Key Documents
Donald Olson
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Pediatrics
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Neurosurgery
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Child Neurology 730 Welch Road, Suite 206 Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel Work (650) 723-6841 Fax (650) 721-6350Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Administrative Contact Donald Olson Assoc. Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics Email Tel Work 723-6841Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Neurology - Child Neurology
- Neurology, Pediatric
Administrative Appointments
- Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford (2005 - present)
- Neurology Service Chief, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford (2006 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Neurology Clerkship Teaching Award, Stanford Medical Students (2006-2007)
- Lysia Forno Award for Teaching Excellence, Stanford Neurology Residents (2002-2003)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1992) |
| Board Certification: | Neurology - Child Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1991) |
| Fellowship: | UCLA Medical Center, CA (1989) |
| Residency: | University of Washington Medical Center, WA USA (1987) |
| Board Certification: | Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics (1986) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Epilepsy in children and adolescents. Particular interest in clinical neurophysiology (EEG and video EEG), differential diagnosis of seizures in children, and selection of patients who will benefit from epilepsy surger.
Publications
- Hypnosis-provoked nonepileptic events in children. Epilepsy Behav. 2008; (3): 456-9
- Electroencephalography in holoprosencephaly: findings in children without epilepsy. Clin Neurophysiol. 2003; (10): 1908-17
- Short duration of benign partial epilepsy in infancy. J Child Neurol. 2002; (6): 440-5
- Treatment considerations: role of surgery. Epilepsy Behav. 2002; (6S1): 32-40
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus and epilepsia partialis continua in a 6-year-old boy with elevated anti-GAD65 antibodies. Pediatrics. 2002; (3): E50
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