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Avantika Singh MBBS

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Assistant Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Neurology
Division: Pediatric Neurology
Program: Pediatrics

image of /images/ORCIDiD_icon16x16.png   https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7261-1543

Member of the Wisconsin Institute of NeuroScience (WINS)


I am willing to collaborate on research projects.
I am willing to be a peer mentor.

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Research Areas of Interest

  • Channelopathies
  • Drug Resistant Epilepsy
  • Epilepsies, Myoclonic
  • Epilepsies, Partial
  • Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy, Absence
  • Epilepsy, Benign Neonatal
  • Epilepsy, Generalized
  • Epilepsy, Rolandic
  • Epileptic Syndromes
  • Genetic Testing
  • Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain
  • Infant Health
  • Infant, Newborn, Diseases
  • Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
  • Intensive Care, Neonatal
  • Lennox Gastaut Syndrome
  • Malformations of Cortical Development
  • Myoclonic Epilepsy, Juvenile
  • Polymicrogyria
  • Seizures
  • Spasms, Infantile
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation
  • Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel beta-1 Subunit

    • Clinical Expertise

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Drug Resistant Epilepsy
  • Seizures
  • Spasms, Infantile

    • Leadership Positions

  • Co-Director, Infantile Spasms Program, Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy, Medical College of Wisconsin

    • Publications (17)

  • Outcomes following resective and disconnective strategies in the treatment of Epileptic Spasms: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis (Cottier R, Niazi F, Goel K, Korman C, Porte T, Ducruet T, Cossu G, Briscoe Abath C, Singh A, Harini C, Ibrahim G, Fallah A, Gregory Weil A, Hadjinicolaou A) Frontiers in Neurology 12/09/2024    
  • GRIN1-Related Epilepsy in a Neonate with Response to Memantine and Vigabatrin (Eiler I, Reecher H, Carlton K, Cabacungan E, Cohen S, Adams S, Jozwik J, Singh A) Annals of the Child Neurology Society 11/20/2024    
  • Differentiating rhythmic high-amplitude delta with superimposed (poly) spikes from extreme delta brushes: limitations of standardized nomenclature and implications for patient management. (Andrade-Machado R, Abushanab E, Patel ND, Singh A) World J Pediatr 2024 Aug;20(8):764-773 PMID: 38997604 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85198376482 07/13/2024    
  • Timing the clinical onset of epileptic spasms in infantile epileptic spasms syndrome: A tertiary health center's experience. (Hadjinicolaou A, Briscoe Abath C, Singh A, Donatelli S, Salussolia CL, Cohen AL, He J, Gupta N, Merchant S, Zhang B, Olson H, Yuskaitis CJ, Libenson MH, Harini C) Epilepsia 2024 Apr;65(4):984-994 PMID: 38317356 PMCID: PMC11018499 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85184170051 02/06/2024    
  • Initial combination versus early sequential standard therapies for Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome-Feedback from stakeholders. (Ramani PK, Briscoe Abath C, Donatelli S, Hadjinicolaou A, Vega Toro S, Acevedo K, Astorga KR, Parbhoo K, Singh A, Catenaccio E, Jain P, Sahu JK, Samanta D, Harini C) Epilepsia Open 2024 Apr;9(2):819-822 PMID: 38217384 PMCID: PMC10984285 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85182209367 01/13/2024       1 Citation
  • A Brief Introduction to Invasive EEG Monitoring for Epilepsy Surgery (Libenson MH, Hadjinicolaou A, Singh A) Practical Approach to Electroencephalography, Second Edition 1 January 2024:410-433 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85204531842 01/01/2024    
  • Delays to care in infantile epileptic spasms syndrome: Racial and ethnic inequities. (Abath CB, Gupta N, Hadjinicolaou A, Donatelli S, Singh A, Merchant S, Ryan ME, Soby M, Ryan C, Nelson AK, Maldonado Pacheco JE, Zhang B, Williams DN, Yuskaitis CJ, Harini C) Epilepsia 2024 Jan;65(1):107-114 PMID: 37953072 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85178962518 11/13/2023       1 Citation
  • Atonic-BECTS: An unusual presentation of self-limited epilepsy in childhood (Sampat V, Singh A, Patel H) Annals of the Child Neurology Society 10/26/2023    
  • Treatment-Resistant Epilepsy and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Treatment, Maintenance, and Future Directions. (Singh A, Hadjinicolaou A, Peters JM, Salussolia CL) Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2023;19:733-748 PMID: 37041855 PMCID: PMC10083014 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85153861180 04/13/2023       5 Citations
  • Variability in neurosurgical management and associated comorbidities and complications among preterm patients with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in the United States. (Cabacungan E, Adams S, Best B, Foy AB, Singh A, Cohen SS) J Neurosurg Pediatr 2023 Mar 10:1-8 PMID: 36905669 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164475559 03/12/2023       1 Citation
  • Hospital readmissions in children with new-onset infantile epileptic spasms syndrome. (Harini C, Yuskaitis CJ, Singh A, McHugh T, Liu S, DeLeo M, Gupta N, Marti C, Zhang B, Libenson MH, Berry JG) Epilepsia Open 2023 Jun;8(2):444-455 PMID: 36790214 PMCID: PMC10235577 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85151994726 02/16/2023    
  • A Pilot Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Trial of Bumetanide to Treat Neonatal Seizures. (Soul JS, Bergin AM, Stopp C, Hayes B, Singh A, Fortuno CR, O'Reilly D, Krishnamoorthy K, Jensen FE, Rofeberg V, Dong M, Vinks AA, Wypij D, Staley KJ, Boston Bumetanide Trial Group) Ann Neurol 2021 Feb;89(2):327-340 PMID: 33201535 PMCID: PMC8122513 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85097006616 11/18/2020       61 Citations
  • Asymptomatic Transmission During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic and Implications for Public Health Strategies. (Huff HV, Singh A) Clin Infect Dis 2020 Dec 17;71(10):2752-2756 PMID: 32463076 PMCID: PMC7314132 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85100021976 05/29/2020       153 Citations
  • Pharmacotherapy for Pediatric Convulsive Status Epilepticus. (Singh A, Stredny CM, Loddenkemper T) CNS Drugs 2020 Jan;34(1):47-63 PMID: 31879852 PMCID: PMC6982635 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077384955 12/28/2019       34 Citations
  • Road to USMLE Step 2 CS (Singh H, Deshwal H, Sinha A, Singh A, Agarwal K, Lobo J) 01/12/2016    
  • Review of Surgery for Students (Agarwal K, Singh A) 01/09/2014    
  • Prediction model for low birth weight and its validation. (Singh A, Arya S, Chellani H, Aggarwal KC, Pandey RM) Indian J Pediatr 2014 Jan;81(1):24-8 PMID: 23949869 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84898888856 08/21/2013       14 Citations
    • Last update: 12/10/2024