PhillipPearlMD

Child Neurology • Boston, MA

Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Neurology at Boston Children's Hospital

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Office
300 Longwood Ave
# Neurolog
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-355-6000

Education & Training

Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Neurology, 1986 - 1989
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)Residency, Pediatrics, 1984 - 1986
University of Maryland School of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1989 - 2026
DC State Medical License 1990 - 2022
MD State Medical License 1985 - 2021
VA State Medical License 1990 - 2018
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Clinical Neurophysiology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors:Washington DC Area Castle Connolly, 2012
Top Doctors:Washington-Baltimore Castle Connolly, 2012
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
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Clinical Trials

Natural History Study of Patients With Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase (SSADH) Deficiency Start of enrollment: 2019 Jan 15
Active, not recruiting
Effects of Green Light Exposure on Epileptic Spikes in Patients With Refractory Epilepsy Start of enrollment: 2019 Jul 22
Recruiting
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Creativity and its link to epilepsy.
Itay Tokatly Latzer, Phillip L Pearl
Epilepsia Open. 2024-11-26
Overlap of spike and ripple propagation onset predicts surgical outcome in epilepsy.
Saeed Jahromi, Margherita A G Matarrese, Lorenzo Fabbri, Eleonora Tamilia, M Scott Perry
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2024-10-01
Analysis of Gender Discrepancies in Leadership Roles and Recognition Awards in the Child Neurology Society.
Jaclyn M Martindale, Alison L Christy, Grace Y Gombolay, Bhooma R Aravamuthan, Laura Jansen
Neurology. 2024-09-10

Journal Articles

Surgical Resection of Ripple Onset Predicts Outcome in Pediatric Epilepsy
Jurriaan M Peters, Joseph R Madsen, Phillip L Pearl, Annals of Neurology

Press Mentions

Phillip L. Pearl, MD, FAAN: A Pediatric Neurologist by Day, a Jazz Musician by NightAugust 8th, 2019
Show Your Stripes: Living with a Rare DiseaseFebruary 28th, 2019
Summer Movie Safety: What Parents of Kids with Epilepsy Should KnowJuly 2nd, 2018
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Professional Memberships

American Academy of Neurology - AAN
Member
American Epilepsy Society - AES
Member

External Links

Boston Children's Hospitalhttp://www.childrenshospital.org