Handbook of Pediatric Epilepsy Case Studies, Second Edition

About

Maria Augusta Montenegro is a pediatric neurologist and epileptologist currently working at Rady Children's Hospital / University of California San Diego School of Medicine. Her clinical expertise is in pediatric epilepsy with an emphasis on epileptic encephalopathy and EEG. Dr. Montenegro completed medical school residency and Ph.D. at the University of Campinas (Brazil) and a post-doctorate research fellowship at Columbia University (NY). Prior to her current position Dr. Montenegro held an academic faculty appointment at the University of Campinas (Brazil) where she was the head of Pediatric Neurology. Dr. Jong M. Rho is a Professor of Neurosciences Pediatrics and Pharmacology at the University of California San Diego and Division Chief of Pediatric Neurology at the Rady Childrens Hospital San Diego. He received a bachelors degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University and a M.D. from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Rho has held prior faculty appointments at the University of Washington (Seattle) the University of California at Irvine the Barrow Neurological Institute (Phoenix) and most recently the University of Calgary. Dr. Rho's main research interests are the mechanisms underlying the anti-seizure and neuroprotective effects of metabolism-based treatments such as the ketogenic diet. His research activities have been sponsored by research grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health Canadian Institutes of Health Research and other public and private sector sources.