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Michele Van Hirtum-Das, MD
Medical Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Division of Neurology
Attending Physician, Division of Neurology
Associate Professor of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Clinical Interests
Child Neurology
Neurophysiology
Education
Medical School
Albany Medical College/Union University
Internship
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Residency
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Fellowship
Children's Hospital Los Angeles; University of California Los Angeles Medical Center
Accomplishments
Certifications
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
Publications
Arndt DH, Lerner JT, Matsumoto JH, Madikians A, Yudovin S, Valino H, McArthur DL, Wu JY, Leung M, Buxey F, Szeliga C, Van Hirtum-Das M, Sankar R, Brooks-Kayal A, Giza CC. Subclinical early posttraumatic seizures detected by continuous EEG monitoring in a consecutive pediatric cohort. Epilepsia. 2013 Oct;54(10):1780-8. doi: 10.1111/epi.12369. Epub 2013 Sep 13. PMID: 24032982
Van Hirtum-Das M, Licht EA, Koh S, Wu JY, Shields WD, Sankar R. Children with ESES: variability in the syndrome. Epilepsy Res. 2006 Aug;70 Suppl 1:S248-58. Epub 2006 Jun 23. PMID: 16806829