Neurology
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| Gulay Alper, MD |
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Assistant Professor, Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Division of Pediatric Neurology
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
3705 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-692-5520
412-692-6787 Fax
gulay.alper@chp.edu
Patient
Appointment Information
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| Education and Training |
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Medical School:
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1982 Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey
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Residency:
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1991 Department of Pediatrics, University of Istanbul
Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul/Turkey
2002 Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,
PA
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Fellowship:
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1996 Child Neurology Fellowship, Division of Child Neurology, Children's
Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1999 Epilepsy Fellowship, Division of Child Neurology, Children's Hospital
of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2001 Research Fellowship, Division of Child Neurology, Children's Hospital
of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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Memberships
- Turkish Medical Association, Ankara, Turkey
- National Association of Pediatrics, Turkey
- Child Neurology Society, USA
- Turkish Epilepsy Association
- Turkish Child Neurology Society
- Neurofibromatosis Clinic Association (NFCA)
- American Academy of Neurology
- Allegheny Medical Society
Board Certification
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with Special Qualification
in Child Neurology
- Certification of Clinical Fellowship in Child Neurology, University
of Pittsburgh
- Board of Pediatric Neurology of Turkey
- Board of Pediatrics of Turkey
- Drug Enforcement Agency
Awards
- "Dorothy Leet International Fellowship" Grant, International
Federation of University Women (IFUW)
- Cihat Tahsin Gurson Research Award, Gurson Children's Health Foundation
- 1987-1989 University of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Success Certificate
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Publications
- Alper G, Narayanan V. Friedreich's ataxia . Review article. Pediatric
Neurol, 2003; 28:335-341.
- Alper G, Schor NF. Toward the definition of acute disseminated encephalitis
of childhood. Review article. Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2004;16(6):
637-640.
- Eklund EA, Newell JW, Sun L, Jeo NS, Alper G, Willert
J, Freeze HH. Molecular and clinical description of the first US patients
with congenital disorder of glycosylation Ig. Molecular Genetics
and Metabolism, 2005; 84(1):25-31.
Active Research Projects/Grants
- Establishing a model of autoimmune central nervous system inflammatory
demyelinating disease
Current Research Interests
- Acute demyelinating disorders of childhood; longitudinal cohort study
for long-term prognosis
- Pediatric multiple sclerosis
- Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
- Transverse myelitis
- Optic neuritis with abnormal brain MRI findings
- Neuromyelitis Optica (Devic's disease)
- Neuroimmunology
| Biographical Summary
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In addition to seeing patients in general Child Neurology, Gulay
Alper, MD, sees patients in the White Matter Disorders, Neurofibromatosis
and Tuberous Sclerosis clinics at Children’s in Oakland and
Children’s East in Monroeville.
She completed her Pediatrics residency in her native Turkey, where
she was a general practitioner for the Ministry of Health for four
years in the cities of Erzurum and Diyarbakir. She came to Children’s
for additional training in Pediatrics and Child Neurology residency.
Dr. Alper joined the Child Neurology faculty in July 2002 after
a research fellowship in Neurogenetics in the Children’s laboratory
of Vinodh Narayanan, MD.
Dr. Alper has begun a research project designed to determine the
frequency with which children get multiple sclerosis and related
conditions that involve the white matter of the brain. Her studies
will help us understand what happens to children with these diseases
as they mature, and begin to tell us what treatment and prevention
options work best.
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