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Mark Scher, MD, Child Neurology, Cleveland, OH

MarkSScherMD

Child Neurology Cleveland, OH

Chief Division Pediatric Neurology Director of the Pediatric Neurosciences Program

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  • Office

    11100 Euclid Ave
    Cleveland, OH 44106
    Phone+1 216-844-7700
    Fax+1 216-286-6341

Education & Training

  • University of Minnesota
    University of MinnesotaResidency, Neurology, 1978 - 1981
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Pediatrics, 1976 - 1978
  • State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
    State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1976
  • University of Rochester
    University of RochesterB.A., Major in History, minor in Psychology, 1972

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1981 - Present
  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 1997 - 2026
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2013 - 2021
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1983 - 2002
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2012-2014
  • Legacy Award Epilepsy Association, 2004
  • International Commission for the Classification of Neonatal Seizures American Epilepsy Society, 1991
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Does Preterm Period Sleep Development Predict Early Childhood Growth Trajectories  
    Winkler, MR, Park J, Pan W, Brandon DH, Scher M, Holditch-Davis, D, J Perinatol, 1/1/2017
  • Editorial: The 2016 Pediatric Neurology Trainee Publication Award  
    Scher MS, Breingstall, G, Gilbert DL, Jordan L, Khakoo Y, LePichon JB, Pediatric Neurol, 1/1/2017
  • Childhood Absence Epilepsy Study Group Pretreatment Behavior and subsequent medication effects in childhood absence epilepsy  
    Shinnar RC, Shinnar S, Cnaan A, Clark P, Dlugos D, Hirtz DG, Hu F, Liu C, Masur, D Weiss EF, Glauser TA, Neurology, 1/1/2017
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Changes in EEG spectral power across sleep state, frequency ranges in ages from 25 weeks gestation to 24 months corrected age
    Scher MS, Johnson MW, Kafashi F, Ludington-Hoe S, Loparo KA, APSS; Sleep, 1/1/2013
  • Studies of functional brain development from neonatal to early childhood. Using longitudinal EEG-sleep data base
    Scher MS, Johnson MW, Kafashi F, Ludington-Hoe S, Loparo KA, APSS; Sleep, 1/1/2013
  • Investigation of Neonatal EEG Time Series Using a Modified Nonlinear Dynamical Analysis
    Janjarasjitt.S, Scher MS, Loparo KA, International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication (ISPASC), 1/1/2009
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Lectures

  • Pediatric EEG lecture series: Neonatal EEG Sleep Analyses 
    1/1/2017
  • Neonatal EEG Sleep 
    1/1/2014
  • Neonatal EEG/Sleep-A Complex Phenotype 
    1/1/2013
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Other

  • Ontogeny of Neonatal EEG/SLEEP-a Complex Phenotype Representing Developmental Neural Plasticity. In, Developmental Neuroscience, Guest Eds. D. Pfaff and M. Gunnar 
    Scher MS and Loparo K, Special Issue: Development of Mechanisms in Regulatory Global CNS States
    1/1/2009

Grant Support

  • Sleep And Outcome In High Risk InfantsNational Center For Research Resources2004–2005
  • Assessment Of Biological And Social Risk In Pre-Term InfantsNational Center For Research Resources2004
  • Multicenter Study Of Sleep &Outcome In High Risk InfantsNational Center For Research Resources2000–2002
  • Assessment Of Biological &Social Risk In Pre-Term InfantsNational Center For Research Resources2000–2002
  • Multicenter Study Of Sleep And Outcome In High Risk InNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1997–2000
  • Multicenter Study Of Sleep And OutcomeNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1999
  • Computer Analyses Of EEG Sleep And Cardiorespiratory Cycling In InfantsNational Center For Research Resources1993–1999
  • Prenatal Alcohol Effects On Brain MaturationNational Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism1992–1995
  • Computer Analyses Of EEG Sleep In Preterm NeonatesNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1989–1993
  • Small Instrumentation GrantNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1992
  • Ontogeny Of EEG Sleep In The Healthy Premature NeonateNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1988–1989
  • Ontogeny Of EEG Sleep In The High Risk Premature NeonateNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1987

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