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Allyson Alexander, MD, PhD
Provider's Specialties
- Neurosurgery
- Neurosurgery - Pediatric
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Providing compassionate surgical care to children with neurosurgical conditions before, during, and after surgery.
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Conditions Treated
- Neurosurgery
Languages spoken
- English
Experience and background
surgical treatment of epilepsy; craniosynostosis; hydrocephalus and shunts; Chiari malformations; tethered cords; general pediatric neurosurgery
Undergraduate 1999
Stanford University (CA)
Graduate 1999
Stanford University
Graduate 2006
University of California, Irvine
Medical Education 2008
University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
Internship 2009
Stanford University Program
Residency 2015
Stanford University Program
Fellowship 2017
Phoenix Children's Hospital Program
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I study basic mechanisms of how epilepsy develops using human and mouse models.
I study basic mechanisms of how epilepsy develops using human and mouse models.
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In my laboratory, we use electrophysiological, optogenetic, and immunohistochemical techniques in order to study mechanisms of epileptogenesis using human tissue obtained during surgery and mouse models of epilepsy. I am particularly interested in studying focal cortical dysplasia. I am also interested in studying how neural stimulation, such as vagus nerve stimulation, works to stop seizures.
In my laboratory, we use electrophysiological, optogenetic, and immunohistochemical techniques in order to study mechanisms of epileptogenesis using human tissue obtained during surgery and mouse models of epilepsy. I am particularly interested in studying focal cortical dysplasia. I am also interested in studying how neural stimulation, such as vagus nerve stimulation, works to stop seizures.
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