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Michael Painter, MD

Job Title Director of Neurodevelopment Disabilities Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Job Title Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Division of Child Neurology

4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 2

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

412-692-5520 Phone

412-692-6787 Fax

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Education and Training

Medical School:	1965 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Residency:	1968 Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pediatrics, Pittsburgh, PA
Fellowship:	1973 Columbia University, New York, NY

Memberships

N.I.H. Site Visit Committees, Member
New York Academy of Sciences
International Child Neurology Society
American Pediatric Society
Long Range Planning Committee Association, University Professors of Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Part I Committee
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Examiner, Part II
Child Neurology Foundation, Vice President

Board Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Certification in Neurology with Special Competence in Child Neurology

Awards

Who's Who in the East
Listed as one of three outstanding pediatricians in the city, Pittsburgh Magazine, November 1981
Guest editor, Seminars in Perinatology
The Best Doctors in America, Neonatal Neurology
The Best Doctors in America, Pittsburgh Magazine
President, Child Neurology Society
Finalist, Golden Apple Award, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
President, Child Neurology Society
Teaching Award ,Neonatal Perinatal Fellow, UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
Board of Directors, Child Neurology Foundation

Publications

Painter MJ, Capute A, Accardo P. Subspecialization in the care of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. J Child Neurol. 16(2):131-3, 2001.
Shore P, Painter MJ. Adolescent Asystolic Syncope. J Child Neurol. 17(5): 395-7, 2002
Malik S, Painter M, Vankatramin R, and Alvin J. Use of stable isotopes to study anticonvulsant metabolism in neonates. Pediatric Neurol. In press.

View Dr. Painter's full list of publications from PubMed.

Biography Summary

Dr. Painter, immediate past chief of Children’s Division of Child Neurology, lectures at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he is a research and career advisor. He sees patients at the hospital in Oakland and at Children’s North in Wexford.

Internationally known for his work on seizures in newborn babies, Dr. Painter is the immediate past president of the national Child Neurology Society. A past president of the national Professors of Child Neurology, Dr. Painter has served on leadership committees of the Child Neurology Society, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Pediatrics and American Academy of Neurology.

Last Update
August 3, 2011

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