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Laurie (Mcgonigle) Douglass, MD, Child Neurology, Boston, MA, Boston Medical Center

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Child Neurology • Boston, MA

Epilepsy

Chief, Division of Child Neurology; Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine

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Summary

  • Dr. Douglass is section chief of child neurology at Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Douglass received a BS in Physical Therapy from Boston University and worked as a therapist while earning her MD degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. Subsequently, she trained in pediatrics at Boston Medical Center, followed by training both in child neurology and pediatric epilepsy at Tufts Medical Center. She has a long interest in improving care for children with epilepsy. Dr. Douglass helped to build two epilepsy centers for children; the first at Tufts Medical Center and subsequently at Boston Medical Center, where she currently serves as the Director of Pediatric Epilepsy. She trained in biostatistics, epidemiology, and clinical trials and was a fellow in the two year Clinical Research Training Program (supported by a NIH K30 award) at Boston University School of Medicine. Her research career has focused on epilepsy in the developing brain and improving health care systems for children with epilepsy. Dr. Douglass led the investigation of seizures in the NIH funded ELGAN-2, the Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborn study. Her work in ELGAN-2 required the development and validation of a novel parent seizure survey. She continues to study seizures in this cohort, and is now the co-principal investigator of the NIH funded Environment, Epigenetics, Neurodevelopment & Health of Extremely Preterm. In 2016, she received funding from the Maternal Child Health Bureau at The Health Resources and
    Services Administration (HRSA) to improve access to quality health care for children and youth with epilepsy facing health disparities by leveraging telehealth technologies. As PI, she founded a research and innovation team, The Telehealth Epilepsy Care Collaborative. was a pioneer in the use of telehealth into the home, trialing it in 2016.

Education & Training

  • Tufts Medical Center
    Tufts Medical CenterFellowship, Epilepsy, 1999 - 2000
  • Tufts Medical Center
    Tufts Medical CenterFellowship, Child Neurology, 1996 - 1999
  • Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center
    Children's Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1994 - 1996
  • Tufts University School of Medicine
    Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 1994
  • Boston University
    Boston UniversityB.S., Physical Therapy, 1984 - 1988

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1999 - 2024
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Press Mentions

  • Boston Medical Center Boosts Care for Epileptic Kids with Telehealth-Analytics Platform
    Boston Medical Center Boosts Care for Epileptic Kids with Telehealth-Analytics PlatformDecember 17th, 2020
  • Seizures in Children Can Be Diagnosed with Telemedicine Program
    Seizures in Children Can Be Diagnosed with Telemedicine ProgramJanuary 2nd, 2019
  • Boston-Based Telemedicine Program Helping Diagnose Subtle Seizures in Children
    Boston-Based Telemedicine Program Helping Diagnose Subtle Seizures in ChildrenJanuary 1st, 2019
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Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Laurie Douglass, Dr. Laurie Douglass, MD, Dr. L Douglass, Dr. Laurie M Douglass