Tracy A. Glauser, MD - Pediatric Neurology

Dr. Tracy Glauser is a board-certified pediatrician and neurologist who specializes in child neurology and epilepsy. In September of 1998, he was appointed Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati. He is also Director of the hospital's Children's Comprehensive Epilepsy Program and Director of the Drug Trials Program for Neurologic Disease. He is a well-known lecturer on epilepsy and other pediatric/neurological problems at regional, national, and international conferences.

Dr. Glauser is actively involved in neurological research and has served as principal investigator or co-investigator for 22 different protocols for investigational anti-epileptic drugs. He has co-authored over 45 scientific publications and more than 70 abstracts. He also serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Pediatrics, Clinical Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Annals of Pharmacotherapy, and United States Pharmacopeial Drug Information.

Board Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics - 1990, recertified 1999

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Special Qualification in Child Neurology) - 1991

Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed

Congenital Hydrocephalus

Craniosynostosis

Epilepsy/Seizure Disorders

Education

M.D. - Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia - 1985

Internship in Pediatrics: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, July 1985 - June 1986

Residency in Pediatrics: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, July 1986 - June 1987

Fellowship in Child Neurology and Junior Assistant Resident in Adult Neurology: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, July 1987 - June 1988

Fellowship in Child Neurology and Senior Assistant Resident in Adult Neurology: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, July 1988 - June 1990

Fellowship in Epilepsy and Electroencephalography: St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, July 1990 - June 1991

Academic Appointments

Johns Hopkins University, Post-doctoral Fellow in Pediatrics, July 1985 - June 1987

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania:

• Assistant Instructor in Neurology, March 1989 - June 1989
• Instructor in Neurology, July 1989 - June 1990

Washington University School of Medicine:

• Instructor in Pediatrics, July 1991 - December 1991
• Instructor in Neurology, July 1990 - December 1991
• Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, January 1992 - June 1992

University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center:

• Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, July 1992 - August 1998
• Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, September 1998 -
• Director, Children's Medical Epilepsy Program
• Director, Drug Trials Program for Neurologic Disease

Professional Affiliations

American Academy of Neurology

American Academy of Pediatrics

Child Neurology Society

Epilepsy Foundation of America

The Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association

Selected Publications

1. Bare MA, Glauser TA, Strawsburg R: Need for Video/EEG Confirmation of Atypical Absence Seizures in Children With Lennox Gastaut Syndrome. Journal of Child Neurology 1998, 13(10):498-500.
2. Glauser TA, Miles MV, Tang PH, Clark PO McGee K, Doose D: Topiramate Pharmacokinetics in Infants. Epilepsia 1999; 40(6):788-791.
3. Glauser TA, Titanic MK, Pippenger CE: Racial Differences in Free Radical Scavenging Activity in Healthy Children. Journal Child Neurology 1999;14:382-387.
4. Glauser TA: Topiramate. Epilepsia 1999;40 (suppl 5):S71-S80.

Book Chapters

Glauser TA (1998).Pediatric epilepsy syndromes. In The Genetic Basis of Childhood Disorders. Munich: Piper Verlag.

Financial Disclosure

No financial report received from reviewer.