Staff
Amanda Pong, MD, MSc
Pediatric Epilepsy
Education:
Columbia College, Columbia University in the City of New York, BA Philosophy (Magna Cum Laude)
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, MD
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, MSc in Biostatistics and Patient-Oriented Research
Training:
University of San Diego, Pediatrics residency
Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital (with Beth Israel Deaconess, Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospitals), Pediatric and Adult Neurology residency, Chief Resident
Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship
Research:
Genetic Testing and Evaluation of Epilepsy
Inherited metabolic and genetic conditions involving epilepsy
GLUT-1 Deficiency Syndrome
Pharmacologic agents used to treat epilepsy
Mechanisms of neuronal cell death