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Leadership<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\n\n

Child Neurology\u00a0Residency Program Director
\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Jamie Palaganas, MD
\nAssociate Professor
\nChild Neurology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Meg<\/td>\n\n

Pediatric Residency Program Director<\/h4>\n

Meg Kihlstrom, MD<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology<\/span><\/span>
\nPediatric Critical Care Medicine<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\n

Teaching Faculty
\n<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nVarina Boerwinkle, MD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Division Chief \u2013 Child Neurology
\nProfessor \u2013 Child Neurology, Epilepsy and Neurosurgery<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Chon<\/td>\nChon Lee, MD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Interim Division Chief
\nAssociate Professor
\nChild Neurology and Epilepsy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Jane<\/td>\n\n

<\/h4>\n

Zheng (Jane) Fan, MD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Professor
\nChild Neurology and Pediatric Sleep Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Robert<\/td>\nRobert S. Greenwood, MD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Professor
\nChild Neurology<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Casey<\/td>\nCasey Olm-Shipman, MD, MS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor
\nDepartments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
\nNeurocritical Care, Child Neurology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Diana<\/td>\nDiana M. Cejas, MD, MPH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor
\nChild Neurology – Neurodevelopmental conditions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Steven<\/td>\nSteven P. Trau, MD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor
\nChild Neurology and Epilepsy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Senyene<\/td>\nSenyene E. Hunter, MD, PhD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor
\nChild Neurology and Epilepsy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Qian-Zou<\/td>\nQian-Zhou (JoJo) Yang, MD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor
\nChild Neurology and Epilepsy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nJordan Broman-Fulks, MD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor \u2013 Child Neurology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Nathaniel<\/td>\nNathaniel Wooten, MD<\/a><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor \u2013 Child Neurology<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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