Meet Our Experts - KCNT1 Epilepsy Foundation

Discover the esteemed members of our Scientific Advisory Board at the KCNT1 Epilepsy Foundation. Learn about their expertise and affiliations that guide our mission.

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The KCNT1 Epilepsy Foundation is proud to have the support of a diverse group of experienced scientists and pediatric epilepsy neurologists on our Scientific Advisory Board. Bringing these great minds together we are sure to gain insights needed to find disease-modifying methods to cure or halt the progression of this disease.

If you are interested in joining our advisory board, joining our reference list of experts, or would like to participate in research to help find treatments and a cure for KCNT1 please contact Justin@kcnt1epilepsy.org 

Scientific Advisory Board

David Bearden, MD MSCE (SAB Chair)
University of Rochester

Mark P. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Len Kaczmarek, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine

Amy McTague, PhD

Amy McTague, MBChB, PhD
University College, London, UK 

Rima Nabbout, MD, PhD
University Paris Cité

Matt Weston, PhD
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Ali Rosenberg, PhD (non-voting)
KCNT1 Epilepsy Foundation

Alfred L. George, Jr., MD
Northwestern University

Sarah Ruggiero, MS, LCGC
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Rikke Møller, PhD, MSc
Danish Epilepsy Centre, Filadelfia
University of Southern Denmark

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Scientific NETWORK 

Felippe Borlot, MD

  • Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute; Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Robertino Dilena, MD

  • Unit of Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy 

  • UOC Neurofisiopatologia - Clinica Mangiagalli -

  • Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

Kyle Emmitte, PhD

  • University of North Texas System College of Pharmacy Chair and Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Tracy S. Gertler, MD, PhD 

  • Attending Physician, Neurology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neurology) 

  • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 

  • Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago 

Vinayan KP, MD, DM

  • Pediatric Neurologist

  • Professor & Head of the Department of Pediatric Neurology

  • Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, India

Gregory Kaczorowski, PhD

  • President and CEO of Kanalis Consulting, L.L.C.

  • Former Senior Director, Department of Ion Channels, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ

Jonathan ‘J.D.’ Lippiat, PhD

  • School of Biomedical Sciences

  • University of Leeds

Laura P. Masters, MD

  • Pediatric Neurologist and Assistant Professor of Neurology

  • Texas Children’s Hospital

Anna McGregor 

  • Medical Student, Boston University School of Medicine 

Danielle Molinari Andrade, MD, MSc, FRCPC

  • Krembil Clinician Investigator, Krembil Research Institute (Krembil)

  • Medical Director of the Epilepsy Program 

  • Director of Krembil Neuroscience Epilepsy Genetics Program

  • University Health Network, University of Toronto

Douglas R. Nordli, Jr., MD 

  • Professor of Pediatrics Chief, Pediatric Neurology Co-Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center 

  • Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago   

Scott Perry, MD

  • Medical Director, Neurology; Co-Director, Jane and John Justin Neurosciences Center; 

  • Medical Director, Genetic Epilepsy Clinic, Neurology

  • Cook Children’s Hospital, Fort Worth, TX

Guido Rubboli 

  • Professor of Clinical Epileptology  

  • University of Copenhagen, Danish Epilepsy Center Filadelfia

Steffen Syrbe, MD

  • Pediatric Neurologist and Prof. Dr., Head of the Division of Pediatric Epileptology

  • Children’s Hospital University of Heidelberg, Germany

Maurizio Taglialatela, MD PhD

  • Professor of Pharmacology, Section of Pharmacology, Dept. of Neuroscience

  • University of Naples Frederico II, Naples, Italy

James W. Wheless, BScPharm, MD, FAAP, FACP, FAAN, FAES

  • Pediatric Neurologist

  • Professor & Chief of Pediatric Neurology

  • Le Bonheur Chair in Pediatric Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

  • Director, Le Bonheur Comprehensive Epilepsy Program & Neuroscience Institute

  • Tom Horton & Donna Wiener Chair in Neurosciences, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Robyn Whitney, MD

  • Pediatric Epileptologist and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; McMaster Children’s Hospital

  • The Hospital for Sick Children