Brenda Louise Banwell, MD
Adjunct Professor of Neurology
Chief of Child Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director, Neuroscience Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Neurology
Contact information
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Neurology
34th St. & Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Neurology
34th St. & Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-6848
Fax: 215-590-2950
Fax: 215-590-2950
Education:
2 yrs ((Undergraduate, Biology Year I and II))
University of Western Ontario Undergraduate, Biology Year I and II, 1989.
M.D. (Pediatrics)
University of Western Ontario, 1991.
Permanent link2 yrs ((Undergraduate, Biology Year I and II))
University of Western Ontario Undergraduate, Biology Year I and II, 1989.
M.D. (Pediatrics)
University of Western Ontario, 1991.
Selected Publications
Caroline Hagbohm, Russell Ouellette, Eoin P Flanagan, Dagur I Jonsson, Fredrik Piehl, Brenda Banwell, Ronny Wickström, Ellen Iacobaeus, Tobias Granberg, Benjamin V Ineichen: Clinical and neuroimaging phenotypes of autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Neurology 31(7), July 2024Sarah Frankl, Angela Viaene, Arastoo Vossough, Amy Waldman, Sarah Hopkins, Brenda Banwell: Solitary Tumefactive Demyelinating Lesions in Children: Clinical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features, Pathologic Characteristics, and Outcomes. Pediatric Neurology 157: 141-150, August 2024.
Ali I Mirza, Feng Zhu, Natalie Knox, Lucinda J Black, Alison Daly, Christine Bonner, Gary Van Domselaar, Charles N Bernstein, Ruth Ann Marrie, Janace Hart, E Ann Yeh, Amit Bar-Or, Julia O'Mahony, Yinshan Zhao, William Hsiao, Brenda Banwell, Emmanuelle Waubant, Helen Tremlett: Mediterranean diet and associations with the gut microbiota and pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis using trivariate analysis. Communications Medicine 4(Article 148), July 2024.
Caroline Diorio, Laura Hernandez-Miyares, Diego A Espinoza, Brenda Banwell, Amit Bar-Or, Amanda DiNofia, Allison Barz Leahy, Zachary Martinez, Regina M Myers, Sarah Hopkins, Susan R Rheingold, David Trent Teachey, Angela Viaene, Lisa Wray, Shannon L Maude, Stephan A Grupp, Jennifer McGuire: Quadriparesis and paraparesis following chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CART) therapy in children and adolescents. Bood - American Society of Hematology June 2024 Notes: Blood 2024; blood.2024023933. doi: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2024023933.
Sama Bitarafan, Feng Zhu, Ali Mirza, Charles N Bernstein, Gary Van Domselaar, Ruth Ann Marrie, E Ann Yeh, Yinshan Zhao, Brenda Banwell, Emmanuelle Waubant, Helen Tremlett: Assessment of dietary intake and its inflammatory potential in persons with pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 86(105599), June 2024.
Rui Li, Yanting Lei, Ayman Rezk, Diego A Espinoza, Jing Wang, Huiru Feng, Bo Zhang, Isabella P Barcelos, Hang Zhang, Jing Yu, Xinrui Huo, Fangyi Zhu, Changxin Yang, Hao Tang, Amy C Goldstein, Brenda L Banwell, Hakon Hakonarson, Hongwei Xu, Michael Mingueneau, Bo Sun, Hulun Li, Amit Bar-Or: Oxidative phosphorylation regulates B cell effector cytokines and promotes inflammation in multiple sclerosis. Science Immunology 9(95), May 2024.
Giulia Fadda, Carmen Yea, Julia O'Mahony, Patrick Waters, E Ann Yeh, Ruth Ann Marrie, Douglas Arnold, Amit Bar-Or, Brenda Banwell; Canadian Pediatric Demyelinating Disease Study Group: Epstein-Barr Virus Strongly Associates With Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis, But Not Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein-Antibody-Associated Disease. Annals of Neurology 95(4), April 2024.
Tanuja Chitnis, Brenda Banwell, Ludwig Kappos, Douglas L Arnold, Kivilcim Gücüyener, Kumaran Deiva, Stephane Saubadu, Wenruo Hu, Myriam Benamor, Annaig Le-Halpere, Philippe Truffinet, Marc Tardieu: Teriflunomide in pediatric patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis: Open-label extension of TERIKIDS. Sage Journals 30(7), April 2024.
Feng Zhu, Yinshan Zhao, Douglas L Arnold, Amit Bar-Or, Charles N Bernstein, Christine Bonner, Morag Graham, Janace Hart, Natalie Knox, Ruth Ann Marrie, Ali I Mirza, Julia O'Mahony, Gary Van Domselaar, E Ann Yeh, Brenda Banwell, Emmanuelle Waubant, Helen Tremlett; US Network of Pediatric MS Centers, the Canadian Pediatric Demyelinating Disease Network: A cross-sectional study of MRI features and the gut microbiome in pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology 11(2), February 2024.
Vinicius A Schoeps, Xiaoyuan Zhou, Mary K Horton, Feng Zhu, Kathryn E McCauley, Zahra Nasr, Akash Virupakshaiah, Mark P Gorman, Leslie A Benson, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Amy Waldman, Brenda L Banwell, Amit Bar-Or, Ruth Ann Marrie, Gary van Domselaar, Julia O'Mahony, Ali I Mirza, Charles N Bernstein, E Ann Yeh, T Charles Casper, Susan V Lynch, Helen Tremlett, Sergio Baranzini, Emmanuelle Waubant; US Network of Pediatric MS Centers: Short-chain fatty acid producers in the gut are associated with pediatric multiple sclerosis onset. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology 11(1): 169-184, January 2024.