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Christina Lynch Szperka, MD, MSCE

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Associate Professor of Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Director, Headache Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1c Division of Neurology
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35 Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 2001.
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4a Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 2005.
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77 University of Pennsylvania, Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Philadelphia, PA, 2017.
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24 69 Intern in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2005-2006.
 24 6b Resident in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2006-2007.
 24 9b Resident in Child Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2007-2010.
 24 61 Fellowship in Headache , Jefferson Headache Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 2b Philadelphia, PA, 2010-2011.
 24 60 T-32 Fellow, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2011-2013.
 24 82 Participant, National Institute of Neurological Diseases & Stroke Clinical Trials Methodology Course, 2017-2017.
 24 93 Mentor Training for Clinical & Behavioral Researchers, University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2017-2017.
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28 86 American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology: Special Certification in Child Neurology (continuous certification), 2010.
 28 86 United Council for Neurological Subspecialties: Certification in Headache Medicine (continuous certification), 2012.
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