Overview
Dr. Sun is an expert in both pediatric neurology and cerebrovascular neurology, with a special interest in pediatric and young adult stroke. She focuses on both acute care of stroke as well as longitudinal management of an array of neurologic conditions that affect children and young adults. Dr. Sun’s research focuses broadly on pediatric and young adult stroke, with emphasis on discovering the causes, treatments, and prevention of stroke in the young. More specifically, Dr. Sun is investigating novel monitoring and stroke prevention techniques in children with moyamoya disease, which is a rare disease that places affected children and young adults at high risk of stroke. The goal of Dr. Sun's research is to improve outcomes and quality of life of individuals affected by stroke and moyamoya disease. In addition to her clinical and research interests, Dr. Sun is the associate program director of the Child Neurology residency program at Johns Hopkins. After completing medical school at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Sun completed her pediatrics and neurology residency training at Johns Hopkins, and subsequently she completed a fellowship in Vascular Neurology/Stroke.
Dr. Sun is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Moyamoya Disease, Stroke, Stiff Person Syndrome, Thrombectomy, and Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 77 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 1 article in the study of Hemiplegia.
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Locations
Floor 5, Baltimore, MD 21287
10753 Falls Road, Pavilion II STE 115, Lutherville, MD 21093
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Sun has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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.
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Maciej Poltorak is a Neurologist in Greenbelt, Maryland. Dr. Poltorak is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. His top areas of expertise are Infantile Axonal Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy Type 2, Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis, and Partial Familial Epilepsy. Dr. Poltorak is currently accepting new patients.
Physicians Medical Practice
Kanwaljit Ahuja is a Neurologist in Bowie, Maryland. Dr. Ahuja is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Hemiplegia, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA).
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Kathleen Burger is a Neurologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Burger is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Stroke, Hemiplegia, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Burger is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Moyamoya DiseaseDr. Sun isDistinguished. Learn about Moyamoya Disease.
- StrokeDr. Sun isDistinguished. Learn about Stroke.
- Advanced
- Stiff Person SyndromeDr. Sun isAdvanced. Learn about Stiff Person Syndrome.
- ThrombectomyDr. Sun isAdvanced. Learn about Thrombectomy.
- Experienced
- Absence SeizureDr. Sun isExperienced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood
- Anti-NMDA Receptor EncephalitisDr. Sun isExperienced. Learn about Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis.
- Cerebral Artery Bypass SurgeryDr. Sun isExperienced. Learn about Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery.
- Down SyndromeDr. Sun isExperienced. Learn about Down Syndrome.
- Drug Induced DyskinesiaDr. Sun isExperienced. Learn about Drug Induced Dyskinesia.