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Michael Painter, MD
Job Title
Chief, Division of Child Neurology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
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
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 2
Pittsburgh,
PA
15224
412-692-5520
Phone
412-692-6787
Fax
Education and Training
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Medical School: |
1965 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
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Residency: |
1968 Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pediatrics, Pittsburgh, PA |
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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.
