AFM Working Group Sites & Members

University of California San Francisco, Benioff Children Hospital, San Francisco

Department of Neurology, Division of Child Neurology

• Kendall Nash, M.D.
• Carla Francisco, M.D.
• Jonathan Strober, M.D.

Department of Neurological Surgery

• Line Jacques M.D.
• Nalin Gupta M.D. PhD

University of California San Francisco

Laboratory Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

• Charles Chiu, M.D., PhD
• Benjamin Briggs, M.D., PhD

Department of Neurology

• Riley Bove, M.D., M.A.

Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center and UCSF Pediatrics

Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Disease

• Carol Glaser, M.D.

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto

Department of Neurology- Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinic

• Carolina Tesi-Rocha, M.D.

Department of Neurology- Pediatric Neuroimmunology Clinic
The Van Haren Lab – Stanford University

• Keith Van Haren, M.D.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Division of Neurology

• Jay Desai, M.D.
• Nusrat Ahsan, M.D.
• Emmanuelle Tiongson, M.D.
• Leigh Ramos-Platt, M.D.
• Jonathan Douglas Santoro, M.D.

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Clinical Microbiology and Virology Laboratory

• Jennifer Dien Bard, PhD.

Center for Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve

• Mitchel Seruya M.D.

J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla Campus

• Richard H. Scheuermann, PhD.

University of California San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital

Department of Neurology

• Chamindra Konersman, MD

Valley Children’s Hospital

Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine

• John Luce, DO

Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora

Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases

• Kevin Messacar, M.D.
• Mark Abzug, M.D.
• Samuel Dominguez, M.D.

Department of Neurology, Child Neurology

• Teri Schreiner, M.D. M.P.H.
• Michele Yang, M.D.

Department Pediatrics, Neurocritical Care

• Craig Press, MD, PhD

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• Joyce Oleszek, M.D.

Yale School of Medicine, New Haven

Department of Pediatrics and Neurology

• Naila Makhani, MD, MPH

Children’s National Medical Center, Washington

Department of Neurology

• Elizabeth M Wells, M.D., M.H.S.
• Jessica L Carpenter, M.D.

Department of Infectious Disease

• Roberta L. DeBiasi, M.D., M.S.
• Alexandra B. Yonts, M.D.

Department of Neurosurgery- Pediatric Neurosurgery

• Robert F. Keating, MD

Emory University/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology

• Grace Gombolay M.D.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Associates, LLC
Department of Emergency Medicine

• Sujit Sharma, MD

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Dept of Pediatrics, Divisions of Critical Care and Neurology

• Sue Hong, M.D.
• Jonathan Kurz, MD
• Divakar Mithal, MD

Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Chicago

Northwestern University. Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• Gadi Revivo, D.O.

Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Pediatrics

• Kimberly Hartman, MD.
• Diana Marchese, MD.

Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy

• Megan Blaufuss, OTR/L, MS, CPAM

University of Louisville/ Norton Children’s Hospital

Department of Neurology, Division of Child Neurology

• Michael Sweeney, M.D.

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans

Department of Child Neurology & Rehabilitation Center

• Ann Tilton, MD

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

Department of Neurology, Division Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfectious diseases; Transverse Myelitis Center

• Carlos A. Pardo-Villamizar M.D.

Department of Neurology-Division of Pediatric Neurology

• Matthew Elrick, M.D., PhD.
• Jessica Nance, M.D. M.S.
• Thomas Crawford, M.D.

Department of Pediatrics- Division of Pulmonology

• Jessica L. Rice, DO.

Department of Pediatrics- Division of Infectious Disease

• Aaron Milstone, M.D. M.H.S

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

• Melania Bembea M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
• Rebecca Riggs, M.D.
• Caitlin O’Brien, M.D. M.P.H.

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation-Pediatric Therapy Team

• Meghan Moore, PT, DPT, NCS
• Amy Bayliss, MS, OTR/L

Department of Neurosurgery- Peripheral Nerve Surgery

• Allan J Belzberg M.D., F.R.C.S.C.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore

The Larman Lab. Department of Pathology

• H. Benjamin Larman, Ph.D.

Department of Neurology-Division of Pediatric Neurology

• Matthew Elrick, M.D., PhD.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Department of Epidemiology

• Priya Duggal, PhD. M.P.H

Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

• Andrew Stanley Pekosz, PhD.

Kennedy-Krieger Institute, Baltimore

Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine and Center for Spinal Cord Injury

• Cristina Sadowsky, M.D
• Janet Dean, MS, RN, CRRN, CRNP
• Suzanne Rybczynski, M.D.
• Michelle Melicosta, M.D. M.P.H
• Kaitlin Hagen, MOT, OTR/L
• Courtney Porter PT, DPT
• Kristen Chao MS, CCC-SLP, CBIS
• Margaret Tunney, PsyD

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Jackson Lab

• William Jackson, PhD.

Sinai Hospital Baltimore

Department of Pediatric Neurology

• Peggy Lazerow, M.D.

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda

• Eliza Gordon-Lipkin, M.D.

