Program Providers
Mark S. Wainwright, M.D., Ph.D.
Herman and Faye Sarkowksy Endowed Chair in Child Neurology
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Pediatric Neurology Division Chief
Director, Neurocritical Care Program
Clinical Interests: Pediatric neurocritical care; cardiac arrest, refractory status epilepticus, acute stroke, traumatic brain injury; neurologic complications of critical illness including sepsis and acute liver failure.
Research Interests: Application of big data in pediatric critical care; role of neuroinflammation in acute brain injuries; non-invasive neuromonitoring in the ICU.
Email: mark.wainwright@seattlechildrens.org
Epilepsy
Edward J. Novotny, Jr., M.D.
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Alvord, Gerlich, and Rhodes Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Epilepsy
Clinical Interests: Pediatric Epilepsy
Research Interests: Use of functional MRI and MR spectroscopy in the evaluation of children for epilepsy surgery
Email: edward.novotny@seattlechildrens.org
Lisa Akiyama, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Refractory epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, and brain mapping.
Research Interests: Neurocognitive outcomes of patients with epilepsy
Email: Lisa.Akiyama@seattlechildrens.org
Patricia Berry, ARNP
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, refractory epilepsy, ketogenic diet
Email: Pat.Berry@seattlechildrens.org
Carlos Castillo-Pinto, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Neurocritical care, refractory epilepsy, and epilepsy surgery.
Research Interests: Cerebral autoregulation, neurovascular coupling, cerebral hemodynamics, quantitative EEG, artificial intelligence in the ICU.
Email: carlos.castillopinto@seattlechildrens.org
Quinn Crosta, ARNP, DNP
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, epilepsy monitoring unit
Email: quinn.crosta@seattlechildrens.org
Benjamin Edmonds, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Pediatric Epilepsy and Neuromodulation
Research Interests: Use of intracranial neurostimulation for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, functional mapping of epilepsy networks.
Email: benjamin.edmonds@seattlechildrens.org
Susanna Fenstermacher, ARNP
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, refractory epilepsy, ketogenic diet, epilepsy monitoring unit
Email: Susanna.fenstermacher@seattlechildrens.org
Lorie D. Hamiwka, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Pediatric epilepsy
Research Interests: Pediatric epilepsy and quality of life
Email: lorie.hamiwka@seattlechildrens.org
Mi-Ae Johnson, ARNP
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, epilepsy monitoring unit
Email: mi-ae.johnson@seattlechildrens.org
Jason Lockrow, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Pediatric epilepsy, ketogenic diet, infantile spasms
Research Interests: Genetics of pediatric epilepsies
Email: Jason.lockrow@seattlechildrens.org
Priya Monrad, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Refractory epilepsy, genetic syndromes, and neonatal neurology.
Research Interests: NIRS and other non-invasive seizure localization methods.
Email: priya.monrad@seattlechildrens.org
Lindsey Morgan, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Hospital, based pediatric neurology, clinical neurophysiology
Research Interests: Pediatric neurology outcomes and clinical effectiveness research
Email: lindsey.morgan@seattlechildrens.org
Delia Nickolaus, DNP, CPNP-PC/AC
Clinical Interests: General neurology
Email: delia.nickolaus@seattlechildrens.org
Stephanie Randle, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, tuberous sclerosis complex
Research Interests: Neurologic outcomes and novel treatments for tuberous sclerosis complex
Email: stephanie.randle@seattlechildrens.org
Russell Saneto, Ph.D., D.O.
Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Pediatric epilepsy, Epilepsy surgery, Mitochondrial disease, Neurometabolic disease
Research Interests: Mitochondrial disease and epilepsy, Mitochondrial disease, Epilepsy surgery outcomes, Infantile spasms, Ketogenic diet
Email: russ.saneto@seattlechildrens.org
Haley Sittner, PA-C, MPAP
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, refractory epilepsy, ketogenic diet
Email: Haley.Sittner@seattlechildrens.org
Brynna Slater, PA-C
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, epilepsy monitoring unit
Email: brynna.slater@seattlechildrens.org
Meghan Smith, DNP, ARNP
Clinical Interests: Epilepsy monitoring unit, general neurology, neuromodulation (VNS), ketogenic diet
Email: meghan.smith@seattlechildrens.org
Taylor Wasserman, PA-C
Clinical Interests: Complex epilepsy, general neurology, infantile spasms
Email: taylor.wasserman@seattlechildrens.org
Susanne Yoon, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Pediatric Epilepsy, refractory Epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, Tuberous Sclerosis complex
Research Interests: Source localization in epilepsy surgery, epilepsy surgery outcome in patients with TSC, new therapies or outcome studies in patients with TSC
Email: susanne.yoon@seattlechildrens.org
Fetal Neurology
Hannah Tully, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology, Director of Education
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, neurogenetics
Research Interests: Neurogenetics of hydrocephalus
Email: hmtully@uw.edu
General Neurology
John Jay Alexander, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, headache
Research Interests:
Email: john.alexander@seattlechildrens.org
Patricia Berry, ARNP
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, refractory epilepsy, ketogenic diet
Email: pat.berry@seattlechildrens.org
Quinn Crosta, ARNP, DNP
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, epilepsy monitoring unit
Email: quinn.crosta@seattlechildrens.org
Susanna Fenstermacher, ARNP
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, refractory epilepsy, ketogenic diet, epilepsy monitoring unit
Email: susanna.fenstermacher@seattlechildrens.org
Jessica Hauser Chatterjee, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: General child neurology and headache medicine
Research Interests: Childhood and adolescent headache, childhood migraine
Research focus area: Management of acute migraine in the emergency department. Synaptic physiology and developmental brain plasticity.
Email: jessica.hauserchatterjee@seattlechildrens.org
Mi-Ae Johnson, ARNP
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, headache program, pediatric epilepsy, epilepsy monitoring unit
Email: mi-ae.johnson@seattlechildrens.org
Peter Kollros, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: General child neurology, Cognitive behavioral child neurology, Landau Kleffner syndrome, Autism, Neurological complications of cancer
Research Interests: Cognitive behavioral child neurology, Landau Kleffner syndrome, Autism, Neurological complications of cancer
Email: peter.kollros@seattlechildrens.org
Lauren Levesque, ARNP
Clinical Interests: Neurofibromatosis Type 1, pediatric neuro-oncology, pediatric epilepsy
Email: lauren.levesque@seattlechildrens.org
Amanda March, D.O.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Neurocritical Care, Neuropalliative Medicine, General Neurology
Research Interests: Long-term outcomes in neurocritical care
Email: amanda.march@seattlechildrens.org
Dararat (Pam) Mingbunjerdsuk, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, movement disorders
Research Interests: Movement disorders
Email: dararat.mingbunjerdsuk@seattlechildrens.org
Niranjana (Nina) Natarajan, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Neonatal neurology, general pediatric neurology
Research Interests: Neonatal neurology
Email: nina.natarajan@seattlechildrens.org
Delia Nickolaus, ARNP, DNP
Clinical Interests: Pediatric neurology inpatient transitional care
Email: delia.nickolaus@seattlechildrens.org
Catherine Otten, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, multiple sclerosis
Research Interests: Pediatric multiple sclerosis
Email: catherine.otten@seattlechildrens.org
Payal Patel, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical interests: autoimmune and infectious encephalitis, post-infectious and parainfectious neurologic sequelae, CNS infections
Research interests: cognitive outcomes following CNS infections and autoimmune encephalitis, group-based trajectory analyses, immunologic and radiographic biomarkers of neurologic injury.
Email: payal.patel@seattlechildrens.org
Wesleigh Richardson, ARNP
Clinical Interests: General neurology, movement disorders
Email: wesleigh.richardson@seattlechildrens.org
Haley Sittner, PA-C
Lumbar Puncture Program Director
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, refractory epilepsy, ketogenic diet, infantile spasms
Email: haley.sittner@seattlechildrens.org
Brynna Slater, PA-C
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, epilepsy monitoring unit
Email: brynna.slater@seattlechildrens.org
Meghan Smith, DNP, ARNP
Clinical interests: Epilepsy monitoring unit, general neurology, neuromodulation (VNS), ketogenic diet
Email: meghan.smith@seattlechildrens.org
Kyle Steinman, M.D, M.A.S.
Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Developmental speech and language disorders, autistic spectrum disorders, learning disorders in neurologic disease, other neurologic conditions with associated cognitive and behavioral dysfunction.
Research Interests: Understanding brain differences that underlie language and cognitive functioning in individuals with autism and other neurologic disorders.
Email: kylejs@uw.edu
Mark S. Wainwright, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Herman and Faye Sarkowksy Endowed Chair in Child Neurology
Clinical Interests: Pediatric neurocritical care; cardiac arrest, refractory status epilepticus, acute stroke, traumatic brain injury; neurologic complications of critical illness including sepsis and acute liver failure.
Research Interests: Application of big data in pediatric critical care; role of neuroinflammation in acute brain injuries; non-invasive neuromonitoring in the ICU
Email: mark.wainwright@seattlechildrens.org
Taylor Wasserman, PA-C
Clinical interests: Complex epilepsy, general neurology, infantile spasms
Email: taylor.wasserman@seattlechildrens.org
Headache
Heidi Blume, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Headache, general pediatric neurology
Research Interests: Epidemiology of pediatric headache
Email: heidi.blume@seattlechildrens.org
John Jay Alexander, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, headache
Research Interests:
Email: john.alexander@seattlechildrens.org
Joyce George, ARNP
Clinical Interests: Pediatric headache, Botox therapy
Email: joyce.george@seattlechildrens.org
Jessica Hauser Chatterjee, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: General child neurology and headache medicine
Research Interests: Childhood and adolescent headache, childhood migraine
Research focus area: Management of acute migraine in the emergency department. Synaptic physiology and developmental brain plasticity.
Email: jessica.hauserchatterjee@seattlechildrens.org
Mi-Ae Johnson, ARNP
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, headache program, pediatric epilepsy, epilepsy monitoring unit
Email: mi-ae.johnson@seattlechildrens.org
Katherine Slettvet, ARNP
Clinical Interests: Pediatric headache, Botox therapy
Email: katherine.slettvet@seattlechildrens.org
Ketogenic Diet
Jason Lockrow, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Pediatric epilepsy, ketogenic diet, infantile spasms
Research Interests: Genetics of pediatric epilepsies
Email: Jason.lockrow@seattlechildrens.org
Patricia Berry, ARNP
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, refractory epilepsy, ketogenic diet
Email: pat.berry@seattlechildrens.org
Susanna Fenstermacher, ARNP
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, refractory epilepsy, ketogenic diet, epilepsy monitoring unit
Email: susanna.fenstermacher@seattlechildrens.org
Russell Saneto, Ph.D., D.O.
Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Pediatric epilepsy, Epilepsy surgery, Mitochondrial disease, Neurometabolic disease
Research Interests: Mitochondrial disease and epilepsy, Mitochondrial disease, Epilepsy surgery outcomes, Infantile spasms, Ketogenic diet
Email: russ.saneto@seattlechildrens.org
Haley Sittner, PA-C, MPAP
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, refractory epilepsy, ketogenic diet
Email: haley.sittner@seattlechildrens.org
Language Disorders
Kyle Steinman, M.D, M.A.S.
Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Developmental speech and language disorders, autistic spectrum disorders, learning disorders in neurologic disease, other neurologic conditions with associated cognitive and behavioral dysfunction.
Research Interests: Understanding brain differences that underlie language and cognitive functioning in individuals with autism and other neurologic disorders.
Email: kylejs@uw.edu
Mitochondrial and Metabolic Disorders
Russell Saneto, Ph.D., D.O.
Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Pediatric epilepsy, Epilepsy surgery, Mitochondrial disease, Neurometabolic disease
Research Interests: Mitochondrial disease and epilepsy, Mitochondrial disease, Epilepsy surgery outcomes, Infantile spasms, Ketogenic diet
Email: russ.saneto@seattlechildrens.org
Movement Disorders
Dararat (Pam) Mingbunjerdsuk, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, movement disorders
Research Interests: Movement disorders
Email: dararat.mingbunjerdsuk@seattlechildrens.org
Wesleigh Richardson, ARNP
Clinical Interests: General neurology, movement disorders
Email: Wesleigh.richardson@seattlechildrens.org
Neonatal Neurology
Niranjana (Nina) Natarajan, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Neonatal neurology, general pediatric neurology
Research Interests: Neonatal neurology
Email: nina.natarajan@seattlechildrens.org
Jan Martin, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Neonatal Neurology, Neurocritical Care, General Neurology
Research Interests: Neonatal Neurology, Quality Improvement, Medical Education
Email: jan.martin@seattlechildrens.org
Hannah Tully, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology, Director of Education
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, neurogenetics
Research Interests: Neurogenetics of hydrocephalus
Email: hmtully@uw.edu
Neurocritical Care and Stroke
Catherine Amlie-Lefond, M.D.
Professor of Neurology, Director Pediatric Vascular Neurology Program
Clinical Interests: Pediatric stroke, cerebrovascular disease, and general pediatric neurology
Research Interests: Pediatric stroke
Email: calefond@uw.edu
Carlos Castillo-Pinto, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: neurocritical care, refractory epilepsy, and epilepsy surgery
Research Interests: cerebral autoregulation, neurovascular coupling, cerebral hemodynamics, quantitative EEG, artificial intelligence in the ICU
Email: carlos.castillopinto@seattlechildrens.org
Amanda March, D.O.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Neurocritical Care, Neuropalliative Medicine, General Neurology
Research Interests: Long-term outcomes in neurocritical care
Email: amanda.march@seattlechildrens.org
Lindsey Morgan, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Hospital, based pediatric neurology, clinical neurophysiology
Research Interests: Pediatric neurology outcomes and clinical effectiveness research
Email: lindsey.morgan@seattlechildrens.org
Niranjana (Nina) Natarajan, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Neonatal neurology, general pediatric neurology
Research Interests: Neonatal neurology
Email: nina.natarajan@seattlechildrens.org
Mark S. Wainwright, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Herman and Faye Sarkowksy Endowed Chair in Child Neurology
Clinical Interests: Pediatric neurocritical care; cardiac arrest, refractory status epilepticus, acute stroke, traumatic brain injury; neurologic complications of critical illness including sepsis and acute liver failure
Research Interests: Application of big data in pediatric critical care; role of neuroinflammation in acute brain injuries; non-invasive neuromonitoring in the ICU
Email: mark.wainwright@seattlechildrens.org
Neurogenetics
Hannah Tully, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology, Director of Education
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, neurogenetics
Research Interests: Neurogenetics of hydrocephalus
Email: hmtully@uw.edu
Neuroinfectious Disease
Payal Patel, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: autoimmune and infectious encephalitis, post-infectious and parainfectious neurologic sequelae, CNS infections
Research Interests: cognitive outcomes following CNS infections and autoimmune encephalitis, group-based trajectory analyses, immunologic and radiographic biomarkers of neurologic injury.
Email: payal.patel@seattlechildrens.org
Neuroinflammatory Disorders
Catherine Otten, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, multiple sclerosis
Research Interests: Pediatric multiple sclerosis
Email: catherine.otten@seattlechildrens.org
Neuromodulation
Benjamin Edmonds, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Pediatric Epilepsy and Neuromodulation
Research Interests: Use of intracranial neurostimulation for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, functional mapping of epilepsy networks.
Email: benjamin.edmonds@seattlechildrens.org
Neuromuscular Disorders
Seth Perlman, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Neuromuscular disorders, electrodiagnostic evaluation (electromyography and nerve conduction studies)
Research Interests: EMG, neurodiagnostics, neurotherapeutics, treatment of neuromuscular disorders
Email: seth.perlman@seattlechildrens.org
Alicia Henriquez, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical interests: neuromuscular disorders, electrodiagnostic evaluation, and general neurology.
Research interests: treatment of neuromuscular disorders.
Email: Alicia.henriquez@seattlechildrens.org
Daniel Hurwitz, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical interests: General neurology, neuromuscular disorders, neuromuscular ultrasound, electrodiagnostics (EMG and nerve conduction studies)
Research interests: Clinical trials for neuromuscular disorders, neuromuscular ultrasound.
