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Gary Mathern, MD, Neurosurgery, Los Angeles, CA, John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek

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Neurosurgery • Los Angeles, CA

Pediatric Neurosurgery

DAVIES/Crandall Endowed Chair, Professor of Neurological Surgery, UCLA-David Geffen School of Medicine

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Summary

  • I am the Davies/Crandall endowed chair for epilepsy research at ucla and a pediatric neurosurgeon. Specializing in the care and treatment of children with medically refractory. Epilepsy. I use the tissue removed at surgery to conduct reseRch in order to discover the causes of these conditions. With an eye on developing new diagnostic techniques and treatmentsi have volunteer relationships with the RE Childrens project. the ILAE as editor in chief of Epilepsia and Epilepsia open The Brain Recovery Project and Epilepsy Day at Disneyland

Education & Training

  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1986 - 1991
  • Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1985 - 1985
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Cleveland Clinic FoundationInternship, Transitional Year, 1982 - 1983
  • Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
    Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineClass of 1982
  • Morehead state university
    Morehead state universityBs, Biology and chemistry , Summa cum lauda, 1974 - 1978

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1983 - 2025
  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 1983 - 2016
  • American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
  • American board of clinical neurophysiologyClinical neurophysiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • William Lennox award American epilepsy society, 2016
  • Top Doctors:LA Area Castle Connolly, 2013
  • Top Doctors:Southern California Castle Connolly, 2012
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Review Applying Participatory Action Research in Traumatic Brain Injury Studies to Prevent Post-Traumatic Epilepsy  
    Daniel J Correa, Nathalie Jette, Gary W Mathern, Solomon L Moshe, ScienceDirect

Press Mentions

  • Scientists Reveal We Stop Making New Neurons in Our Brain's Memory Centre as Early as Childhood
    Scientists Reveal We Stop Making New Neurons in Our Brain's Memory Centre as Early as ChildhoodMarch 8th, 2018
  • UCLA Researchers Receive Grant to Study Potential Epilepsy Treatments
    UCLA Researchers Receive Grant to Study Potential Epilepsy TreatmentsFebruary 8th, 2017

Grant Support

  • Pathophysiology Of Developing Dysplastic Human CortexNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1999–2012
  • Mechanisms Altering Electrical Conductivity &DTI In Epilepsy Surgery PatientsNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2010–2011
  • Cortical Plasticity After HemispherectomyEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2005–2006
  • Molecular Microanatomy--Structure /Function RelationshipNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2000–2002
  • Molecular Mechanisms Of Mesial Limbic EpilepsyNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1998
  • Seizures In Hippocampi Of Epileptic ChildrenNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1994–1998

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Dr. Gary Mathern, Dr. Gary Mathern, MD, Dr. G Mathern, Dr. Gary W Mathern