Author
Nir Shimony, MD Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Le Bonheur Neuroscience Institute, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Baptist Children’s Hospital, and Semmes Murphey Clinic, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine; Adjunct Faculty, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Nir Shimony, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American Epilepsy Society, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Society for Neuro-Oncology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Coauthor(s)
George I Jallo, MD Professor of Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, and Oncology, Director, Clinical Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
George I Jallo, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Specialty Editor Board
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference
Disclosure: Received salary from Medscape for employment. for: Medscape.
Jorge C Kattah, MD Head, Associate Program Director, Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
Jorge C Kattah, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association, New York Academy of Sciences
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Chief Editor
Stephen L Nelson, Jr, MD, PhD, FAACPDM, FAAN, FAAP, FANA Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, Medical Director, Tulane Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Tulane University School of Medicine; Pediatric Neurologist and Epileptologist, Ochsner Hospital for Children; Professor of Neurology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Stephen L Nelson, Jr, MD, PhD, FAACPDM, FAAN, FAAP, FANA is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, American Academy of Neurology, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Epilepsy Society, American Medical Association, American Neurological Association, The Society of Federal Health Professionals (AMSUS), Child Neurology Society, Southern Pediatric Neurology Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Additional Contributors
Subrata Ghosh, MD, MBBS, MS Staff Physician, Division of Neurosurgery, St Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine
Subrata Ghosh, MD, MBBS, MS is a member of the following medical societies: American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American Medical Association, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Texas Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Draga Jichici, MD, FRCPC, FAHA Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine and Neurology, Co-Director, Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit, Co-Director, Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University School of Medicine, Canada
Draga Jichici, MD, FRCPC, FAHA is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, Canadian Critical Care Society, Canadian Medical Protective Association, Canadian Neurocritical Care Society, Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation, Neurocritical Care Society, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Roberta J Seidman, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, Director of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook Medicine
Roberta J Seidman, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American Association of Neuropathologists, New York Association of Neuropathologists (The Neuroplex)
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
