MatthewThomasSweneyMD

Child Neurology • Salt Lake City, UT

Neurophysiology, Epilepsy

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Utah School of Medicine

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Office
Pediatric Neurology, 4th floor Eccles
81 Mario Capecchi Dr
Salt Lake City, UT 84113
Phone+1 801-213-3599
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Education & Training

University of Utah HealthFellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, 2011 - 2012
University of Utah HealthFellowship, Child Neurology, 2008 - 2011
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of MedicineResidency, Pediatrics, 2004 - 2007
University of Nebraska College of MedicineClass of 2004
University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMS, Biomedical Engineering, 1998 - 2000

Certifications & Licensure

UT State Medical License 2007 - 2026
CO State Medical License 2022 - 2025
NV State Medical License 2019 - 2025
ID State Medical License 2015 - 2025
MT State Medical License 2014 - 2024
WY State Medical License 2022 - 2024
OH State Medical License 2012 - 2013
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy
American Board of Clinical NeurophysiologyEpilepsy and Intraoperative Monitoring

Clinical Trials

A Study of Soticlestat as an Add-on Therapy in Children, Teenagers, and Adults With Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Start of enrollment: 2021 Nov 08
Completed
Phase 3
Roles: Principal Investigator
A Study of Soticlestat as an Add-on Therapy in Children and Adults With Dravet Syndrome or Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Start of enrollment: 2022 Mar 04
Recruiting
Phase 3
Roles: Principal Investigator

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Stereotactic electroencephalography is associated with reduced opioid and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use when compared with subdural grids: a pediatric case s...
Joshua C Hunsaker, Jonathan P Scoville, Evan Joyce, Jonathan Harper, Elena Kurudza, Matthew Sweney, Robert J Bollo, John D Rolston> ;Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2022 Jul 1
Long-Term Health Outcomes of Infantile Spasms Following Prednisolone vs. Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Treatment Characterized Using Phenome-Wide Association Study.
Monika Baker, Clint C Mason, Jacob Wilkes, David Sant, Matthew Sweney, Joshua L Bonkowsky> ;Frontiers in Neurology. 2022 Jan 1
23 citations
Disparities in Pediatric Epilepsy Remission Are Associated With Race and Ethnicity
Celestine H. Yeung Gregerson, Amanda V. Bakian, Jacob Wilkes, Andrew J. Knighton, Flory L. Nkoy, Matthew T. Sweney, Francis Filloux, Joshua L. Bonkowsky> ;Journal of Child Neurology. 2019 Sep 10
23 citations
Mobile Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) for the Treatment of Epilepsy: Development of Digital Therapeutics Comprising Behavioral and Music-Based Interventions for N...
Pegah Afra, Carol S. Bruggers, Matthew T. Sweney, Lilly Fagatele, Fareeha Alavi, Michael Greenwald, Merodean Huntsman, Khanhly Nguyen, Jeremiah K. Jones, David Shantz,...> ;Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2018 May 1
45 citations
Research conference summary from the 2014 International Task Force on ATP1A3-Related Disorders
Hendrik Rosewich, Matthew T. Sweney, Suzanne D. DeBrosse, Kevin C. Ess, Laurie J. Ozelius, Eva Andermann, Frederick Andermann, Gene Andrasco, Alice Belgrade, Allison B...> ;Neurology. Genetics. 2017 Apr 1
16 citations
Recent developments in the surgical management of paediatric epilepsy.
Vijay M. Ravindra, Matthew T. Sweney, Robert J. Bollo> ;Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2017 Jan 17
12 citations
Antineuronal Nuclear Autoantibody Type 1/Anti-Hu-Associated Opsoclonus Myoclonus and Epilepsia Partialis Continua: Case Report and Literature Review.
Michael Sweeney, Matthew T. Sweney, M. Mateo Paz Soldan, Stacey L. Clardy> ;Pediatric Neurology. 2016 Dec 1
Updates in the medical management of pediatric epilepsy
Matthew T. Sweney> ;Translational Pediatrics. 2015 Oct 13
8 citations
Erratum: Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood: Retrospective Genetic Study and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in 187 Subjects from the US AHCF Registry (PLoS ONE (2015...
Louis Viollet, Gustavo Glusman, Kelley J. Murphy, Tara M. Newcomb, Sandra P. Reyna, Matthew T. Sweney, Benjamin W. Nelson, Frederick Andermann, Eva Andermann, Gyula Ac...> ;Plos One. 2015 Aug 31
11 citations
Rasmussen encephalitis with dual pathology in a patient without seizures: case report and literature review.
Vijay M. Ravindra, Marcus D. Mazur, Carrie A. Mohila, Matthew T. Sweney, Aimee O. Hersh, Robert J. Bollo> ;Child's Nervous System. 2015 Jun 2
101 citations
The expanding spectrum of neurological phenotypes in children with ATP1A3 mutations, Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood, Rapid-onset Dystonia-Parkinsonism, CAPOS and ...
Matthew T. Sweney, Tara M. Newcomb, Kathryn J. Swoboda> ;Pediatric Neurology. 2015 Jan 1
296 citations
De novo mutations in ATP1A3 cause alternating hemiplegia of childhood
Erin L. Heinzen, Kathryn J. Swoboda, Yuki Hitomi, Fiorella Gurrieri, Sophie Nicole, Boukje de Vries, F Danilo Tiziano, Bertrand Fontaine, Nicole M. Walley, Sinéad Heav...> ;Nature Genetics. 2012 Sep 1
1 citations
Induction of mild hypothermia by noninvasive body cooling in healthy, unanesthetized subjects.
Oliver Bandschapp, Matthew T. Sweney, Judy A. Miller, Samira Tahvildari, Daniel C. Sigg, Paul A. Iaizzo> ;Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management. 2011 Dec 22
113 citations
Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood: Early Characteristics and Evolution of a Neurodevelopmental Syndrome
Matthew T. Sweney, Kenneth Silver, Marion Gerard-Blanluet, Jean Michel Pedespan, Francis Renault, Alexis Arzimanoglou, Mylynda Schlesinger-Massart, Aga J. Lewelt, Sand...> ;Pediatrics. 2009 Mar 1
16 citations
Effects of postnatal dexamethasone exposure on the developmental outcome of premature infants.
Howard Needelman, Martha Evans, Holly Roberts, Matthew T. Sweney, John B. Bodensteiner> ;Journal of Child Neurology. 2008 Apr 1
5 citations
Ontogeny and physiology of the cavum septum pellucidum in premature infants.
Howard Needelman, Bruce Schroeder, Matthew T. Sweney, John Schmidt, John B. Bodensteiner, Bradley G. Schaefer> ;Journal of Child Neurology. 2006 Apr 1
24 citations
Shiver suppression using focal hand warming in unanesthetized normal subjects.
Matthew T. Sweney, Daniel C. Sigg, Samira Tahvildari, Paul A. Iaizzo> ;Anesthesiology. 2001 Nov 1
13 citations
Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood: Retrospective Genetic Study and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in 187 Subjects from the US AHCF Registry.
Louis Viollet, Gustavo Glusman, Kelley J Murphy, Tara M Newcomb, Sandra P Reyna, Matthew Sweney, Benjamin Nelson, Frederick Andermann, Eva Andermann, Gyula Acsadi, Ric...> ;Plos One. 2015 Jan 1
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Professional Memberships

American Epilepsy Society - AES
Member
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
Member

Hospital Affiliations

University of Utah HealthSalt Lake City, Utah
Primary Children's HospitalSalt Lake City, Utah