Sarah E. Hopkins, MD, MSPH
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Co-Director, Penn/CHOP Agespan MS/Neuroinflammatory Disorders Fellowship
Section Head, Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroinflammatory Disorders, Division of Neurology
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Neurology
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Neurology
Colket Building, 3501 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Neurology
Colket Building, 3501 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1719
Fax: 215-590-1771
Fax: 215-590-1771
Education
B.S. (Biology, minor in Secondary Education)
Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, 1996.
M.S.P.H. (Epidemiology)
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1997.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, Little Rock, AR, 2004.
B.S. (Biology, minor in Secondary Education)
Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, 1996.
M.S.P.H. (Epidemiology)
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1997.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, Little Rock, AR, 2004.
Post-Graduate Training
Residency, Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH, 2004-2006.
Residency, Child Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Division of Neurology and University of Cincinnati Department of Neurology, Cincinnati, OH, 2006-2009.
Residency, Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH, 2004-2006.
Residency, Child Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Division of Neurology and University of Cincinnati Department of Neurology, Cincinnati, OH, 2006-2009.
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology - initial 2010, re-certified 2020, 2010.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology - initial 2010, re-certified 2020, 2010.
Selected Publications
Bach AM, Chang G, Grasso EA, Hopkins S, Narula S, Waldman A, Banwell B: Association of Cerebrospinal Fluid-Restricted Oligoclonal Bands With Relapsing Pediatric Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease. Pediatric Neurology 182: 61-66, Sept 2026.Marefi A, Grasso EA, Garber L, Narula S, Waldman A, Bar-Or A, Banwell B, Hopkins SE.: Factors Influencing Early and Late B-Cell Repopulation After Rituximab Therapy in Pediatric Central Nervous System Inflammatory Disorders. Pediatr Neurol 180: 1-8, Jul 2026.
MacRae R, Hederstedt K, Cortina C, Deiva K, Klein A, Lim M, Rossor T, Sokol EA, Khakoo Y, Shukla NM, Lotze TE, Mitchell WG, Hopkins S, Zhang B, Gorman MP.: Cerebellar Atrophy in Pediatric-Onset Opsoclonus-Myoclonus-Ataxia Syndrome: A Large International Cohort Study. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm 13(5): e200619, July 2026.
Marefi A, Grasso EA, McLendon LA, Narula S, Waldman AT, Hopkins S, Banwell BL.: Role of Tocilizumab in Severe CNS Inflammatory Presentations in Children. Neurology 106: e214926, Apr 2026.
Roalf D, Atkins A, Czernuszenko A, Pecsok MK, McDonald-McGinn DM, Schmitt JE, Roeske MJ, Hopkins S, Freedman P, Alexander-Bloch A, Schabdach J, Jung B, Crowley TB, Gallagher RS, McGinn DE, Moberg PJ, Ruparel K, Shinohara RT, Turetsky BI, White L, Zackai EH, Gur RC, Gur RE.: Presence, Severity, and Functional Associations of Incomplete Hippocampal Inversion in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging 11(9): 1091-1100, Sept 2025.
Marefi A, Grasso EA, Canna SW, Behrens EM, Shekdar K, Narula S, Hopkins S, Banwell BL.: Clinical Reasoning: A 9-Year-Old Girl With CNS Immune Dysregulation. Neurology 105(5): e213999, Sep 2025.
Mirchi A and Hopkins S: Pediatric acquired demyelinating syndromes: updates in diagnosis, testing, and management. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 36(6): 644-652, Dec 2024.
Diorio C, Hernandez-Miyares L, Espinoza DA, Banwell BL, Bar-Or A, DiNofia AM, Barz Leahy A, Martinez Z, Myers RM, Hopkins SE, Rheingold SR, Teachey DT, Viaene AN, Wray LM, Maude SL, Grupp SA, McGuire JL.: Quadriparesis and paraparesis following chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in children and adolescents. Blood 144: 1387-1398, Sep 2024.
Shakin S, Altman M, Hart J, Hopkins S, Lazerow P, Caceres JA: Wall-Eyed Bilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia as Part of the Clinical Presentation of Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis, Successfully Treated With Therapeutic Plasma Exchange. Pediatr Neurol 158: 124-127, Sept 2024.
Sarah 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. Pediatr Neurol 141: 141-150, Aug 2024.