Overview of Dr. Sands
• Assistant professor of neurology, Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), Division of Child Neurology and Institute for Genomic Medicine
• Neonatal and pediatric epileptologist and neurologist with clinical and research experience in seizures, epilepsies and epileptic encephalopathies resulting from genetic etiologies.
Office
180 Fort Washington Ave
New York, NY 10032Fax+1 212-342-6865
Education & Training
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Fellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, 2015 - 2017
- University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Child Neurology, 2010 - 2015
- Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 2010
Certifications & Licensure
- FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
- CT State Medical License 2020 - 2026
- NY State Medical License 2015 - 2026
- NJ State Medical License 2020 - 2025
- CA State Medical License 2012 - 2016
- 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
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- RNA methyltransferase SPOUT1/CENP-32 links mitotic spindle organization with the neurodevelopmental disorder SpADMiSS.Avinash V Dharmadhikari, Maria Alba Abad, Sheraz Khan, Reza Maroofian, Tristan T Sands
Nature Communications. 2025-02-17 - Update on neonatal and infantile onset epilepsies.Evelina Carapancea, Tristan T Sands, Maria Roberta Cilio
Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 2025-02-11 - Lack of association of first and second-line medication dosing and progression to refractory status epilepticus in children.Cristina Barcia Aguilar, Marta Amengual-Gual, J Nicholas Brenton, Kevin E Chapman, Justice Clark
Seizure. 2024-12-01
Journal Articles
- Long-Term Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Cannabidiol in Children with Refractory Epilepsy: Results from an Expanded Access Program in the USShahryar Rahdari, Nicole Tilton, Tristan T Sands, CNS Drugs
- The ClinGen Epilepsy Gene Curation Expert Panel—Bridging the Divide Between Clinical Domain Knowledge and Formal Gene Curation CriteriaGhayda Mirzaa, Kristen Park, Tristan T Sands, Erika Axeen, Tanya M Bardakjian, Annapurna Poduri, Katherine L Helbig, Heather C Mefford, Human Mutation
- NBEA: Developmental Disease Gene with Early Generalized Epilepsy PhenotypesMary K Kukolich, Danielle McBrian, Heather C Mefford, Elaine Pereira, Tristan T Sands, James Riviello, Annals of Neurology
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Books/Book Chapters
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- Child Neurology SocietyMember
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