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Office
4000 Paramount Parkway
Suite 200
Morrisville, NC 27560Phone+1 919-767-3137
Summary
- Dr. Diego Morita is a drug developer with a background in neurology. He received his medical degree from University of Buenos Aires. He completed a residency in pediatrics and fellowships in neurometabolic disorders, child neurology, clinical neurophysiology/epilepsy, and clinical pharmacology. He practiced as a child neurologist and epileptologist for 14 years at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. He is currently a Senior Medical Director in Global Clinical Development at UCB Biosciences, specializing in epilepsy, pediatrics and rare diseases.
Education & Training
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterFellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, 2001 - 2002
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterFellowship, Epilepsy, 2001 - 2002
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterFellowship, Child Neurology, 1998 - 2001
- Nicklaus Children's HospitalResidency, Pediatrics, 1997 - 1998
- Maimonides Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1996 - 1997
- University of Buenos AiresClass of 1992
Certifications & Licensure
- OH State Medical License 2004 - 2026
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 44 citationsMethodological Issues in Predicting Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Candidates Through Natural Language Processing and Machine LearningKevin Bretonnel Cohen, Benjamin Glass, Hansel M. Greiner, Katherine Holland-Bouley, Shannon M. Standridge
Biomedical Informatics Insights. 2016-05-22 - 39 citationsQuality improvement in neurology: Child neurology quality measure set: Executive summaryAnup D. Patel, Anne T. Berg, Lori Billinghurst, Daniel Fain, Erin Day Fecske
Neurology. 2018-01-09 - 19 citationsDevelopment of the PedsQL™ Epilepsy Module: Focus group and cognitive interviews.Katherine Follansbee-Junger, Krista A. Mann, Shanna M. Guilfoyle, Diego Morita, James W. Varni
Epilepsy & Behavior. 2016-09-01
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