Page B. Pennell, MD, FAES, FAAN, FANA
Chair, Department of Neurology
Henry B. Higman Professor of Neurology
Professor, Department of Neurobiology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Dr. Page Pennell is Henry B. Higman Professor of Neurology and Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), USA.
She is a clinician investigator with a focus on women’s health in epilepsy. Her current clinical studies focus on the effects of hormones on seizure provocation, pharmacokinetic changes of anti-seizure medications (ASMs) with exogenous hormones or differing reproductive phases, and maternal and fetal outcomes during pregnancy in women with epilepsy.
Collaborative, multi-center studies have included funding from industry, non-profit foundations, and National Institutes of Health (NIH). She is multi-Principal Investigator of the NINDS-funded, multi-center, prospective cohort U01 study, Maternal Outcomes and Neurodevelopmental Effects of AEDs (MONEAD), the NICHD-funded R01 study “Physiological-based Pharmacokinetics Approach to Determine the Extent of Antiseizure Medications during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding,” and the NINDS-funded R25 “Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neuropathology Pittsburgh Research Education Program (N3-PREP).”
Dr. Pennell has served as President of the American Epilepsy Society and on the Board of Directors for several organizations, including the American Epilepsy Society and the Epilepsy Foundation. She has been elected as an Ambassador for Epilepsy by the International League Against Epilepsy. She has contributed over 15 book chapters and been guest editor of publications focusing on neurology illnesses and pregnancy, and she has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles in the field.
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