Section of Pediatric Epilepsy

Division of Pediatric & Developmental Neurology

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Pediatric Epilepsy @ SLCH

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Pediatric Epilepsy Advanced Technologies Clinic (PEATC)

Neurology: Section of Pediatric Epilepsy

A multidisciplinary concierge clinic offering the highest level of care for children and young adults with complex, treatment resistant epilepsy.

Education

Fellowship

Pediatric Epilepsy

The Pediatric Epilepsy Center in the Department of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital offers a one-year, ACGME-accredited fellowship in pediatric epilepsy beginning on July 1 annually. The program offers extensive training in all aspects of clinical pediatric epilepsy.

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Research

Labs

Thio Lab

Kwee Liu Lin Thio, MD, PhD

The research interests of Liu-Lin Thio, MD, PhD, are cellular neurophysiology, inhibitory glycine receptors and ketogenic diet. He holds clinic weekly, is consultant pediatric epileptologist for the Pediatric Cerebral Palsy Center and serves on the Pharmaceutical, Diagnostics and Therapeutics Subcommittee at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

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Wong Lab

Michael Wong, MD, PhD

The primary goal of the Wong lab is to understand biological mechanisms in the brain underlying epilepsy with the ultimate purpose of developing new therapies for epilepsy patients.

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Zempel Lab

John Zempel, MD, PhD

By studying a model system of partial seizures which has been adapted to the magnetic resonance environment, allowing the measurement of electrical signals concurrent with imaging. Using conventional and newly developed magnetic resonance techniques, John Zempel, MD, PhD, and his colleagues have localized ongoing seizure activity and characterized the damage that occurs with seizures.

Research profile

Recent publications

  • Deletions in the CDKL5 5′ untranslated region lead to CDKL5 deficiency disorder
    Deletions in the CDKL5 5′ untranslated region lead to CDKL5 deficiency disorderHaviland, I., Hector, R. D., Swanson, L. C., Verran, A. S., Sherrill, E., Frazier, Z., Denny, A. M. M., Lucash, J., Zhang, B., Dubbs, H. A., Marsh, E. D., Weisenberg, J. L., Leonard, H., Crippa, M., Cogliati, F., Russo, S., Suter, B., Rajaraman, R., Percy, A. K. & Schreiber, J. M. & 5 others, Demarest, S., Benke, T. A., Chopra, M., Yu, T. W. & Olson, H. E., Jan 2025, In: American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A. 197, 1, e63843.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Associations between Parenting and Cognitive and Language Abilities at 2 Years of Age Depend on Prenatal Exposure to Disadvantage
    Associations between Parenting and Cognitive and Language Abilities at 2 Years of Age Depend on Prenatal Exposure to DisadvantageLeverett, S. D., Brady, R. G., Tooley, U. A., Lean, R. E., Tillman, R., Wilson, J., Ruscitti, M., Triplett, R., Alexopoulos, D., Gerstein, E. D., Smyser, T. A., Warner, B., Luby, J., Smyser, C., Rogers, C. & Barch, D. M., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Pediatrics. 276, 114289.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Current practices in the diagnosis and treatment of Rasmussen syndrome: Results of an international survey
    Current practices in the diagnosis and treatment of Rasmussen syndrome: Results of an international surveyStredny, C. M., Steriade, C., Papadopoulou, M. T., Pujar, S., Kaliakatsos, M., Tomko, S., Wickström, R., Cortina, C., Zhang, B. & Bien, C. G., Nov 2024, In: Seizure. 122, p. 153-164 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Safety and accuracy of stereoelectroencephalography for pediatric and young adult patients with prior craniotomy
    Safety and accuracy of stereoelectroencephalography for pediatric and young adult patients with prior craniotomyYang, P., Wulfekammer, N., Jenson, A. V., Neal, E. G., Tomko, S., Zempel, J., Brunner, P., McEvoy, S., Smyth, M. & Roland, J., Nov 2024, In: Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 34, 5, p. 526-536 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Psychometric evaluation of clinician- and caregiver-reported clinical severity assessments for individuals with CDKL5 deficiency disorder
    Psychometric evaluation of clinician- and caregiver-reported clinical severity assessments for individuals with CDKL5 deficiency disorderSaldaris, J. M., Jacoby, P., Downs, J., Marsh, E. D., Leonard, H., Pestana-Knight, E., Rajaraman, R., Weisenberg, J., Suter, B., Olson, H. E., Price, D., Hong, W., Prange, E., Benke, T. A. & Demarest, S., Oct 2024, In: Epilepsia. 65, 10, p. 3064-3075 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Leadership

Rejean M. Guerriero, DO
Chief, Section of Pediatric Epilepsy
Associate Professor of Neurology

Patient Appointments

Voice: 314-454-6120