Contributors

Harry S. Abram, MD

Professor of Neurology

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Nemours Children's Clinic

Jacksonville, Florida

Chapter 20

Albert P. Aldenkamp

Epilepsy Center Kempenhaeghe

Heeze, The Netherlands

Department of Neurology

Research School Mental Health and Neurosciences

Maastricht University Medical Center

Maastricht, The Netherlands

Chapter 52

Israel Alfonso, MD

Director of Neonatal Neurology

Miami Children's Hospital

Miami, Florida

Chapter 8

Willem F. Arts, MD

Pediatric Neurologist

Department of Pediatric Neurology

Erasmus Medical Centre–Sophia Children's Hospital

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Chapter 46

Alexis Arzimanoglou, MD

Head of the Epilepsy, Sleep, and Pediatric Neurophysiology Department

University Hospitals of Lyon (HCL)

Clinical Investigator

Translational and Integrative Group in Epilepsy Research (TIGER)

Lyon Neuroscience Research Center

INSERM, U1028; CNRS, UMR5292

Lyon, France

Chapters 1, 33

Christian G. Bien, MD

Chief Physician of Epilepsy Clinic

Bethel Epilepsy Center

Mara Hospital

Bielefeld, Germany

Chapter 37

Francesca Bisulli, MD

Department of Neurological Sciences

University of Bologna

Bologna, Italy

Chapter 44

W. T. Blume, MD, FRCP(C)

Professor of Neurology

London Health Sciences Centre

University of Western Ontario

London, Ontario, Canada

Chapter 3

Blaise F. D. Bourgeois, MD

Department of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 41

Lawrence W. Brown, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chapter 22

Roberto H. Caraballo, MD

Neurology Department

Hospital de Niños

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Chapter 26

Paul R. Carney, MD

Division of Neurology and Sleep Medicine

Department of Internal Medicine

University of Alabama, College of Community Health Sciences

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Chapter 44

Mary B. Connolly, MB, BCh, FRCP(I), FRCP(Ed), FRCP(C)

Division of Pediatric Neurology

Department of Pediatrics,

University of British Columbia and British Columbia's Children's Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Chapter 13

J. Helen Cross, MD

Professor of Pediatric Neurobiology

Prince of Wales's Chair of Childhood Epilepsy

University College of London

UCL Institute of Child Health

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

London, United Kingdom

The Neville Epilepsy Centre

Young Epilepsy

Lingfield, Surrey, United Kingdom

Chapters 7, 10, 18, 19, 55

Patricia Dean, ARNP, MSN

Clinical Coordinator

Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

Miami Children's Hospital

Miami, Florida

Chapter 54

Christopher Derry, MD

Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Western General Hospital

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Chapter 27

Dennis J. Dlugos, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology

Director of Pediatric Regional Epilepsy Program

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chapter 11

Charlotte Dravet, MD

Centre Saint-Paul-Hôpital Henri Gastaut

Marseille, France

Chapter 14

Michael Duchowny, MD

Director

Neurology Training and the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

Miami Children's Hospital

Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Clinical Professor

Department of Neurology

Florida International University College of Medicine

Miami, Florida

Chapters 32, 36

Colin Dunkley, MD

Department of Pediatrics

King's Mill Hospital

Sutton-in-Ashfield, United Kingdom

Chapter 7

David W. Dunn, MD

Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology

Riley Hospital for Children

Indianapolis, Indiana

Chapter 41

Andrew Escayg, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Genetics

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, Georgia

Chapter 17

Natalio Fejerman, MD

Department of Neurology

Juan P. Garrahan Pediatric Hospital

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Chapter 25

David Friedman, MD

Epilepsy Specialist

Director of Epilepsy Surgery Program

Winthrop University Hospital

Mineola, New York

Chapter 45

Anne Gallagher, MD

Department of Psychology

University of Montreal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Chapter 40

William Davis Gaillard, MD

Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics

School of Medicine and Health Sciences

George Washington University

Professor of Neurology

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Chapter 6

Eija Gaily, MD

Epilepsy Unit

Department of Pediatric Neurology

Helsinki University Central Hospital

Helsinki, Finland

Chapter 51

Aristea S. Galanopoulou, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology

Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx, New York

Chapter 2

James D. Geyer, MD

Departments of Pediatrics, Neurology, Neuroscience, and Biomedical Engineering

McKnight Brain Institute

University of Florida College of Medicine

Gainesville, Florida

Chapter 44

Frank G. Gilliam, MD, MPH

Caitlin Tynan Doyle Professor of Neurology

Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

The Neurological Institute

Columbia University

New York, New York

Chapter 45

Jamie T. Gilman, PharmD

Senior Neurology Scientific Affairs Liaison

Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC

Christiana, Tennessee

Chapter 50

B. G. Giráldez, MD

Epilepsy Unit

Neurology Service

Fundación Jiménez Díaz

Madrid, Spain

Chapter 23

Tracy A. Glauser, MD

Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology

Director of Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

Division of Neurology

Department of Pediatrics

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio

Chapter 29

Cristina Yip Go, MD

Department of Pediatrics (Neurology)

The Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, Ontario

Chapter 28

Giuseppe Gobbi, MD

Child Neurology Unit

Neuroscience Department

Maggiore Hospital

Bologna, Italy

Chapter 25

Salvatore Grosso, MD

Pediatric Neurology Section

Department of Pediatrics

University of Siena

Siena, Italy

Chapter 25

Siobhan Hannan, RN, RSCN, MSc

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Epilepsy Surgery

Great Ormond Street Hospital

London, United Kingdom

Chapter 54

Yvonne Hart

Consultant Neurologist

Department of Neurology

Royal Victoria Infirmary

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Chapter 37

Sandra Helmers, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Neurology

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, Georgia

Chapter 17

Bruce P. Hermann, PhD

Department of Neurology

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Madison, Wisconsin

Chapter 42

Edouard Hirsch, MD

Department of Neurology HUS

CTRS INSERM

Strasbourg, France

Chapter 30

Gregory L. Holmes, MD

Dartmouth Medical School

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Lebanon, New Hampshire

Chapter 1

Dominique Ijff

Department of Behavioral Research and Clinical Neuropsychology

Epilepsy Center Kempenhaeghe

Heeze, The Netherlands

Chapter 52

Yushi Inoue, MD

National Epilepsy Center

Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders

Shizuoka, Japan

Chapter 31

Prasanna Jayakar, MD, PhD

Department of Neurology

Miami Children's Brain Institute

Miami Children's Hospital

Miami, Florida

Chapter 4

Jana E. Jones, PhD

Department of Neurology

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Madison, Wisconsin

Chapter 42

Philippe Kahane, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurophysiology

Epilepsy Unit

Department of Neurology

University Hospital

Grenoble, France

Chapter 55

Sudha Kilaru Kessler, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Pereleman School of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chapter 11

Susan Koh, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Pediatrics and Neurology

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Denver, Colorado

Chapter 32

Eric H. Kossoff, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics

Medical Director of Ketogenic Diet Center

Director of Pediatric Neurology Residency Program

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland

Chapters 33, 53

Prakash Kotagal, MD

Head of Pediatric Epilepsy Section

Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 57

Maryse Lassonde, MD

Department of Psychology

University of Montreal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Chapter 40

John A. Lawson, BMed, FRACP, PhD

Pediatric Neurologist

Sydney Children's Hospital

Randwick, Australia

Chapter 5

Dick Lindhout, MD

DBG-Department of Medical Genetics

University Medical Center, Utrecht

SEIN–Epilepsy Institute in the Netherlands

Hoofddorp, The Netherlands

Chapter 51

A. Marinas, MD

Epilepsy Unit

Neurology Service

Fundación Jiménez Díaz

Madrid, Spain

Chapter 23

Bruno Maton, MD

The Brain Institute

Miami Children's Hospital

Miami, Florida

Chapter 24

Ailsa McLellan, MBChB, MRCP, MRCPCH

Consultant Pediatric Neurologist

Department of Pediatric Neurosciences

Royal Hospital for Sick Children

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Chapter 58

Joshua Mendelson, MD

Epilepsy Monitoring Program

Monmouth Medical Center

Long Branch, New Jersey

Chapter 17

Mohamad A. Mikati, MD

Department of Pediatrics

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina

Chapter 49

Eli M. Mizrahi, MD

Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics

Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Chapter 9

Diego A. Morita, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology

Director of New Onset Seizure Program

Division of Neurology

Department of Pediatrics

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio

Chapter 29

Solomon L. Moshé, MD

Charles Frost Chair in Neurosurgery and Neurology

Director of Division of Pediatric Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology

Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology

Director of Division of Neurology

Department of Pediatrics

Comprehensive Einstein/Montefiore Epilepsy Center

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx, New York

Chapter 2

Mona Nabulsi, MD, MSc

Department of Pediatrics

American University of Beirut Medical Center

Beirut, Lebanon

Chapter 49

Brian Neville, MD

Emeritus Professor of Pediatric Neurology

UCL Institute of Child Health

University College London

London, United Kingdom

Chapter 56

Yu-tze Ng, MD

Division of Pediatric Neurology

Barrow Neurological Institute

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center

Phoenix, Arizona

Chapter 35

Douglas R. Nordli Jr., MD

Associate Professor of Neurology

Children's Memorial Hospital

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 53

Shunsuke Ohtahara, MD, PhD

Department of Child Neurology

Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Kita-ku, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Chapter 12

Shekhar G. Patil, MD

The National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy

Lingfield, United Kingdom

Senior Lecturer in Pediatric Neurosciences and Honorary Consultant Pediatric Neurologist

Neurosciences Unit

UCL Institute of Child Health

London, United Kingdom

Epilepsy Unit

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust

London, United Kingdom

Chapter 39

John M. Pellock, MD

Professor and Chairman

Division of Child Neurology

Medical College of Virginia Hospital

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

Chapter 47

Ronit M. Pressler, MD

Department of Clinical Neurophysiology

UCL Institute of Neurology

London, United Kingdom

Chapter 9

Federica Provini, MD

Department of Neurological Sciences

University of Bologna

Bologna, Italy

Chapter 44

James J. Riviello Jr., MD

George Peterkin Endowed Chair in Pediatrics

Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology

Baylor College of Medicine

Director of Pediatric Neurocritical Care Service

Section of Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience

Chief of Neurophysiology

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, Texas

Chapter 38

Philippe Ryvlin, MD, PhD

Hôpital Neurlogique

Lyons, France

Chapter 6

G. Lynette Sadleir, MD

Department of Pediatrics

Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences

University of Otago

Wellington, New Zealand

Chapter 21

Ingrid E. Scheffer, MD

Florey Neurosciences Institute

Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics

University of Melbourne

Austin Health and Royal Children's Hospital

Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Chapter 27

Rod C. Scott, MD

Senior Lecturer in Pediatric Neurosciences and Honorary Consultant Pediatric Neurologist

Neurosciences Unit

UCL Institute of Child Health

London, United Kingdom

Epilepsy Unit

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust

London, United Kingdom

The National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy

Lingfield, United Kingdom

Radiology and Physics Unit

UCL Institute of Child Health

London, United Kingdom

Chapter 39

J. M. Serratosa, MD

Epilepsy Unit

Neurology Service

Fundación Jiménez Díaz

Madrid, Spain

Chapter 23

Raj D. Sheth, MD

Nemours Children's Clinic

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Jacksonville, Florida

Chapter 20

Mary Lou Smith, MD

Department of Psychology

University of Toronto Mississauga

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Chapter 40

O. Carter Snead III, MD

Faculty of Medicine

Department of Pediatrics (Neurology) and

Research Program in Neurosciences and Mental Health

The Hospital for Sick Children

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario

Chapter 28

John B. P. Stephenson, MA, BM, FRCP

Professor

Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit

Royal Hospital for Sick Children

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Chapter 16

Robert Surtees, MD

Neurosciences Unit

UCL Institute of Child Health

London, United Kingdom

Chapter 15

Paolo Tinuper, MD

Department of Neurological Sciences

University of Bologna

Bologna, Italy

Chapter 44

Roberto Tuchman, MD

Director of Developmental and Behavioral Neurology

Department of Neurology

Dan Marino Center

Miami Children's Hospital

Weston, Florida

Chapter 43

Kette D. Valente, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Clinical Neurophysiology

Institute of Psychiatry

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Chapter 34

Kim West, PharmD, MBA

Senior Neurology Scientific Affairs Liaison

Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC

Charlottesville, Virginia

Chapter 50

James W. Wheless, MD

Professor and Chief of Pediatric Neurology

LeBonheur Chair in Pediatric Neurology

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Director of Neuroscience Institute and LeBonheur Comprehensive Epilepsy Program

LeBonheur Children's Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee

Chapter 48

Nicole I. Wolf, MD

Department of Child Neurology

VU University Medical Center

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Chapter 15

Elaine Wyllie, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Director of Center for Pediatric Neurology

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 55

Yasuko Yamatogi, MD

Department of Welfare System and Health Science

Faculty of Health and Welfare Science

Okayama Prefectural University

Soja-City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Chapter 12

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