Bio
Dr. Lumba-Brown is an academic pediatric emergency medicine physician with expertise in traumatic brain injury and neurocritical emergencies. She cares for children and young adults clinically in the Stanford Pediatric Emergency Department. Dr. Lumba-Brown is a national expert on concussion and has led several recent large guideline projects. She is also the co-director of the Stanford Brain Performance Center where she works to advance the neuroscience of brain synchronization in childhood development, injury, and aging through novel biomarker discovery and treatments.
Academic Appointments
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Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
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Clinical Associate Professor (By courtesy), Neurosurgery
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Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Administrative Appointments
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Co-Director, Stanford Brain Performance Center (2018 - Present)
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Research Director, Stanford Brain Trauma Evidence-Based Consortium (2017 - 2019)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Editorial Board, Frontiers in Neurology: Neurotrauma (2020 - Present)
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Editorial Board, Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians (2019 - Present)
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Mild TBI Definition Expert Consensus Group, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (2019 - Present)
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Workgroup to Improve the Clinical Care of Youth with Mild TBI, Centers for Disease Control and Injury Prevention (2011 - Present)
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Chair, Committee for the Future, Section on Emergency Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics (2015 - 2017)
Professional Education
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Board Certification, American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine (2013)
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PEM Fellowship, University of California San Diego, Rady Children's Hospital, Pediatric Emergency Medicine (2012)
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Board Certification, American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics (2009)
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Residency, New York Medical College, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Pediatrics (2007)
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Internship, New York Medical College, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Pediatrics (2006)
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Medical Doctor (MD), St. George's University Medical School, Medicine (2006)
Community and International Work
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Stanford Sports Concussion Summit
Topic
Mild TBI
Location
US
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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CDC Head Up Educational Materials
Topic
Mild TBI
Partnering Organization(s)
Centers for Disease Control and Injury Prevention
Location
International
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
Patents
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Vijay Lumba, Irwin Wunderman, Mearl Naponic, John Missanelli, Angela Lumba. "United States Patent US 20040082842 Lumba VK, Wunderman I, Naponic M, Missanelli J, Lumba AK. ?System for Monitoring Fetal Status? Patent US 20040082842. April 2004.", Vijay Lumba, Apr 29, 2004