Donald Olson
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Pediatrics
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Neurosurgery
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Pediatric Neurology 730 Welch Rd Ste 206 Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel Work (650) 723-6841 Fax (650) 721-6350Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 736-0885Alternate Contact Donald Olson Assoc. Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics Email Tel Work 723-6841Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Neurology - Child Neurology
- Neurology, Pediatric
Administrative Appointments
- Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford (2005 - present)
- Neurology Service Chief, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford (2006 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Neurology Clerkship Teaching Award, Stanford Medical Students (2006-2007)
- Lysia Forno Award for Teaching Excellence, Stanford Neurology Residents (2002-2003)
Professional Education
| Residency: | Children's Hospital of San Francisco CA (1984) |
| Board Certification: | General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics (1986) |
| Board Certification: | Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1992) |
| Board Certification: | Neurology - Child Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1991) |
| Fellowship: | UCLA Medical Center CA (1989) |
| Residency: | University of Washington Medical Center, WA USA (1987) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Industry Relationships
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Epilepsy in children and adolescents. Particular interest in clinical neurophysiology (EEG and video EEG), differential diagnosis of seizures in children, and selection of patients who will benefit from epilepsy surger.
Publications
- 50 years ago in the journal of pediatrics diamox in epilepsy. J Pediatr. 2011; (2): 318
- Detection of seizure-like movements using a wrist accelerometer. Epilepsy Behav. 2011; (4): 638-41
- Epilepsy surgery following brain tumor resection in children. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011; (3): 229-34
- 50 years ago in the journalof pediatrics sturge-weber syndrome; nonsurgical management. J Pediatr. 2010; (3): 372
- Hypnosis-provoked nonepileptic events in children. Epilepsy Behav. 2008; (3): 456-9
- Electroencephalography in holoprosencephaly: findings in children without epilepsy. Clin Neurophysiol. 2003; (10): 1908-17
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