maura ruzhnikov

Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)

Bio

Child neurologist and medical geneticist focusing on the diagnosis and management of rare neurologic disorders. Specific interests are in genetic epilepsy syndromes, childhood neurodegenerative and neurometabolic diseases and undiagnosed suspected genetic conditions.

Academic Appointments

Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)

Professional Education

Board Certification, Clinical Genetics and Genomics, American Board of Genetics and Genomics (2019)

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Sofia Essayan-Perez

MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2023 Ph.D. Student in Neurosciences, admitted Summer 2017 MSTP Student

2 Total Publications
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Carl Feinstein

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emeritus
Research Interests
Autism and Asperger's Disorder.

Genetically-based neurodevelopmental disorder, including Velocardiofacial Syndrome, Smith-Magenis Syndrome, Williams Syndrome, and Fragile X Syndrome.

Intellectual Disability (mental retardation) and psychiatric disorders.

Developmental Language Disorder and Learning Disabilities.

Sensory impairment in children, including visual and hearing impairment.

Psychiatric aspects of medical illness and disability in children.

72 Total Publications
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Robert Fisher, MD, PhD

The Maslah Saul, MD, Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery
Clinical Focus
Epilepsy, Neurology, EEG, Consciousness, Loss of, Convulsion, Non-Epileptic, Epilepsy, Complex Partial, Epilepsy, Generalized, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe, Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic
Research Interests
Dr. Fisher is interested in clincal, laboratory and translational aspects of epilepsy research. Prior work has included: electrical deep brain stimulation for epilepsy, studied in laboratory models and clinical trials; drug delivery to a seizure focus; mechanisms of absence epilepsy studied with in vitro slices of brain thalamus; hyperthermic seizures; diagnosis and treatment of non-epileptic seizures, the post-ictal state; driving and epilepsy; new antiepileptic drugs; surgery for epilepsy.

248 Total Publications
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Grace Gengoux

Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development
Clinical Focus
Psychology, Wellness Programs, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Social Behavior, Parent-Child Relations
Research Interests
Dr. Grace Gengoux is Director of the Autism Intervention Clinic and leads an autism intervention research program focused on developing and evaluating promising behavioral and developmental treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Dr. Gengoux is also Associate Chair for Faculty Engagement & Well-being and Department Well-being Director in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, leading the department's Standing Well-being Advisory Committee.

33 Total Publications
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Ira D Glick

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emeritus
Research Interests
Schizophrenia is one of the major public health problems in American medicine. Treatment is partially efficacious but unsatisfactory. Accordingly, our research focuses on treatment outcome in two areas; finding more effective medications which have less side effects than current medications, and in the effects of combining medication with psychosocial interventions.

178 Total Publications
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Julie Good, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Clinical Focus
Pain and Symptom Management, Palliative Care, Epidermolysis Bullosa, Pediatrics
Research Interests
Julie's academic interests include pediatric palliative care, pain and symptom management for children with life-threatening illness, medical acupuncture, and meaning in medicine (the humanistic side of doctoring)

12 Total Publications
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Tamar Green

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences)
Clinical Focus
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, ADHD, Neurogenetic syndromes
Research Interests
The Brain Imaging, Development, and Genetic (BRIDGE) Lab focuses on disorders associated with child development, such as attention deficits, hyperactivity, and autism spectrum disorders. we aim to uncover biological principles of how genetic variation and its associated downstream pathways affect children's neurodevelopmental disorders.

56 Total Publications
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Hanmin Guo

Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry

3 Total Publications
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Scott S. Hall, Ph.D

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences)
Clinical Focus
Behavior Analysis, Complex Behavior Disorders, Behavior Analyst

98 Total Publications
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Joachim Hallmayer

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

233 Total Publications
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Antonio Hardan, M.D.

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Clinical Focus
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Research Interests
The neurobiology of autism
Neuroimaging in individuals with autism
Psychopharmacological treatment of children and adults with autism and/or developmental disorders
The neurobiology and innovative interventions of several neurogenic disorders including DiGeorge Syndrome (Velocardiofacial syndrome; 22q11.2 mutations), PTEN mutations, and Phelan McDermid Syndrome (22q13 mutations).

210 Total Publications
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John Christopher Janetzko

Instructor, Molecular & Cellular Physiology

16 Total Publications