Uzma Sharif | Department of Neurology | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

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Uzma Sharif, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology

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Department: Neurology

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3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Links
3c Dr. Zahid and Zara show. Live call in show for Pakistani parents in USA with 44 children with neurological problems. Aaj TV Feb 9th, 2013
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3b “Partnering with your child’s neurologist. Tips for Preparing for a Pediatric Neurology Office Visit. Parent and Caregiver Workshop. Matthew Siravo Memorial Foundation. Warwick, RI. Dec 2nd 2013. (Regional)
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13 Education:
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4d Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan, 1990.
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 70 Internship, General Surgery & Internal Medicine, Civic Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, 1990-1991.
24 6e Senior House Officer, Ophthalmology, PNS Shifa Naval Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, 1992-1992.
24 92 Senior House Officer, Pediatrics and Neonatology, Rotunda Hospital and National Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 1993-1995.
24 6d Residency, Pediatric Neurology, Tufts University/Floating Hospital for Children, 1997-2000.
24 64 Residency, Pediatrics, Tufts University/Floating Hospital for Children, 2000-2002.
24 95 Fellowship, Epilepsy & Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2002-2003.
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17 Certifications
28 56 ABPN Neurology, with Special Qualification in Child Neurology, 2008.
28 26 ABPN Epilepsy, 2017.
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Selected Publications

74 Sara E. Molisani, MD, Darshana Parikh, BS, Marissa DiGiovine, MD, Dennis 1dc Dlugos, MD MSCE, Mark Fitzgerald, MD PhD, Lawrence Fried, MD, Ingo Helbig, MD, Sudha Kilaru Kessler, MD MSCE, Pamela McDonnell, MD, Susan Melamed, CRNP, Marisa S. Prelack, MD, Uzma Sharif, MD, Sarah Tefft, CRNP, Jaclyn Tencer, MD, Stephanie Witzman BA, Kathy Shaw, MD, Nicholas S. Abend, MD MSCE: A quality improvement initiative to improve folic acid supplementation counseling for adolescent females with epilepsy. Epilepsia. Wiley, July 2023.

ba Marisa Prelack, Ingo Helbig,CHOP Neuroscience Center – VOC Research Group, et al.: Visits of concern in child neurology telemedicine. a 7 4d Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. May 2022.

1da Sara(Fridinger) Molisani MD, Marisa Prelack MD, Marissa DiGiovine MD, Dennis Dlugos MD, MSCE, Mark Fitzgerald MD, PhD, Lawrence Fried MD, Ingo Helbig MD, Sudha Kessler MD, MSCE, Susan Melamed CRNP, Pamela McDonnell MD, MSCE, Uzma Sharif MD, Sarah Tefft CRNP, Jaclyn Tencer MD, Stephanie Witzman: Improving Folate Supplementaion Counseling for Adolescent Females with Epilepsy. American Epilepsy Society Annual meeting 1e Dec 2021.

155 Sara (Fridinger) Molisani MD, Marisa Prelack MD, Marissa DiGiovine MD, Dennis Dlugos MD, MSCE, Mark Fitzgerald MD, PhD, Lawrence Fried MD, Ingo Helbig MD, Sudha Kessler MD, MSCE, Susan Melamed CRNP, Pamela McDonnell MD, MSCE, Uzma Sharif MD, Sarah Tefft CRNP, Jaclyn Tencer MD, Stephanie Witzman. 8a : Improving Folate Supplementaion Counseling for Adolescent Females with Epilepsy. American Epilepsy Society Annual meeting 1a 2021.

14f Salvatore C. Rametta, Sara E. Fridinger, Alexander K. Gonzalez, Julie Xian, Peter D. Galer, Michael Kaufman, Marisa S. Prelack, Uzma Sharif, Mark P. Fitzgerald, Susan E. Melamed, Marissa P. Malcolm, Sudha Kilaru Kessler, Donna J. Stephenson, Brenda L. Banwell, Nicholas S. Abend, Ingo Helbig 66 : Analyzing 2,589 child neurology telehealth encounters necessitated by the COVID-19 Pandemic 48 Neurology June 2020 Notes: epub ahead of print.

72 D.S Khurana, K.S Carvalho, I Valencia, D.M Hasbani, U Sharif, A Legido a2 : Perampanel and Brivaracetam: Efficacy and safety in Pediatric Refractory Epilepsy. International Child Neurology Society Association, Mumbai, India 39 Nov 2018 Notes: Poster Presentation.

9e C.B. Aguilar, M. Goldenthal, D.S Khurana, K.S Carvalho, I Valencia, D.M Hasbani, M. Schneider, U Sharif, A Legido. 77 : Sindrome De Alstrom: Cilioapatia Asociada a epilepsia. International Child Neurology Society Association 1e Nov 2018.

72 D.S Khurana, K.S Carvalho, I Valencia, D.M Hasbani, U Sharif, A Legido 93 : Perampanel and Brivaracetam: Efficacy and safety in Pediatric Refractory Epilepsy. International Child Neurology Society Association 1a 2018.

cc Uzma Sharif: Lectures and protocols for: “EEG Monitoring and management of Status Epilepticus in the PICU" for PICU and floor RNs and EEG technicians. 4b Hasbro Children’s hospital intranet 2013 - 2017.

74 Sharif, U: Dravet syndrome. Charlotte Dravet and Renzo Guerrini. 12 72 Pediatr Neurol. John Libbey Eurotext, 46(4): 263, Apr 2012 Notes: ISBN 978 2 7420 0737 0.

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