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Christina M. Patterson, MD

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute
  • Director, Epilepsy and EEG Services, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
  • Clinical Director, Epilepsy Center, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
  • Associate Director, Children’s Neuroscience Institute
  • Co-Director, University of Pittsburgh Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (UPCEC)

Christina M. Patterson, MD is a pediatric neurologist, clinical neurophysiologist and epilepsy specialist. 

 

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships

  • American Academy of Neurology, 07/07-Present
  • Child Neurology Society, 07/07-Present
  • American Epilepsy Society, 07/11-Present
  • ​​Pennsylvania Medical Society, 05/18-2/2020
  • ​Allegheny County Medical Society, 05/18-2/2020

Board Certifications

  • Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Epilepsy

Administration and Leadership

Director, APP Development and Utilization, Division of Child Neurology, 03/2014-present
Director, Graduate Medical Education Milestones Committee, 12/2015-present
Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, 02/2016-present
Medical Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program, UPMC Children’s Hospital, 02/2016-present
Director, Epilepsy Services, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, 03/2017-present
Participant, Marshall W. Webster Physician Leadership Program, Joseph M. Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, 9/2018-12/2018
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Physician Compensation Committee, 7/2018-present
University of Pittsburgh Physicians Board of Directors, Elected Representative for UPMC Children’s Hospital, 1/2019-12/2020
UPMC GME Epilepsy Fellowship Assistant Program Director, Pediatric Track, 7/2019-present

Education & Training

  • University of Pittsburgh, BS. Neuroscience and Psychology
  • American University of the Caribbean, MD. Medicine
  • Western Reserve Care System, Internship and Residency. Pediatrics
  • UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Residency. Child Neurology
  • UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Fellowship. Clinical Neurophysiology

Selected Publications

Munjal N, Bergman I, Scheuer M, Genovese C, Simon D, Patterson C. Quantitative EEG predicting acute neurological deterioration in the pediatric ICU: a case series. J Child Neurol. 2021 Nov 24. PMID 34816755

Ahmad Z, Behrmann M, Patterson C, Freud E. Unilateral resection of both cortical visual pathways in pediatric patients alters action but not perception. Neuropsyhologia Vol 168. 2022 Apr 15. PMID 35182580

Ayzenberg, V., Granovetter, M.C., Robert, S., Patterson, C., & Behrmann, M.. (2023, Aug). Differential functional reorganization of ventral and dorsal visual pathways following childhood hemispherectomy. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2023 Dec: 64. PMID 37976921.

Robert S, Granovetter M, Patterson C, Behrmann M. Hemispheric functional organization after pediatric epilepsy surgery as revealed by naturalistic neuroimaging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2024 July9;121(28). PMID 38950362

Simmons, C., Granovetter, M.C., Robert, S., Liu, T.T., Patterson, C., & Behrmann, M.. (2023, Aug). Holistic processing and face expertise after pediatric resection of occipitotemporal cortex. Neuropsychologia. 2024 Feb 15:194. PMID 38191121

 

 

Research Grants

2R01EY027018-05 (National Eye Institute/ NIH)- Reorganization of visual function in patients with posterior cortical resection: Selectivity and plasticity; Co-Investigator

RO1NS127849-01A1 (NIH)- Imaging Epilepsy Sources with Biophysically Constrained Deep Neural Networks; Co-Investigator