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Tallie Z. Baram, M.D., Ph.D.
Shelley Bose, MBBS, MRCP
Joseph H. Donnelly, M.D.
Pauline A. Filipek, M.D.
Glenn W. Fowler, M.D.
Richard Haier, Ph.D.
Ira Lott, M.D.
Paul E. Touchette, Ed.D.
Anne Tournay, M.D.

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• Dr. Filipek received her BS from Georgetown University and her MD from Georgetown University School of Medicine. She completed a pediatric residency, including a chief residency, at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, and a (child) neurology residency and MRI-Morphometry Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She remained at MGH/HMS on faculty until she was recruited to UCI Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology in 1994.
  
  Dr. Filipek clinically specializes in children with developmental disorders. She has received many grant awards from the National Institutes of Health and other foundations such as the National Alliance for Autism Research. Most recently, Dr. Filipek was the recipient of a $6+ million grant from the Children and Families Commission of Orange County to improve early recognition and treatment of young children with autism. Dr. Filipek served as the Chair of the American Academy of Neurology/Child Neurology Society committee to determine Practice Parameter: Screening and Diagnosis of Autism. She also served on the National Academy of Science Committee on Educational Interventions for Autistic Children.


• Position:
• Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
• - Pediatric Neurology Division
• Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology


• EDUCATION


• Medical School Education:
• Georgetown University School of Medicine


• Internship:
• University of Massachusetts Medical School - Pediatrics


• Residency:
• University of Massachusetts Medical School - Pediatrics
• Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School - (Child) Neurology


• Fellowship:
• Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School - MRI Morphometry
  
• MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS


• Board Certifications:
• American Board of Pediatrics
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, with Special Competence in Child Neurology


• Professional Societies:
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Academy of Neurology
• Child Neurology Society
• American Neurological Association
• Society for Pediatric Research
• Society for Neuroscience


• RESEARCH


• Interests:
• Autism and other developmental disorders.


• Specific Projects:
• Dr. Filipek founded For OC Kids with a grant from the Proposition 10 Children and Families Commission of Orange County to create the Neurodevelopmental Center to serve children and families with autism and other developmental disorders. She is particularly interested in the identification of the early subtle signs of autism in infancy.


• SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


• 1. Filipek PA, Accardo PJ, Baranek GT, Cook EH Jr, Dawson G, Gordon B, Gravel JS, Johnson CP, Kallan RJ, Levy SE, Minshew NJ, Ozonoff S, Prizant BM, Rapin I, Rogers SJ, Stone WL, Teplin SW, Tuchman RF, Volkmar FR. The screening and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 29: 437-482, Dec 1999.


• 2. American Academy of Neurology. Practice parameter: Screening and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders. Neurology 55(4): 468-479, 22 Aug 2000.


• 3. Owley T, McMahon W, Cook E, Laulhere T, South M, Mays L, Steele E, Lainhart J, Modahl C, Ozonoff S, Risi S, Lord C, Leventhal B, Filipek P. A multi-site, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of porcine secretin in autism. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40: 1293-1299, 2001.


• 4. Filipek PA, Juranek J, Gargus JJ, Smith M, Ramos ER, Mays LZ, Bocian M, Masser-Frye D, Laulhere TM, Modahl CM, Spence MA. Evidence of mitochondrial dysfunction in autistic patient with 15q inverted duplication. Annals of Neurology, 53: 801-804, 2003.


• 5. Goldberg WA, Osann K, Filipek PA, Laulhere T, Jarvis K, Modahl C, Flodman P, Spence MA. Language and other regression: Assessment and timing. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 33: 607-626, 2003.


• 6. Filipek PA, Juranek J, Nguyen MT, Cummings C, Gargus JJ. Relative carnitine deficiency in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34(6): 615-623, 2004.


• 7. Goldberg WA, Jarvis KL, Osann K, Laulhere TM, Straub C, Thomas E, Filipek PA, Spence MA. Early social communication behaviors in the younger siblings of children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 2005; 35: 657-664.


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