July 23, 2021, Filed Under: NewsAudrey Brumback Named to CNS Leadership, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force Audrey Brumback, MD, PhD, was recently appointed to the newly formed Child Neurology Society Leadership, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (LDEI) Task Force. Brumback also serves as an elected member of the CNS board of directors. The LDEI committee has already designed several strategic initiatives to begin their work of making the field of child neurology diverse, equitable, and inclusive. “We’re just getting started. The goal is to bring about lasting change in everything from patient care to medical education and research,” Brumback said. Thank you, Dr. Brumback, for giving your time to this important work and to the Child Neurology Society. Brumback AC, et al. Introducing the Child Neurology Society Leadership, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force. Ann Neurol 2021;90:537-538. “We’re just getting started. The goal is to bring about lasting change in everything from patient care to medical education and research.”
May 17, 2021, Filed Under: NewsHome Sweet Home: Grand Opening of the Specialty Pavilion at Dell Children’s Dave Clarke, Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, E. Steve Roach, Jane Edmond On April 29, we celebrated the grand opening of the new home of UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children’s in the Specialty Pavilion at Dell Children’s Medical Center. Our new home houses offices for pediatric neurology, neurosurgery, neuropsychology, epilepsy, and neuro-opthalmology as well as vastly expanded clinic space for all of our neuroscience clinical services where we are able to see all children without regard to their parents’ ability to pay for services. Thank you to Dell Children’s Medical Center for making this huge investment in the care of children with neurological disease.
May 17, 2021, Filed Under: NewsMedical Mystery No More The growth of Dell Children’s Medical Center and our world-class pediatric neuroscience program is making it possible for us to help children from all over Texas. Two of our doctors, Clifford Calley and Winson Ho, were featured in this heartwarming story about a young boy from the Texas valley who is making a wonderful recovery after they solved the mystery of his ailment. See the story in the May 17 issue of the Austin American-Statesman: Austin American-Statesman
January 28, 2021, Filed Under: NewsInpatient Team Wins Daisy Award We already knew that our 4 South inpatient team at Dell Children’s is as good as they come, because we work with them daily and our families often sing their praises. These dedicated people (many of them shown here) provide exceptional patient care and go above and beyond to help our neuroscience patients and their families. So we were not at all surprised when they recently received the Dell Children’s Hospital Daisy Award for outstanding team care. We are very proud of these folks and the work they do. Congratulations!
January 28, 2021, Filed Under: NewsMEG Expert Babajani-Feremi Joins Pediatric Neuroscience Program We are pleased to welcome Abbas Babajani-Feremi, PhD, to the Pediatric Neurosciences Program as Associate Professor of Neurology. He will oversee our magnetoencephalography (MEG) laboratory and facilitate MEG and imaging research. Dr. Babajani-Feremi comes to Dell Medical School from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, where he was director of MEG research and head of their high-density electroencephalography laboratory. Dr. Babajani-Feremi is also a consummate scholar and educator, credited with over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and numerous national and international invited lectures. Welcome to Austin, Dr. Babajani-Feremi.
January 28, 2021, Filed Under: NewsBosques Named Chief of Pediatric PM&R We are pleased to introduce Dr. Glendaliz Bosques, our new Chief of Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) in the Pediatric Neurosciences Program. Dr. Bosques is a native of Puerto Rico and received her MD degree with honors from the University of Puerto Rico. She then completed residency training in PM&R in Houston at the combined Baylor/ UT Health Science Center program and a fellowship in pediatric PM&R at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Before moving to Austin, Dr. Bosques served as Chief of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine at the Memorial Hermann Hospital and the Shriners’ Hospital for Children in Houston. She brings a wealth of experience and a strong vision for our developing pediatric PM&R program. Welcome, Dr. Bosques!
January 27, 2021, Filed Under: NewsOur Very Own Ambassador for Epilepsy: Dave Clarke, MD Congratulations to Dr. Dave Clarke, who will receive an Ambassador for Epilepsy Award from the International League Against Epilepsy/International Bureau for Epilepsy at the 2021 Congress. Clarke was nominated for the award by the American Epilepsy Society. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in the international struggle against epilepsy. Recipients are chosen by the Joint Executive Committee of ILAE/IBE through a rigorous voting process every two years. Ambassador awards recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to activities advancing the cause of epilepsy, either internationally or with international impact. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Clarke!
November 4, 2020, Filed Under: NewsDell Med/Dell Children’s Child Neurology Residency Program Is Growing The Pediatric Neurosciences Program recently received approval from the ACGME to increase our child neurology resident compliment. We are recruiting a PGY-3 resident for the 2021-2022 academic year in addition to the NRMP child neurology medical student match. Thank you to Dell Medical School and Dell Children’s for supporting our residency education mission.
October 26, 2020, Filed Under: NewsAll Together: Pediatric Specialty Pavilion Underway Groundbreaking, Topped Out, and Planned Completion April 2021 By mid-April 2021, the new Pediatric Specialty Pavilion at Dell Children’s will be open and home to Dell Medical School’s Pediatric Neurosciences Program. This new facility, adjacent to Dell Children’s, will provide 40,000 square feet for our program and will house all pediatric neurology, neuropsychology, and neurosurgery faculty, residents, and fellows, as well as our program’s nurse practitioners and our main outpatient clinic space. Additionally, the new facility will provide outpatient eye lanes for pediatric neuro-ophthalmology. This consolidation will allow us to streamline multidisciplinary care for our patients.
October 21, 2020, Filed Under: NewsCongratulations, Dave Clarke, on Your Election to the Epilepsy Leadership Council Steering Committee Congratulations to Dr. Dave Clarke, director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Program at Dell Children’s, on his election to the steering committee of the Epilepsy Leadership Council. The Epilepsy Leadership Council is a coalition of more than 40 professional societies, patient advocacy organizations, and governmental agencies working together to improve the lives of children and adults living with epilepsy. Congratulations, Dr. Clarke!
