Jeffrey Lynn Waugh, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2007)
- Internship
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2008), Pediatrics
- Residency
- Harvard Medical School - Childrens Hospital (2012), Child Neurology
UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2009), Pediatrics - Fellowship
- Massachusetts General Hospital (2014), Pediatric Movement Disorders
- Board Certification
- American Board of Psy&Neurology/Child Neurology
Conditions
- Dyskinesias
- Functional neurological disorders
- Hypersalivation (drooling)
- Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)
Treatments
- Botulinum toxin injections (Botox)
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Functional consequences of dystonia treatment, such as deep brain stimulation
- Neurophysiology of the neostraitum
- Structural basis of dystonia
- The striatal compartments, the striosome and matrix
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Publications
Publications
- An MRI Method for Parcellating the Human Striatum into Matrix and Striosome Compartments In Vivo. Waugh JL, Hassan A, Kuster JK, Levenstein JM, Warfield SK, Makris N, Brüggeman N, Sharma N, Breiter HC, Blood AJ, Neuroimage 2021 Nov 118714
- How should we normalize regional volume abnormalities in childhood neurodegenerative disorders? Waugh JL, Dure LS, Neurology 2019 Apr 92 17 779-780
- A registration method for improving quantitative assessment in probabilistic diffusion tractography. Waugh JL, Kuster JK, Makhlouf ML, Levenstein JM, Multhaupt-Buell TJ, Warfield SK, Sharma N, Blood AJ Neuroimage 2019 Jan 189 288-306
- Deep brain stimulation for monogenic dystonia. Aravamuthan BR, Waugh JL, Stone SS Curr. Opin. Pediatr. 2017 Sep
- Striatal dysfunction in X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism is associated with disease progression. Brüggemann N, Rosales RL, Waugh JL, Blood AJ, Domingo A, Heldmann M, Jamora RD, Münchau A, Münte TF, Lee LV, Buchmann I, Klein C Eur. J. Neurol. 2017 May 24 5 680-686
- Localization of Basal Ganglia and Thalamic Damage in Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy. Aravamuthan BR, Waugh JL Pediatr. Neurol. 2016 Jan 54 11-21
- Thalamic Volume Is Reduced in Cervical and Laryngeal Dystonias. Waugh JL, Kuster JK, Levenstein JM, Makris N, Multhaupt-Buell TJ, Sudarsky LR, Breiter HC, Sharma N, Blood AJ PLoS ONE 2016 11 5 e0155302
- Clinical neurogenetics: dystonia from phenotype to genotype. Waugh JL, Sharma N Neurol Clin 2013 Nov 31 4 969-86
Books
- Ataxia. In Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice, 2nd ed, Shah SS, Kemper AR, Ratner AJ, eds. De Gusmao CM, Waugh JL (2018). New York, NY, McGraw-Hill; 114-119
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Neurology (2009)
- American Neuropsychiatric Association (2013)
- Child Neurology Society (2009)
- Collaborative Center for X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism, invited member (2014)
- Functional Neurological Disorders Society (2021)
- International Child Neurology Association (2016)
- Movement Disorders Society (2011)
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Awards and Honors
- CTSA-Pilot Award - The Translational Pilot Program, part of the UTSW NIH-funded CTSA grant, is a funding mechanism for emerging investigators in the biomedical sciences (2022)
- The Golden Boots Award - Selected by Child Neurology residents as the best educator of the year (2022-2023)
- Early Stage Investigator Award - Awarded by the NeuroNEXT Network (2021-2022)
- Chair, Practice Committee, Child Neurology Society (2019)
- Career Development Award, American Academy of Neurology - Three year award with K-level support (2018-2023)
- Invited Member, Medical Economics and Management Committee, American Academy of Neurology (2013-2020)
- Member, Clinical Documentation Integrity Committee, Boston Children's Hospital (2013-2017)
- Resident Teacher of the Year, Harvard Medical School, Child Neurology - As voted by Neurology residents (2012)
- Silverman Family Fellowship, Bachman-Strauss Dystonia Parkinson Foundation (2012-2014)
