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3003 W Good Hope RdMilwaukee, WI 53209
Phone+1 414-352-3100
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Summary
- Edward Kovnar, MD, based in Milwaukee, WI, specializes in Child Neurology, with extensive training and education in neurology and pediatrics from Washington University in St. Louis. He completed his medical education in 1977 followed by a fellowship in Child Neurology in 1982, and a fellowship in Epilepsy and Electroencephalography at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Kovnar has held positions as Division Director and Associate Member at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Assocaite Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and Medical Director of Child Neurology at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. He is now in private practice at Aurora Advance Healthcare based in Milwaukee. His expertise encompasses child neurology, neurodevelopmental disabilities, pediatric epilepsy, pediatric and neonatal electroencephalography, and intraoperative neuromonitoring. He has authored numerous publications, including widely cited works on pediatric brain malignancies and child neurology evaluation, and has been recognized as one of Best Doctor's of America and Castle Connolly's Top Doctorsin of America.
Education & Training
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Child Neurology, 1980 - 1982
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Neurology, 1980
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Pediatrics, 1977 - 1979
Washington Univeristy School of MedicineMD, Medicine, 1973 - 1977
WashU MedicineClass of 1977
Certifications & Licensure
WI State Medical License 1982 - 2027
TN State Medical License 1985 - 2011
IL State Medical License 1988 - 2005
CO State Medical License 1987 - 2003
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011, 2014, 2016-2017
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsPractice parameter: Evaluation of the child with microcephaly (an evidence-based review) [RETIRED]: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academ...Stephen Ashwal, David Michelson, Lauren Plawner, William B Dobyns,
Neurology. 2009-09-15 - 170 citationsThere is no role for hyperfractionated radiotherapy in the management of children with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic brainstem tumors: results of a pediatric oncol...Lynda R Mandell, Richard Kadota, Carolyn R. Freeman, Edwin C Douglass, James Fontanesi
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 1999-03-15 - 18 citationsMultiple causes of cerebrovascular events in children with tumors of the parasellar region.Marc S. Rudoltz, William F. Regine, James W. Langston, Robert A. Sanford, Edward H. Kovnar
Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 1998-05-01
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- Fellow
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