Overview
Dr. Comi graduated from SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine and received her training in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Buffalo and her child neurology training at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Her clinical specialization is in the treatment of the neurological aspects of Sturge-Weber syndrome and other disorders related to capillary malformation. Dr. Comi's clinical research interests focus on improving the early diagnosis and treatment of brain involvement in Sturge-Weber syndrome in order to prevent ischemic brain injury in affected infants and young children, and on studies to understand what causes Sturge-Weber syndrome. Her laboratory research work deals with the pathogenesis of Sturge-Weber syndrome, recently shown to be caused by a somatic mutation, and on developing new drug targets, screening assays, models and therapeutic strategies for Sturge-Weber syndrome. Her lab group also works on developing better neuroprotective and neuroregenerative responses to brain injury resulting from impaired blood flow to the brain.
Dr. Comi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Sturge-Weber Syndrome, Parkes Weber Syndrome, Stork Bite, Epilepsy in Children, and Endovascular Embolization.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 69 peer reviewed articles and participating in 5 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 13 articles in the study of Epilepsy.
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Locations
801 North Broadway, Room 553, Room 553, Baltimore, MD 21205
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
4 Clinical Trials
CHOP Specialty Care, Lancaster
Nicholas Abend is a Pediatric Neurologist in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dr. Abend is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Status Epilepticus, Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, and Epilepsy.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Carl E. Stafstrom is a pediatric neurologist, caring for children with epilepsy. Dr. Stafstrom received his medical degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, with residencies at the University of Washington Medical Center and Tufts New England Medical Center, as well as fellowships at Harvard for neurology research and Boston Children’s Hospital in clinical neurophysiology, electroencephalography, and epilepsy. Dr. Stafstrom previously served as Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and Chief of Pediatric Neurology at American Family Children’s Hospital at UW Madison. Dr. Stafstrom is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, West Syndrome, Endovascular Embolization, and Deep Brain Stimulation.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Catherine Chu is the director of the Division of Pediatric Neurology and the John M. Freeman Pediatric Epilepsy Center in the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology, as well as the vice president of child neurology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. As a child neurologist, epileptologist and clinical neurophysiologist, Dr. Chu cares for children diagnosed with epilepsy and disorders of the nervous system (neurophysiology). She specializes in electroencephalogram (also known as EEG) analysis, seizure localization, surgical planning and neuromodulation for adult and pediatric patients with difficult to control epilepsy. She is nationally and internationally recognized for her work identifying causes of and treatment options for cognitive dysfunction and seizures in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Chu’s team specializes in identifying and developing tools to detect and understand brain rhythms that support complex cognitive functions throughout development, including how these rhythms are disrupted by seizures and neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Chu earned her medical degree and a master’s degree in social anthropology from Harvard University. She completed an internship in pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital, and then a residency in neurology and child neurology at Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. After completing two fellowships at Massachusetts General, one in epilepsy and another in clinical neurophysiology, Dr. Chu earned a master’s degree in medical science, focused on clinical investigation, from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chu is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Benign Rolandic Epilepsy, Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, and Epilepsy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- Parkes Weber SyndromeDr. Comi isElite. Learn about Parkes Weber Syndrome.
- Stork BiteDr. Comi isElite. Learn about Stork Bite.
- Sturge-Weber SyndromeDr. Comi isElite. Learn about Sturge-Weber Syndrome.
- Distinguished
- Cowden SyndromeDr. Comi isDistinguished. Learn about Cowden Syndrome.
- Epilepsy in ChildrenDr. Comi isDistinguished. Learn about Epilepsy in Children.
- Hypothalamic HamartomasDr. Comi isDistinguished. Learn about Hypothalamic Hamartomas.
- Linear Nevus Sebaceous SyndromeDr. Comi isDistinguished. Learn about Linear Nevus Sebaceous Syndrome.
- Peutz-Jeghers SyndromeDr. Comi isDistinguished. Learn about Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome.
- Phacomatosis PigmentokeratoticaDr. Comi isDistinguished. Learn about Phacomatosis Pigmentokeratotica.
- Advanced
- Aplasia Cutis CongenitaDr. Comi isAdvanced. Learn about Aplasia Cutis Congenita.
- Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features
- Benign Rolandic EpilepsyDr. Comi isAdvanced. Learn about Benign Rolandic Epilepsy.
- Clouston SyndromeDr. Comi isAdvanced. Learn about Clouston Syndrome.
- Ectodermal DysplasiasDr. Comi isAdvanced. Learn about Ectodermal Dysplasias.
- EpilepsyDr. Comi isAdvanced. Learn about Epilepsy.
- Experienced
- 2q37 Deletion SyndromeDr. Comi isExperienced. Learn about 2q37 Deletion Syndrome.
- 47 XYY SyndromeDr. Comi isExperienced. Learn about 47 XYY Syndrome.
- Aase SyndromeDr. Comi isExperienced. Learn about Aase Syndrome.
- Abruzzo-Erickson SyndromeDr. Comi isExperienced. Learn about Abruzzo-Erickson Syndrome.
- Absence SeizureDr. Comi isExperienced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- Achalasia Microcephaly SyndromeDr. Comi isExperienced. Learn about Achalasia Microcephaly Syndrome.