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Pamela Pojomovsky McDonnell, MD
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Office: 215-590-1719
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Education:
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2e University of Florida, 2005.
21 7 MS 26 (Physiology and Biophysics) c
2e Georgetown University, 2006.
21 7 MD 15 (Medicine) c
3e Drexel University College of Medicine, 2010.
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21 7 BS 24 (Neurobiological Studies) c
2e University of Florida, 2005.
21 7 MS 26 (Physiology and Biophysics) c
2e Georgetown University, 2006.
21 7 MD 15 (Medicine) c
3e Drexel University College of Medicine, 2010.
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Post-Graduate Training
24 57 Pediatric intern, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, 2010-2011.
24 59 Pediatric Resident, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, 2011-2012.
24 5a Child Neurology Resident, Columbia University Medical Center, 2012-2015.
24 4b Clinical Neurophysiology Fellow, Drexel University College of Medicine 1b , 2015-2016.
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24 57 Pediatric intern, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, 2010-2011.
24 59 Pediatric Resident, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, 2011-2012.
24 5a Child Neurology Resident, Columbia University Medical Center, 2012-2015.
24 4b Clinical Neurophysiology Fellow, Drexel University College of Medicine 1b , 2015-2016.
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Certifications
28 7d American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology- Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology, 2015.
28 4f American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Epilepsy , 2016.
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Permanent link28 7d American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology- Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology, 2015.
28 4f American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Epilepsy , 2016.
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2b2 Colin A. Ellis, Juliette Copeland, Isabella Velez, Karen L. Oliver, Hannah Shalaby, Aaron Baldwin, Caren Armstrong, Amanda Back, Brianna Berlin, Stacey Cohen, Vishnu Anand Cuddapah, Danielle deCampo,Holly Dubbs, Natalie Ginn,Alicia G. Harrison, Naomi Lewin, Laina Lusk, Eric D. Marsh, Shavonne L. Massey,Pamela P. McDonnell, Jillian L. McKee,Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez, Anna J. Prentice, Katie Rose Sullivan, Katherine S. Taub, Sarah M. Ruggiero, Mark P. Fitzgerald, Ethan Goldberg, Ingo Helbig: Genetic testing for familial epilepsies: diagnostic yield and genetic findings. Epilepsia 2026 Notes: accepted for publication.
16e Brian LaGrant, MD, Mark Ramos, BS, Alexander K Gonzalez, MBA, MS, Yessenia Ortiz, and Pamela Pojomovsky McDonnell, MD, FAES: Implementation and Impact of a Spanish Language Pediatric Neurology Clinic: Early Insights. Child Neurology Society meeting, Charlotte, NC October 2025 Notes: accepted.
14e McDonnell, PP; Ortiz, Y; Abend, NS; Kaufman, MC; Xian, J; Gonzalez, AK; Molisani, S; Helbig, I.: A simple intervention improves access to telemedicine for Spanish-speaking families in an outpatient pediatric epilepsy clinic. Journal of Child Neurology May 2025.
194 Dawn Deike, DO; Pamela McDonnell, MD, FAES; Coralee Del Valle Mojica, MD, MPH; Monica Lu, MD; Kate E Wallis, MD, MPH; Cassie Kline, MD, MAS; Stephanie Menko, MD; Priscilla Ortiz, PhD; Gabriela Jenicek, Katie McPeak, MD: Providing Language Access Training at CHOP to the Department of Pediatrics. CHOP Health Equity Week April 2025.
158 Varnet M, Armstong D, Goodspeed, K, Lusk L, and Mcdonnell, P.: Prevalence of Behavior Concerns in SLC6A1 Neurodevelopmental Disorder: Thinking Beyond Seizure Management in Developmental Epileptic Encephalopathies. American Academy of Neurology, San Diego, CA April 2025.
203 Scala M, Bradley CA, Howe JL, Trost B, Salazar NB, Shum C, Reuter MS, MacDonald JR, Ko SY, Frankland PW, Granger L, Anadiotis G, Pullano V, Brusco A, Keller R, Parisotto S, Pedro HF, Lusk L, McDonnell PP, Helbig I, Mullegama SV; Undiagnosed Diseases Network; Douine ED, Russell BE, Nelson SF, Zara F, Scherer SW.: Genetic variants in DDX53 contribute to autism spectrum disorder associated with the Xp22.11 locus. Am J Hum Genet January 2025.
