Lauren Dengle Sanchez, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2009)
- Residency
- UT Southwestern Medical Center (2014), Child Neurology
UT Southwestern Medical Center (2011), Pediatrics - Board Certification
- American Board of Psy&Neurology/Child Neurology
Conditions
- Anaplastic Astrocytoma
- Ataxia
- Bells Palsy
- Brain Abscess
- Cerebral Palsy
- Developmental Delay
- Disorders of Gait and Movement
- Dystonia
- Gait Abnormalities
- Head Trauma
- Headache
- Hypotonia (Floppy Muscle Syndrome)
- Malformations of Cortical Development (MCD)
- Microcephaly
- Migraines
- Muscle Weakness in Children
- Myoclonus
- Neurofibromatosis (NF)
- Neuronal Migration Disorders
- Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma
- Tic Disorders
- Tourette Syndrome
- Tremors
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC)
- Ventriculomegaly
Treatments
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Neuro-oncology
- General pediatric neurology
- Neurofibromatosis
- Tourette Syndrome
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Publications
- Acute Seizure in Children in the Emergency Setting. S Auvin and R Sankar (eds.). In Patients with Epilepsy at the Emergency Setting. Dolce A and Hartman A (2013). Montrouge, France, John Libbey Eurotext
- Aberrant Drp1-mediated mitochondrial division presents in humans with variable outcomes. Whitley BN, Lam C, Cui H, Haude K, Bai R, Escobar L, Hamilton A, Brady L, Tarnopolsky MA, Dengle L, Picker J, Lincoln S, Lackner LL, Glass IA, Hoppins S, Human molecular genetics 2018 11 27 21 3710-3719
- Identification of novel candidate disease genes from de novo exonic copy number variants. Gambin T, Yuan B, Bi W, Liu P, Rosenfeld JA, Coban-Akdemir Z, Pursley AN, Nagamani SCS, Marom R, Golla S, Dengle L, Petrie HG, Matalon R, Emrick L, Proud MB, Treadwell-Deering D, Chao HT, Koillinen H, Brown C, Urraca N, Mostafavi R, Bernes S, Roeder ER, Nugent KM, Bader PI, Bellus G, Cummings M, Northrup H, Ashfaq M, Westman R, Wildin R, Beck AE, Immken L, Elton L, Varghese S, Buchanan E, Faivre L, Lefebvre M, Schaaf CP, Walkiewicz M, Yang Y, Kang SL, Lalani SR, Bacino CA, Beaudet AL, Breman AM, Smith JL, Cheung SW, Lupski JR, Patel A, Shaw CA, Stankiewicz P Genome medicine 2017 Sep 9 1 83
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Neurology
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Awards and Honors
- Best Doctors and Pediatric Specialists: Pediatric Neurology 2021, D Magazine
- Outstanding Mentorship Award 2018, Frisco Independent School District
- Resident Excellence in Care Award 2014, Children’s Medical Center, Neuroscience Nursing Floor