Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Dr. Pardo is a Professor of Neurology and Pathology, and a clinician-scientist focused on studies dedicated to understanding and managing neurological, neuroimmune, and neuroinfectious disorders. As a neuroscientist, his research centers on studies of neurological disorders' immunopathogenesis, disease biomarkers, and models of neuroimmunological and infectious disorders. His studies on immunopathogenesis and biomarker discovery use state-of-the-art immunological and molecular techniques to investigate brain tissues, cerebrospinal fluid, and blood. As a clinician, he focuses on studies of neuroimmunological and neuroinfectious disorders. He serves as Director of the Johns...

Associate Professor of Pathology, Director of the Molecular Virology Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Medicine Heba Mostafa, M.D., Ph.D., D(ABMM). Dr. Heba Mostafa completed her M.D. at the Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt. She then moved to the United States where she earned her Ph.D. in Microbiology at the University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS) followed by three years of Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (Memphis, TN). Dr. Mostafa completed her Clinical Microbiology Fellowship training at the University of Rochester Medical Center (Rochester, NY) and earned her American Board...

Pediatric neurologist, University Medical Center Groningen Jelte Helfferich works as a pediatric neurologist in Groningen, focusing on acute pediatric neurology, with a special interest in acute flaccid myelitis and other conditions presenting with acute flaccid paralysis. In 2023, he succesfully defended his PhD titled 'acute flaccid myelitis and enterovirus D68'. Through involvement in the international Acute Flaccid Myelitis working group and the European non-polio enterovirus network (ENPEN), he aims to improve surveillance and diagnosis of acute flaccid myelitis.

Professor, Marmara University Dr. Olcay Ünver completed her undergraduate studies in 2000 at Marmara University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. She pursued her residency in Pediatrics at Zeynep Kamil Women's and Children's Diseases Training and Research Hospital between 2001 and 2006, Istanbul, Turkey. She specialized in Child Neurology at Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Child Neurology Division, Istanbul, Turkey from 2008 to 2011. Dr. Ünver became an Associate Professor within the Marmara University Faculty of Medicine in 2017. Since 2017, she has been actively involved in the treatment of...

Professor, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Darcy Krueger received MD and PhD degrees from Saint Louis University, and joined the faculty at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center after completing child neurology residency training in 2007. He is now the Clack Endowed Professor in Tuberous Sclerosis and Director of Administration and Research for the Tuberous Sclerosis Clinic and Center of Excellence at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. In 2011, Dr. Krueger helped establish the Tuberous Sclerosis Clinical Research Consortium in the United States which has been focused since its inception on understanding and treating...

Professor In Pediatric Neurology, Ege University Medical School

Dr. Sanem Yilmaz Professor, Child Neurologist, Ege University Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, İzmir, Türkiye. Dr. Sanem Yılmaz graduated from Ankara University Medical Faculty in 2000, completed her pediatric residency at Behcet Uz Children's Hospital in 2005. She attained specialization in pediatric neurology in 2011 after finishing the Pediatric Neurology fellowship program at Ege University Medical Faculty. She received a scholarship from The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye to enhance her expertise in childhood movement disorders and collaborated with Prof. Jonathan W. Mink at Rochester University,...

Associate Professor of Child Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University Dr. Piantino is a Child Neurologist and a physician-scientist with the Papé Family Research Institute. He is dual fellowship-trained in Clinical Neurophysiology and Pediatric Neurocritical Care. His clinical interests include epilepsy and traumatic brain injury. In addition, Dr. Piantino runs a research lab focused on the effects of traumatic brain injury and poor sleep on brain function. His lab receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Defense, and other local sources. When he is not at...

Professor and Head, Pediatrics, University Of British Columbia Dr. Steven P. Miller is Head and Professor of the UBC Department of Pediatrics and the Chief of Pediatric Medicine at BC’s Children Hospital. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, holds the Hudson Family Hospital Chair in Pediatric Medicine and James & Annabel McCreary Chair in Pediatrics, and was previously a Canada Research Chair in Neonatal Neuroscience. Leading a multidisciplinary team, his research program focuses on better understanding how intensive care impacts brain development and injury in the newborn...

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