Assistant Professor of Pediatric Neurology and Pediatrics

Office Phone: 206-987-2078

Bamford Lab

EDUCATION
- M.D. from the University of Utah, 1992
- Training in Pediatrics at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York
- Training in Adult and Child Neurology at the Neurological Institute of New York
- Assistant Professor of Neurology at Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, NY

CERTIFICATION
- American Board of Pediatrics, 1997
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology, 2000

CLINICAL INTERESTS
- General child neurology
- Neuronal and cerebellar dysgenesis
- Drug addiction and withdrawal

CLINICAL PRACTICE
- General Child Neurology at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, with offices in both Seattle and Bellevue

RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Molecular and genetic basis of cerebellar and cortical dysgenesis
- Synaptic function and regulation of corticostriatal projections
- Aberrant cortical and striatal function in Huntington’s disease and psychostimulant withdrawal