Dr. Dana Cummings
Overview
Dr. Cummings completed the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Funded MD/PhD program in neuroscience with a focus on fundamental mechanisms of epilepsy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. As child neurology resident at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, he performed clinical research in Tourette Syndrome and developmental cognitive neurology. As a faculty member in pediatrics and Director, Pediatric Stroke Program, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Dr. Cummings has set care standards and provided education to medical students, residents, fellows and faculty in evaluation and management of pediatric stroke. Dr. Cummings has served as site investigator for multiple NIH studies of pediatric stroke including Thrombolysis in Pediatric Stroke Study, Vascular Effects of Infection in Stroke II, and StrokeNet. He serves on the editorial boards of Pediatric Neurology and the Annals of the Child Neurology Society. He received Top Doctors Award, Pittsburgh Magazine for 2021 and 2022. His clinical interests include pediatric brain attack and stroke, spells and epilepsy, developmental delay and cognitive disorders.
His top areas of expertise are Sporadic Hemiplegic Migraine, Stroke, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, Hemiplegia, and Thrombectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 9 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
449 North Hermitage Road, Hermitage, PA 16148
4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
4055 Monroeville Boulevard, Building 1, Monroeville, PA 15146
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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Areas of Expertise
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- Alternating Hemiplegia of ChildhoodDr. Cummings isExperienced. Learn about Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood.
- Familial Hemiplegic MigraineDr. Cummings isExperienced. Learn about Familial Hemiplegic Migraine.
- HemiplegiaDr. Cummings isExperienced. Learn about Hemiplegia.
- Migraine with Brainstem AuraDr. Cummings isExperienced. Learn about Migraine with Brainstem Aura.
- Sporadic Hemiplegic MigraineDr. Cummings isExperienced. Learn about Sporadic Hemiplegic Migraine.
- StrokeDr. Cummings isExperienced. Learn about Stroke.