MerveenAppuMDMS, FAAP
Child Neurology • Madera, CAEpilepsy
Director, Neurocutaneous Syndromes Clinic, Childrens Tumor Foundation/NFCN Affiliate, Valley Childrens Healthcare
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Office
9300 Valley Childrens Place
Madera, CA 93636Phone+1 559-353-6215- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Child Neurology, 2011 - 2014
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University HospitalResidency, Pediatrics, 2008 - 2011
Oregon State UniversityM.S., Pharmacy, 2007
Madras Medical CollegeClass of 2005
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2017 - 2025
IL State Medical License 2013 - 2017
MO State Medical License 2011 - 2014
NJ State Medical License 2009 - 2013
PA State Medical License 2010 - 2012- 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
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Outstanding Trainee of the Year Award, Honorable Mention Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Oregon Health and Science University, 2006
- Chevron REACH International Student Scholarship Award Institute of International Education (IIE), SanFransisco, CA, 2000
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- When Agitation, Hallucination, and Paranoia Mean More Than Psychosis.Aura Daniella Santi, Anahita Emamian, Merveen Appu, Wendy Tcheng, Karen S Fernandez> ;Pediatrics in Review. 2022 May 1
- Ovarian teratoma masquerading as encephalitis in an adolescentAnahita Emamian, Daniella Santi, Marveen Appu, Wendy Tcheng, Karen S. Fernández> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2021 Mar 27
- 5 citationsNovel familial pathogenic mutation in gap junction protein, beta-1 gene (GJB1) associated with transient neurological deficits in a patient with X-linked Charcot-Marie...Merveen Appu, Soe Mar> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2014 Dec 1
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Journal Articles
- Novel familial pathogenic mutation in gap junction protein, beta 1 gene (GJB1) associated with transient neurological deficits in a patient with Xlinked Charcot Marie ...Appu M, Mar S, Muscle and Nerve, 1/1/2014
- Clinically significant response to Zolpidem in disorders of consciousness secondary to anti N dash methyl D dash aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis in a teenagerr:...Appu M, Noetzel M, Pediatric Neurology, 1/1/2014
- Co expression of myosin II regulatory light chain and NMDAR1 subunit in neonatal and adult mouse brainKioussi C, Lohr C, Fischer K, Bajaj G, Leid M, Ishmael J, Brain Research Bulletin, 1/1/2007
Other
- CNS Case Studies Project: Pelizaeus dash Merzbacher like diseaseAppu M, Zempel J
www.childneurologysociety.org/resources/continuing-education/cns-casestudies
1/1/2014
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