The State of Inpatient Child Neurology
A Survey of North American Academic Programs
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- Received February 5, 2022
- Accepted in final form June 27, 2022
- First Published September 12, 2022.
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Author Disclosures
- Kendall B. Nash, MD*,
- Jamie Palaganas, MD*,
- Nicholas S. Abend, MD, MSCE,
- Melissa L. Hutchinson, MD,
- Ricka Messer, MD, PhD,
- Mahendranath Moharir, MD,
- Juan Piantino, MD,
- Craig A. Press, MD, PhD,
- Elizabeth Wells, MD;
- for the Pediatric Neurohospitalist Work Group
- Kendall B. Nash, MD*,
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Co-Guest Editor, Seminars in Neurology, Pediatric-focused edition (2020).
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- Jamie Palaganas, MD*,
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- Nicholas S. Abend, MD, MSCE,
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Seizure, Editorial Board Member, 2012-present Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, Editorial Board Member 2020-present
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Pediatric Neurocritical Care, Demos.
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Epilepsy Foundation - non-profit entity
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UCB 2020-2021
NIH (NINDS) 2016-present PCORI 2018-2020 AHRQ 2020-2021
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Legal consulting unrelated to this topic.
- Melissa L. Hutchinson, MD,
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(1) Nationwide Children's Hospital Neurology Department
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- Ricka Messer, MD, PhD,
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- Mahendranath Moharir, MD,
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Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, since September 2015
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- Juan Piantino, MD,
Applied Cognition Inc. Scientific Advisory Board
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Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, since September 2015
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National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute (NIH grant #K23 HL150217), role: PI.
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Friends of Doernbecher Foundation Collins Trust
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- Craig A. Press, MD, PhD,
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1) DLK inhibition for wallerian degeneration #20130203838
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1) Marinus Pharmaceuticals
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1) Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2021-2022): 60% effort including neurophysiology studies and inpatient care 2) Children's Hospital Colorado (2020-2021): 90% effort including neurophysiology studies and inpatient care
1) Marinus Pharmaceuticals
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1) Doximity, 2021-2022
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- Elizabeth Wells, MD;
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- for the Pediatric Neurohospitalist Work Group
- From the Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics (K.B.N.), University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco; Department of Pediatrics (J. Palaganas), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital; Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics (N.S.A., C.A.P.), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania; Neurology Division (M.L.H.), Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus; Section of Child Neurology (R.M.), Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado, Aurora; Division of Neurology (M.M.), Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Section of Child Neurology (J. Piantino), Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; and Center for Neuroscience (E.W.), Children's National Hospital and the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Science, Washington, D.C.
- Correspondence
Dr. Nash kendall.nash{at}ucsf.edu
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