Boston Children’s Hospital

Department of Neurology, Pediatric Neuro-Immunology, Pediatric MS and Related Disorders Clinic

• Leslie Benson, M.D.
• Molly Wilson-Murphy, MD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery- Hand and upper extremity surgery, Brachial plexus and peripheral nerve surgery

• Andrea Bauer M.D.
• Donald Bae M.D.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery- Lower Extremity Surgery

• Colyn Watkins, M.D.

The Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Mayo’s Neuroimmunology Research Laboratory

• Eoin P. Flanagan, M.B., B.Ch
• Jan-Mendelt Tillema, MD

Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NYC

Department of Neurology

• Kiran T. Thakur, M.D.
• Wendy Vargas, M.D.

Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases

• Jason E. Zucker, M.D.

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

• Vincent Racaniello, PhD.
• Amy Rosenfeld, PhD.

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Center for Infection and Immunity

• Mishra Nischay, PhD.

Infectious Disease Epidemiology

• Stephen S. Morse, Ph.D., FAAM, F.A.C.E

Weil Cornell School of Medicine, NYC

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology

• Jacqueline Gofshteyn, M.D.

The Mt. Sinai Hospital, NYC

Department of Neurology

• Anusha Yeshokumar, M.D.
• Allison Navis, M.D.

The University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill

Department of Pediatrics

• Matthew R. Vogt, M.D., Ph.D.

The Ohio State University

Department of Neurology

• Setty M. Magaña, M.D., Ph.D.

Department of Surgery

• Amy M. Moore, MD

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Department of Neurology. Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroinflammatory Disorders Clinic

• Sarah Hopkins M.D., M.S.P.H.

Department of Neurology. Neuromuscular disease

• Sabrina Yum M.D.

Division of Infectious Diseases

• Erlinda (Chulie) R. Ulloa M.D. MSc

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

• Matthew P. Kirschen MD, PhD

Division of Rehabilitation Medicine

• Elana Katz M.D.
• Dawn Deike, M.D
• Ashley Binkowski MS, OTR/L, CKTP

Division of Orthopaedic Surgery- Brachial Plexus Program

• Apurva Shah, M.D. M.B.A.

Shriners Hospitals for Children

Department of Orthopaedic surgery

• Dan A. Zlotolow, M.D.
• Scott Kozin, M.D.

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Division of Pediatric Critical Care-Brain Care Institute

• Dennis Simon, M.D.

Department of Pediatrics, Child Neurology

• Kavita Thakkar, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Disease

• Megan Culler Freeman MD, PhD

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston

Department of Pediatrics, Child Neurology

• Sonal Bhatia, MBBS, M.D.

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville

Department of Pediatrics, Child Neurology

• N gocHanh H. Vu, M.D.

Department of Pediatrics-The Crowe Lab

• Matthew R. Vogt, M.D., Ph.D.
• James E. Crowe, Jr. M.D.

Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases

• Suman R. Das, Ph.D.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics & Pediatrics

• Benjamin Greenberg, M.D.

Department of Plastic Surgery-Pediatric Hand, Peripheral Nerve, and Microvascular Surgery

• Jonathan Cheng, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas, Austin

Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

• Sarmistha B. Hauger, M.D.
• Donald K. Murphey, M.D.
• Marisol Fernandez, M.D
• Rachel Quick, R.N.

Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston

Department of Neurology

• Timothy E. Lotze, MD
• Nikita Shukla, M.D.

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• Gabrielle Nguyen, M.D.
• Suzanne Woodbury, M.D.

Department of Radiology

• Stephen F Kralik, M.D.

UT Health McGovern Medical School, Houston

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• Glendaliz Bosques, MD.

Seattle Children’s Hospital

Department of Pediatric Neurology

• Catherine Otten M.D.
• Payal Patel, M.D.

Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Department of Pediatric Neurology

• Raquel Farias-Moeller, M.D.
• Matthew M. Harmelink M.D.
• Lileth J. Mondok, M.D.

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• Karin Goodfriend, M.D. M.P.T

Hospital de Niños “Ricardo Gutiérrez,” Buenos Aires

Department of Infectious Diseases

• Carolina M. Carballo, MD
• Eduardo L. Lopez, MD

The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto

Department of Neurology, Child Neurology

• Eluen Ann Yeh MA, MD

Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular disorders

• Jiri Vajsar, MD
• Hernan Gonorazky, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases

• Ari Bitnun, MD

Department of Plastic surgery

• Kristen Davidge, MD

Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore, Karnataka

Division of Pediatric Neurology

• Vykuntaraju K. Gowda, DM

Fukuoka Children’s Hospital, Fukuoka

Department of Pediatric Neurology

• Pin Fee Chong, MD
• Ryutaro Kira, MD PhD

Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam

Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

• G.J. (George) Sips, MD PhD

University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen

Department of Neurology

• Jelte Helfferich, MD

Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar

Département de Virologie

• Amary Fall, PhD

Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust, London

Children’s Neuroscience Center

• Ming Lim, MD PhD

Siegel Rare Neuroimmune Association

• Chitra Krishnan, MHS
• Gabrielle deFiebre, MPH

Acute Flaccid Myelitis Association

• Rachel Scott