155 Michael E. Baumgartner, PhD, Elias Atallah, MD, Kathleen Galligan, PA-C, Pamela McDonnell, MD, and Benjamin C. Kennedy, MD: Endoscopic trans-ventricular "inside-out" corpus callosotomy: illustrative case. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons 8(9): 24160, August 2024.
eb J. Hart, MD; M. Blackstone, MD; V. Scheid, MD; T. Kaur, MD; S. Haas, MD; P. Mcdonnell, MD: L. Fried, MD; J. Burns, MD; K. Murphy, D: Emergency Department and Inpatient Clinical Pathway 3c for Evaluation/Treatment of Children with Febrile Seizures d6 Without Neurologic Disease. Clinical Pathways July 2024 Notes: https://www.chop.edu/clinical-pathway/febrile-seizures-without-known-seizure-disorder-emergency-and-inpatient-clinical-pathway.
523 Maimuna S. Paul, Sydney L. Michener, Hongling Pan, Hiuling Chan, Jessica M. Pfliger, Jill A. Rosenfeld, Vanesa C. Lerma, Alyssa Tran, Megan A. Longley, Richard A. Lewis, Monika Weisz-Hubshman, Mir Reza Bekheirnia, Nasim Bekheirnia, Lauren Massingham, Michael Zeck, Matias Wagner, Hartmut Engels, Kirsten Cremer, Elisabeth Mangold, Sophia Peters, Jessica Trautmann, Jessica L. Mester, Maria J. Guillen Sacoto,Richard Person, Pamela P. McDonnell, Stacey R. Cohen, Laina Lusk, Ana S.A. Cohen,Jean-Baptiste Le Pichon, Tomi Pastinen, Dihong Zhou, Kendra Engleman, Caroline Racine, Laurence Faivre, Sebastien Moutton, Anne-Sophie Denomme-Pichon, Hyun Yong Koh, Annapurna Poduri, Jeffrey Bolton, Cordula Knopp, Dong Sun Julia Suh, Andrea Maier, Mehran Beiraghi Toosi, Ehsan Ghayoor Karimiani, Reza Maroofian, Gerald Bradley Schaefer, Vijayalakshmi Ramakumaran, Pradeep Vasudevan, Chitra Prasad, Matthew Osmond, Sarah Schuhmann, Georgia Vasileiou, Sophie Russ-Hall, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Gemma L. Carvill, Heather Mefford, Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Carlos A. Bacino, Brendan H. Lee, and Hsiao-Tuan Chao : A syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder caused by rare variants in PPFIA3. The American Journal of Human Genetics 111(1): 96-118, January 2024.
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14f Molisani SE, Kaufman MC, Tencer J, Fitzgerald M, Witzman S, Gonzalez AK, Ramos M, DiGiovine M, Kessler SK, McDonnell PP, McKee J, Melamed S, Prelack M, Tefft S, Abend NS.: Medication Barriers in Pediatric Patients With Epilepsy. Pediatric Neurology January 2026.2b2 Colin A. Ellis, Juliette Copeland, Isabella Velez, Karen L. Oliver, Hannah Shalaby, Aaron Baldwin, Caren Armstrong, Amanda Back, Brianna Berlin, Stacey Cohen, Vishnu Anand Cuddapah, Danielle deCampo,Holly Dubbs, Natalie Ginn,Alicia G. Harrison, Naomi Lewin, Laina Lusk, Eric D. Marsh, Shavonne L. Massey,Pamela P. McDonnell, Jillian L. McKee,Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez, Anna J. Prentice, Katie Rose Sullivan, Katherine S. Taub, Sarah M. Ruggiero, Mark P. Fitzgerald, Ethan Goldberg, Ingo Helbig: Genetic testing for familial epilepsies: diagnostic yield and genetic findings. Epilepsia 2026 Notes: accepted for publication.
16e Brian LaGrant, MD, Mark Ramos, BS, Alexander K Gonzalez, MBA, MS, Yessenia Ortiz, and Pamela Pojomovsky McDonnell, MD, FAES: Implementation and Impact of a Spanish Language Pediatric Neurology Clinic: Early Insights. Child Neurology Society meeting, Charlotte, NC October 2025 Notes: accepted.