Email: daniel.hurwitz@seattlechildrens.org
Neuro-Oncology
Aimee Sato, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Type 2, Neuro-oncology
Research Interests: Neurologic complications of brain tumors and their treatments in children
Email: aimee.sato@seattlechildrens.org
Juliane Gust, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: pediatric neuro–oncology, general pediatric neurology
Research Interests: neurological complications of CAR–T cell immunotherapy
Email: juliane.gust@seattlechildrens.org
Peter Kollros, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: General child neurology, Cognitive behavioral child neurology, Landau Kleffner syndrome, Autism, Neurological complications of cancer
Research Interests: Cognitive behavioral child neurology, Landau Kleffner syndrome, Autism, Neurological complications of cancer
Email: peter.kollros@seattlechildrens.org
Lauren Levesque, ARNP
Clinical Interests: Neurofibromatosis Type 1, pediatric neuro-oncology, pediatric epilepsy
Email: lauren.levesque@seattlechildrens.org
Neuropsychology
Kristina Patrick, Ph.D., BCBA
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Epilepsy, neurocritical care, neurofibromatosis, acquired brain injury, language disorders
Research Interests: Neurocognitive screening, pediatric epilepsy, autism spectrum disorder, stroke, traumatic brain injury
Email: kristina.patrick@seattlechildrens.org
Gabrielle Alvarez, PSYD, ABPP
Neuropsychologist
Clinical Interests: acquired brain injury (TBI, stroke), brain tumors, inpatient neuropsychology, cognitive rehabilitation
Research Interests: TBI, inpatient neuropsychological assessment
Email: gabielle.alvarez@seattlehildrens.org
Sharon B. Ashman, PhD, ABPP
Neuropsychologist
Clinical Interests: acquired brain injury (e.g., traumatic brain injury, stroke, encephalitis, hypoxic brain injury), multiple sclerosis/demyelinating diseases of the CNS
Research Interests: acquired brain injury, MS / demyelinating disease, pediatric neuropsychological intervention
Email: sharon.ashman@seattlechildrens.org
Katherine S. Bowen, PhD
Neuropsychologist
Clinical Interests: general pediatric neuropsychology, epilepsy, stroke, multiple sclerosis, neurocutaneous disorders
Research Interests: acquired brain injury (TBI, stroke), ADHD, epilepsy, the role of environmental factors on neuropsychological development
Email: kate.bowen@seattlechildrens.org
Jackson Gray, Ph.D
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neuropsychology, epilepsy, neurocritical care, spina bifida, acquired brain injury
Email: jackson.gray@seattlechildrens.org
Skyler Leonard, PhD, ABPP
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Brain tumors, epilepsy, acquired brain injuries, and genetic disorders
Research Interests: Neurocognitive outcomes of brain tumors, epilepsy, and treatment
Email: skyler.leonard@seattlechildrens.org
Sandy Rodgin, PhD
Neuropsychologist
Clinical Interests: neurocritical care, acquired brain injury, sickle cell disease, epilepsy
Research Interests: cognitive sequelae of severe brain injury
Email: sandy.rodgin@seattlechildrens.org
Ashley Roy, Ph.D.
Neuropsychologist
Clinical Interests: acquired brain injury, concussion management (acute injury and prolonged recovery, return-to-play guidance for athletes)
Research Interests: concussion (sports-related, as well as other mechanisms of injury)
Email: ashley.roy@seattlechildrens.org
Tuberous Sclerosis
Stephanie Randle, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, tuberous sclerosis complex
Research Interests: Neurologic outcomes and novel treatments for tuberous sclerosis complex
Email: stephanie.randle@seattlechildrens.org
Susanna Fenstermacher, ARNP
Clinical Interests: General pediatric neurology, pediatric epilepsy, refractory epilepsy, ketogenic diet, epilepsy monitoring unit
Email: susanna.fenstermacher@seattlechildrens.org
Susanne Yoon, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Clinical Interests: Pediatric Epilepsy, refractory Epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, Tuberous Sclerosis complex
Research Interests: Source localization in epilepsy surgery, epilepsy surgery outcome in patients with TSC, new therapies or outcome studies in patients with TSC
Email: susanne.yoon@seattlechildrens.org