- Medical/Professional School:
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University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
- Clinical Interests:
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Neuropsychology of Neurological Disorders -including integrating cognitive, social, emotional, educational and vocational aspects of functioning in children with neurological disorders
Epilepsy
Epilepsy surgery and mapping of brain language and memory sites via intracarotid Amobarbital procedures, electrocorticogaphy and functional MRI
- Description of Research:
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Clinical. Epilepsy and epilepsy surgery related.
- Key Publications:
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Shurtleff H, Bournival B, Snyder T, Hempel A, Williams J, Warner M, Blackburn L, Gurdak D. Memory abilities in children and adolescents with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) before and after temporal lobectomy (TL) (abstract only). Epilepsia. 2003;44(9):320.
Saneto R, Warner M, Shurtleff H, Sotero de Menezes M. Simplifying seizure medications improves neuropsychological test scores in two patients with mitochondrial electron transport chain dysfunction and epilepsy (abstract only). Epilepsia. 2003;44(9):240-1.
Bournival B, Shurtleff H, Warner M, Ellenbogen R, Gurdak D. Depression/anxiety in children and adolescents with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) after temporal lobectomy (TL) (abstract only). Epilepsia. 2003:44(9):150-151.
Seyffert M, Pinter J, Field K, Shurtleff H, Saneto R. Functional MRI and neuropsychological testing reveals distinct langauage deficits and cortical activation in siblings with mitochondrial disease (abstract only). Annals of Neurology. 2003;54(7):S148.