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Hower Kwon, MD

Hower Kwon, MD

Autism Center, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

On staff since December 2009

Academic Title: Assistant Professor

Overview

Board Certification(s)
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Medical/Professional School
New York University School of Medicine, New York
Residency
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Los Angeles, Psychiatry
Fellowship
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Los Angeles, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Stanford University - Psychiatry and Behavorial Science, Stanford, Pediatric Neuroimaging Research Fellowship
Clinical Interests

Autism and pervasive developmental disorders; neuropsychiatry

Awards and Honors

Award NameAward DescriptionAwarded ByAward Date
Seattle Magazine Top Doctor - 2011Seattle Magazine Top Doctor - 2011Seattle Magazine 2011

Publications

Risk factors for the emergence of psychotic disorders in adolescents with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
The American journal of psychiatry , 2007 Apr: 663-9
Hippocampal size positively correlates with verbal IQ in male children.
Hippocampus , 2007: 486-93
COMT genotype predicts longitudinal cognitive decline and psychosis in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
Nature neuroscience , 2005 Nov: 1500-2
Voxel-based morphometry elucidates structural neuroanatomy of high-functioning autism and Asperger syndrome.
Developmental medicine and child neurology , 2004 Nov: 760-4
The amygdala is enlarged in children but not adolescents with autism; the hippocampus is enlarged at all ages.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience , 2004 Jul 14: 6392-401
An experiment of nature: brain anatomy parallels cognition and behavior in Williams syndrome.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience , 2004 May 26: 5009-15
Tardive dyskinesia in an autistic patient treated with risperidone.
The American journal of psychiatry , 2004 Apr: 757-8
Emotional attribution in high-functioning individuals with autistic spectrum disorder: a functional imaging study.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 2004 Apr: 473-80
Investigation of neuroanatomical differences between autism and Asperger syndrome.
Archives of general psychiatry , 2004 Mar: 291-8
White matter structure in autism: preliminary evidence from diffusion tensor imaging.
Biological psychiatry , 2004 Feb 1: 323-6
Corpus callosum and posterior fossa development in monozygotic females: a morphometric MRI study of Turner syndrome.
Developmental medicine and child neurology , 2003 May: 320-4

Primary Office

Seattle Children's
CAC - Autism Center
4909 - 25th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105
206-987-8080

Additional Offices

Bellevue Child Behavior Center
365 - 118th Ave SE
Suite 118
Bellevue, WA 98005
425-454-2911

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