David B. Shurtleff, MD

Developmental Pediatrics

On staff since September 1961

Academic Title: Professor, Retired, Extended

Research Center: Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development

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Overview
Publications

Overview

Board Certification(s): Pediatrics
Medical/Professional School: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston
Fellowship: Pediatrics, Harvard University, Cambridge
Clinical Interests: Myelomeningocele, Hydrocephalus, Developmental delay
Research Description: My research focuses on epidemiologic studies of myelomeningocele, various forms of spina bifida, and hydrocephalus.
Research Focus Area: Neuroscience / Neurodevelopment

Publications

Pediatric perspective on prenatal counseling for myelomeningocele.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology , 2006 Sep: 645-53

Acquisition of autonomy skills in adolescents with myelomeningocele.
Developmental medicine and child neurology , 2006 Apr: 253-8

Long-term survival of individuals with myelomeningocele.
Pediatric neurosurgery , 2005 Jul-Aug: 186-91

Epidemiology of neural tube defects and folic acid.
Cerebrospinal fluid research , 2004 Dec 10: 5

Primary Office

Seattle Children's

OC.9.840 - Neurodevelopmental
4800 Sand Point Way NE

Seattle, WA 98105

206-987-2590

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