Experienced in Cortical Dysplasia

Dr. Vera J. Burton

Neurology | Neonatology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Kennedy Krieger Institute
801 North Broadway, 
Baltimore, MD 

Experienced in Cortical Dysplasia
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Kennedy Krieger Institute
801 North Broadway, 
Baltimore, MD 
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Dr. Joanna Burton is a neurodevelopmental pediatrician at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Burton graduated with honors with a bachelor’s degree in Linguistics from the University of Chicago in 1994. She then taught bilingual special education in Washington, DC for 5 years. She received an MD/PhD in 2008 from the University of Illinois, with the PhD in speech and hearing science, focusing on language acquisition. She then trained in general pediatrics at the University of Maryland Medical Center before receiving specialized training in neurodevelopmental disabilities at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. She currently sees patient with attentional and language based learning difficulties in the Center for Developmental and Learning, focusing on the development concerns of children with complex medical needs and those with a history of perinatal brain injury. She also sees patient in the Neurorehabilitation Concussion Clinic and provides inpatient consultations for high risk infants at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Contact for Research Inquiries 801 N. Broadway Baltimore, MD 21205 Research Summary Dr. Burton's dissertation focused on the effects of environment on assessment of word learning. She is a member of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Nursery (NICN) at the Charlotte Bloomberg Children’s Hospital at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and co-director of the Study on perinatal brain injury recovery and outcome (SPROUT) research collaborative at Kennedy Krieger. She currently investigates the neurodevelopmental outcomes of premature infants and term infants with a history of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. She is working to identify which factors best predict short and long-term neurodevelopment and behavior associated with difficulties in daily living and academic success, specifically in the areas of attention and language. She also works with multi-disciplinary teams to examine potential interventions to mitigate early brain injury in these infants.

Dr. Burton is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cortical Dysplasia. Her top areas of expertise are Intraventricular Hemorrhage of the Newborn, Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood, Premature Infant, and Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 31 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
University Of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Speech And Hearing, PhD, 2005
Residency
Kennedy Krieger Institute, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, 2014
Specialties
Neurology
Neonatology
Licenses
Pediatrics in MD
Board Certifications
American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology
Languages Spoken
English
Spanish
Gender
Female

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Kennedy Krieger Institute
801 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205
Call: 443-923-3267

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31 Total Publications

Longitudinal Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination (HINE) Trajectories in Children with Cerebral Palsy Identified in High-Risk Follow-Up.
Longitudinal Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination (HINE) Trajectories in Children with Cerebral Palsy Identified in High-Risk Follow-Up.
Journal: Journal of clinical medicine
Published: January 22, 2025
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