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Donald Olson

Profile: http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Donald_Olson/

Contact:
Name: Donald Olson
Title: Assoc. Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Email: dmolson@stanford.edu
Phone: 723-6841

Academic Appointments
Appointment
Organization
Associate Professor - Med Center Line
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy)
Pediatrics
Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy)
Neurosurgery
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Pediatrics ; Neurology and Neurol Sciences ;
 
Honors & Awards
Title
Organization
Date(s)
Neurology Clerkship Teaching Award
Stanford Medical Students
2006-2007
Lysia Forno Award for Teaching Excellence
Stanford Neurology Residents
2002-2003
Administrative Appointments
Title
Organization
Start Year
End Year
Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
2005
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Neurology Service Chief
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
2006
-
Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
MD
Univ of Oregon Health Sciences
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1981
BA
Columbia
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1977
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
  • Olson DM, Howard N, Shaw RJ "Hypnosis-provoked nonepileptic events in children." Epilepsy Behav 2008; More »
  • Hahn JS, Delgado MR, Clegg NJ, Sparagana SP, Gerace KL, Barkovich AJ, Olson DM "Electroencephalography in holoprosencephaly: findings in children without epilepsy." Clin Neurophysiol 2003; 114: 10: 1908-17 More »
  • Olson DM, "Treatment considerations: role of surgery." Epilepsy Behav 2002; 3: 6S1: 32-40 More »
  • Nelson GB, Olson DM, Hahn JS "Short duration of benign partial epilepsy in infancy." J Child Neurol 2002; 17: 6: 440-5 More »
  • Olson JA, Olson DM, Sandborg C, Alexander S, Buckingham B "Type 1 diabetes mellitus and epilepsia partialis continua in a 6-year-old boy with elevated anti-GAD65 antibodies." Pediatrics 2002; 109: 3: E50 More »
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