Jennifer M. Kwon, M.D., M.P.H.

Jennifer M. Kwon, M.D., M.P.H.

Contact Information

University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 631
Rochester, NY 14642

Fax: (585) 275-3683
Office: (585) 275-2971

Research Bio

Dr. Kwon has three primary research interests. 1) Neonatal Seizures: She has been collaborating with Dr. Ronnie Guillet in an NICHD funded multicenter clinical trial to look at long-term phenobarbital use in neonatal seizures. 2) Batten Disease: Since 2004, she has been collaborating with several other University of Rochester clinicians to evaluate patients with Batten disease prospectively to refine the Unified Batten Disease Rating Scale (UBDRS) as a tool for use in upcoming clinical trials of Batten Disease. 3) Newborn Screening: Dr. Kwon is interested in improving the clinical care and neurologic outcomes of children identified by state newborn screening programs by advocating for rational public health polities for state programs and by developing innovative practices to follow neuro-cognitive development.

Awards & Honors

Alzheimer Research Forum Award of Merit; for development of the Tau Mutation Website 2001
Frank E. Robbins Award, University of Michigan Medical School 1989
Klare Memorial Scholarship, University of Michigan School of Public Health 1986 - 1987
Avery Hopwood Awards, Underclassman Essay and Fiction, University of Michigan 1983

Recent Journal Articles

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2011 Mar
Kwon JM, Guillet R, Shankaran S, Laptook AR, McDonald SA, Ehrenkranz RA, Tyson JE, O'Shea TM, Goldberg RN, Donovan EF, Fanaroff AA, Poole WK, Higgins RD, Walsh MC. "Clinical seizures in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy have no independent impact on neurodevelopmental outcome: secondary analyses of data from the neonatal research network hypothermia trial." Journal of child neurology. 2011 Mar 0; 26(3):322-8. Epub 2010 Oct 04.
2009 Apr
Duffner PK, Caggana M, Orsini JJ, Wenger DA, Patterson MC, Crosley CJ, Kurtzberg J, Arnold GL, Escolar ML, Adams DJ, Andriola MR, Aron AM, Ciafaloni E, Djukic A, Erbe RW, Galvin-Parton P, Helton LE, Kolodny EH, Kosofsky BE, Kronn DF, Kwon JM, Levy PA, Miller-Horn J, Naidich TP, Pellegrino JE, Provenzale JM, Rothman SJ, Wasserstein MP. "Newborn screening for Krabbe disease: the New York State model." Pediatric neurology. 2009 Apr 0; 40(4):245-52; discussion 253-5.
2008 Oct
Guillet R, Kwon JM. "Prophylactic phenobarbital administration after resolution of neonatal seizures: survey of current practice." Pediatrics. 2008 Oct 0; 122(4):731-5.
2008
Guillet, R, Kwon JM. "Prophylactic Phenobarbital after Resolution of Neonatal Seizures: Survey of Current Practice." Pediatrics. 2008; : in press.
2007 May
Adams HR, Kwon J, Marshall FJ, de Blieck EA, Pearce DA, Mink JW. "Neuropsychological symptoms of juvenile-onset batten disease: experiences from 2 studies." Journal of child neurology. 2007 May 0; 22(5):621-7.

Current Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Neurology, Child Neurology (SMD) - Primary
Associate Professor - Department of Pediatrics (SMD)

Specialties

Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Education

MPH | Public Health | University of Michigan1989
MD | Medicine | Univ of Michigan Medical Sch1989
BA | Biomedical Sciences | University of Michigan1986

Post-Doctoral Training & Residency

Fellowship in Child Neurology at St. Louis Children s Hospital07/01/1992 - 6-30-1996
Residency in Neurology at Barnes Hospital07/01/1991 - 6-30-1992
Residency in Neurology at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh06/30/1990 - 6-30-1991
Internship in Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh07/01/1989 - 6-30-1990