Meet The Team

John M. Pellock, M.D.

Professor, Neurology

Division Chairman, Vice Chairman, Department of Neurology

Clinical expertise: Child Neurology, Epilepsy

Research interests: Epilepsy:  genetics, status epilepticus, febrile seizures and mesial temporal sclerosis, antiepileptic drugs and pediatric epilepsy 
 

Lydia Kernitsky, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurology/Child Neurology, Pediatrics, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Clinical expertise: Pediatric Neurology

Research interests: Pediatric seizures

David J. Leszczyszyn, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Neurology

Clinical expertise: General Child Neurology, Electroencephalography (EEG), Evoked Potentials (EP), Intraoperative Monitoring (IOM)

Research interests:  Pediatric sleep, pediatric neurology, and clinical neurophysiology 
 

Lawrence D. Morton, M.D.

Associate Professor, Neurology

Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Program

Clinical expertise: Pediatric Neurology, Epilepsy

Research interests: Pediatric epilepsy, EEG, epilepsy monitoring 
 

Steven M. Shapiro, M.D.

Professor, Neurology, Pediatrics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Otolaryngology, and Physiology

Vice Chairman, Division of Child Neurology

Director, Child Neurology Fellowship Program

Clinical expertise: Neonatology, Neonatal Monitoring

Research interests: Kernicterus-induced neurological disease, auditory neuropathy

Jean Teasley, M.D.

Associate Professor, Neurology

Clinical expertise:  Pediatric Neurology, Neuromuscular disorders

Research interests:  Pediatric EMG, pediatric neuromuscular disease