuroanatomical studies on the detrimental effects of prenatal malnutrition on the developing brain. |
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Laurie Douglass, MD Board Certified, American Board of Pediatrics Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child Neurology) Fellowship Training in Electroencephalography (EEG) and Epilepsy, New England Medical Center Clinical and Research Interests: Neonatal seizures, quality care for children with epilepsy, childhood epilepsy syndromes, women’s issues in epilepsy, paroxysmal movement disorders, ketogenic diet/low-glycemic diet, catastrophic epilepsies and neurometabolic diseases. |
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Joel Herskowitz, MD Board Certified, American Board of Pediatrics Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child Neurology) Fellowship Training in Child Psychiatry, New England Medical Center Clinical Interests: Behavioral pediatrics, attention deficit disorders and learning problems. |
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Rinat Jonas, MD Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology) Fellowship Training in Pediatric Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology at University of California, Los Angeles Clinical and Research Interests: Epilepsy surgery, pharmacological treatments of catastrophic epilepsy from infancy to adulthood and vagal nerve stimulation. |
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Georgia Montouris, MD United Cerebral Palsy Fellowship at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville Clinical Interests: Epilepsy and seizure disorders in adults and adolescents and pregnancy and epilepsy. Research: Ongoing clinical trials of antiepileptic medications. |
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Mandeep Rana, MBBS, MD Clinical and Research Interests: Infant and Pediatric sleep apnea, sleep problems in children with ADHD, Autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities, Narcolepsy, Circadian rhythm disorders, Restless leg syndrome |
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N. Paul Rosman, MD, Division Chief Emeritus; Associate Division Chief Board Certified, American Board of Pediatrics Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities) Fellowship Training in Neuropathology and Neurochemistry, Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical and Research Interests: Febrile seizures, including prevention and sequelae; developmental delays, including microcephaly; speech and language disorders; neuropsychiatric disorders, including pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) autism; movement disorders, including Tourette syndrome; head and spinal cord trauma. |
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Christine Tinstman, RN, MSN Nurse and Care Coordinator: Outpatient Neurology and Epilepsy Programs Special Interests: Epilepsy and seizure disorders and attention deficit disorders. |