14e McDonnell, PP; Ortiz, Y; Abend, NS; Kaufman, MC; Xian, J; Gonzalez, AK; Molisani, S; Helbig, I.: A simple intervention improves access to telemedicine for Spanish-speaking families in an outpatient pediatric epilepsy clinic. Journal of Child Neurology May 2025.
194 Dawn Deike, DO; Pamela McDonnell, MD, FAES; Coralee Del Valle Mojica, MD, MPH; Monica Lu, MD; Kate E Wallis, MD, MPH; Cassie Kline, MD, MAS; Stephanie Menko, MD; Priscilla Ortiz, PhD; Gabriela Jenicek, Katie McPeak, MD: Providing Language Access Training at CHOP to the Department of Pediatrics. CHOP Health Equity Week April 2025.
158 Varnet M, Armstong D, Goodspeed, K, Lusk L, and Mcdonnell, P.: Prevalence of Behavior Concerns in SLC6A1 Neurodevelopmental Disorder: Thinking Beyond Seizure Management in Developmental Epileptic Encephalopathies. American Academy of Neurology, San Diego, CA April 2025.
203 Scala M, Bradley CA, Howe JL, Trost B, Salazar NB, Shum C, Reuter MS, MacDonald JR, Ko SY, Frankland PW, Granger L, Anadiotis G, Pullano V, Brusco A, Keller R, Parisotto S, Pedro HF, Lusk L, McDonnell PP, Helbig I, Mullegama SV; Undiagnosed Diseases Network; Douine ED, Russell BE, Nelson SF, Zara F, Scherer SW.: Genetic variants in DDX53 contribute to autism spectrum disorder associated with the Xp22.11 locus. Am J Hum Genet January 2025.
155 Michael E. Baumgartner, PhD, Elias Atallah, MD, Kathleen Galligan, PA-C, Pamela McDonnell, MD, and Benjamin C. Kennedy, MD: Endoscopic trans-ventricular "inside-out" corpus callosotomy: illustrative case. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons 8(9): 24160, August 2024.
eb J. Hart, MD; M. Blackstone, MD; V. Scheid, MD; T. Kaur, MD; S. Haas, MD; P. Mcdonnell, MD: L. Fried, MD; J. Burns, MD; K. Murphy, D: Emergency Department and Inpatient Clinical Pathway 3c for Evaluation/Treatment of Children with Febrile Seizures d6 Without Neurologic Disease. Clinical Pathways July 2024 Notes: https://www.chop.edu/clinical-pathway/febrile-seizures-without-known-seizure-disorder-emergency-and-inpatient-clinical-pathway.
523 Maimuna S. Paul, Sydney L. Michener, Hongling Pan, Hiuling Chan, Jessica M. Pfliger, Jill A. Rosenfeld, Vanesa C. Lerma, Alyssa Tran, Megan A. Longley, Richard A. Lewis, Monika Weisz-Hubshman, Mir Reza Bekheirnia, Nasim Bekheirnia, Lauren Massingham, Michael Zeck, Matias Wagner, Hartmut Engels, Kirsten Cremer, Elisabeth Mangold, Sophia Peters, Jessica Trautmann, Jessica L. Mester, Maria J. Guillen Sacoto,Richard Person, Pamela P. McDonnell, Stacey R. Cohen, Laina Lusk, Ana S.A. Cohen,Jean-Baptiste Le Pichon, Tomi Pastinen, Dihong Zhou, Kendra Engleman, Caroline Racine, Laurence Faivre, Sebastien Moutton, Anne-Sophie Denomme-Pichon, Hyun Yong Koh, Annapurna Poduri, Jeffrey Bolton, Cordula Knopp, Dong Sun Julia Suh, Andrea Maier, Mehran Beiraghi Toosi, Ehsan Ghayoor Karimiani, Reza Maroofian, Gerald Bradley Schaefer, Vijayalakshmi Ramakumaran, Pradeep Vasudevan, Chitra Prasad, Matthew Osmond, Sarah Schuhmann, Georgia Vasileiou, Sophie Russ-Hall, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Gemma L. Carvill, Heather Mefford, Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Carlos A. Bacino, Brendan H. Lee, and Hsiao-Tuan Chao : A syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder caused by rare variants in PPFIA3. The American Journal of Human Genetics 111(1): 96-118, January 2024.
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