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Jean-Baptiste Le Pichon, MD, Child Neurology, Kansas City, MO, The University of Kansas Hospital

Jean-BaptisteLe PichonMD, PhD, FAAP

Child Neurology Kansas City, MO

Epilepsy

Professor of Pediatrics, Madison Lauren Sargent Endowed Professorship in Neurology/Angelman Syndrome, Associate Director for the Division of Neurology

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Summary

  • Dr. Jean-Baptiste Le Pichon is a Child Neurologist in Kansas City, MO and is affiliated with several hospitals in the area, including The University of Kansas Health System and Children's Mercy Kansas City. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. He is fluent in French. His areas of expertise include Angelman Syndrome, neurocutaneous disorders, mitochondrial diseases, epilepsy, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and kernicterus, and neurogenomics.

Education & Training

  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Child Neurology, 2004 - 2007
  • Driscoll Children's Hospital/Texas A&M College of Medicine
    Driscoll Children's Hospital/Texas A&M College of MedicineResidency, Pediatrics, 2002 - 2004
  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of MedicineClass of 2002
  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of MedicinePh.D., Neurosciences, 2000
  • Gannon University
    Gannon UniversityB.S., Major: Chemistry; Minor: Biology, Summa Cum Laude, 1988 - 1992

Certifications & Licensure

  • MO State Medical License
    MO State Medical License 2008 - 2025
  • KS State Medical License
    KS State Medical License 2007 - 2024
  • OK State Medical License
    OK State Medical License 2021 - 2024
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Recipient of the Daniel Scagliotti Teaching Award Children’s Mercy Hospital, 2014
  • Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP), 2014
  • Golden Apple Mentor Award Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, 2012-2013, 2015-2016
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere Syndrome as a Mimic of Neuroimmune Disorders: 3 Cases From the Clinic and Review of the Literature  
    Allison, T., Roncero, I., Forsyth, R., Coffman, K., & Pichon, J. B. L., Journal of Child Neurology, 1/1/2017
  • A Hypothesis for Using Pathway Genetic Load Analysis for Understanding Complex Outcomes in Bilirubin Encephalopathy  
    Sean M. Riordan, Douglas C. Bittel, Jean-Baptiste Le Pichon, Silvia Gazzin, Claudio Tiribelli, Jon F. Watchko, Richard P.Wennberg, and Steven M. Shapiro, Frontiers in Neuroscience, 1/1/2016
  • Biallelic Mutations in TBCD, Encoding the Tubulin Folding Cofactor D, Perturb Microtubule Dynamics and Cause Early-Onset Encephalopathy  
    Flex E, Niceta M, Cecchetti S, Thiffault I, Au MG, Capuano A, Piermarini E, Ivanova AA, Francis JW, Chillemi G, Chandramouli B, Carpentieri G, Haaxma CA, Ciolfi A, Piz..., American Journal of Human Genetics, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Escaping X-inactivation: A New Perspective on KIAA2022-Related Disorders: Allosome Imprinting & Sexual Phenotypic Dimorphism.
    Jean-Baptiste Le Pichon, Carol Saunders, Emily Farrow, Sarah Soden, Sumit Parikh, Isabelle Thiffault, Child Neurology Society, 45th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1/1/2016
  • Poster 76. Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere Syndrome Mistaken for Neuroimmune Disorders: Three Cases from the Clinic and Review of the Literature.
    Allison, T.J., Forsyth, R., Coffman, K.A., Le Pichon, JB, Child Neurology Society, 44th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2015
  • What are the Molecular Mechanisms that Govern Region Specific Vulnerability to Bilirubin in the Central Nervous System?
    Le Pichon, J.B., Bittel, D., Shapiro, S., Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1/1/2014
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Lectures

  • Exomes, Genomes, GWAS and Still No Answers-Gee Whiz, Where Do We Go Next? 
    University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS - 1/13/2017
  • Point and Counterpoint: Treating Neonatal Subclinical Seizures or Not. 
    Kansas City, MO - 1/8/2016
  • Standard Protocol for Initiating AED Therapy in Newborns 
    Inn on Biltmore Estates, Asheville, NC - 1/28/2015
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Other

  • Inside Pediatrics Children's Mercy Kansas City Season 2 
    Le Pichon, J.B., KMBC-TV
    Kansas City, MO - 1/1/2015
  • Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Children Suspected in Multiple States, Prompting Comparisons to Polio 
    Dan Hurley, Article-In-Brief, comment by Dr. Le Pichon, Neurology Today
    1/6/2014
  • Inside Pediatrics Children’s Mercy Kansas City Season 1 
    Le Pichon, J.B., KMBC-TV
    Kansas City, MO - 1/1/2014
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Authored Content

  • Diagnostic Yield of Genetic Testing in 324 Infants with HypotoniaSeptember 2021

Grant Support

  • HRSA-19-060: Transforming Health Care for Children and Youth with EpilepsyHRSA2019–2023

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • French

Hospital Affiliations