Wendy G. Mitchell, MD

Clinical Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics (Part-Time)

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Wendy Mitchell, MD, is Professor of Clinical Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. She is acting Division Head of Neurology at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, where she has practiced for over 30 years. She is a native of Los Angeles. Her current research interests include cognitive and behavioral aspects of childhood epilepsy, clinical research in anticonvulsants, and a rare immune-mediated syndrome, opsoclonus-myoclonus (or dancing eyes syndrome). In her free time she enjoys scuba diving and yoga.

Publications

  • Stimulant Medications and Cognition, Behavior and Quality of Life in Children and Youth with HIV. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Jan; 35(1):e12-8.. View in PubMed
  • Treatment of pediatric chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: Challenges, controversies and questions. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2015 Jul-Sep; 18(3):327-30.. View in PubMed
  • Clobazam is equally safe and efficacious for seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome across different age groups: Post hoc analyses of short- and long-term clinical trial results. Epilepsy Behav. 2015 May; 46:221-6.. View in PubMed
  • How should children with West syndrome be efficiently and accurately investigated? Results from the National Infantile Spasms Consortium. Epilepsia. 2015 Apr; 56(4):617-25.. View in PubMed
  • Effect of Increased Immunosuppression on Developmental Outcome of Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome (OMS). J Child Neurol. 2015 Jul; 30(8):976-82.. View in PubMed
  • Stable dosages of clobazam for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome are associated with sustained drop-seizure and total-seizure improvements over 3 years. Epilepsia. 2014 Apr; 55(4):558-67.. View in PubMed
  • Assessment of control in typical childhood absence epilepsy. J Child Neurol. 2013 May; 28(5):678-9.. View in PubMed
  • Acute cerebellar ataxia, acute cerebellitis, and opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome. J Child Neurol. 2012 Nov; 27(11):1482-8.. View in PubMed
  • Active comparator-controlled, rater-blinded study of corticotropin-based immunotherapies for opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome. J Child Neurol. 2012 Jul; 27(7):875-84.. View in PubMed
  • Clinical associations of occipital intermittent rhythmic delta activity. J Child Neurol. 2012 Apr; 27(4):503-6.. View in PubMed