Susan Teale Arnold, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English,
Biography
Dr. Arnold is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Center at UTSW at Dallas. She received medical degree from Cornell University School of Medicine and completed general pediatric and adult neurology training at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Arnold pursued her pediatric neurology and epilepsy training at Washington University in St. Louis.
She has board certification in pediatrics, neurology with special qualification in child neurology and clinical neurophysiology. Special research interests include Landau-Kleffner syndrome and its relationship with epilepsy and EEG abnormalities in childhood autism. Dr. Arnold is active in clinical research focused on medical and surgical therapy for intractable epilepsy in childhood.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Weill Cornell Medical College (1988)
- Residency
- Yale-New Haven Medical Center (1992), Neurology
Yale-New Haven Medical Center (1991), Pediatrics - Fellowship
- St. Louis Childrens Hospital (1996), Neurophysiology
St. Louis Childrens Hospital (1994), Pediatric Neurology - Board Certification
- American Board of Psy&Neurology/Child Neurology
Conditions
- Angelman Syndrome
- Cortical Dysplasia
- Doose Syndrome
- Dravet Syndrome
- Epilepsy
- First Unprovoked Seizure
- Infantile Spasm (Wests Syndrome)
- Intractable Epilepsy
- Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
- Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
- Neurofibromatosis (NF)
- Pediatric Rasmussen Syndrome
- Rett Syndrome
- Sturge-Weber Syndrome
- Tuberous Sclerosis (TSC)
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- EEG in Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Ketogenic Diet
- Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
- Pediatric sleep disorders
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Publications
- Clinical Utility of Reinterpreting Previously Reported Genomic Epilepsy Test Results for Pediatric Patients. SoRelle JA, Thodeson DM, Arnold S, Gotway G, Park JY JAMA pediatrics 2018 Nov e182302
- Indications and methodology for video-electroencephalographic studies in the epilepsy monitoring unit. Shih JJ, Fountain NB, Herman ST, Bagic A, Lado F, Arnold S, Zupanc ML, Riker E, Labiner DM Epilepsia 2017 Nov
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Professional Activities
- American Epilepsy Society
- Child Neurology Society
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Awards and Honors
- D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialist (2018, 2020)
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