Rana Riyad Said, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
Rana Riyad Said, M.D., is a neurologist and epileptologist at Children’s Health℠ Children’s Medical Center. She is also a Professor of pediatrics and neurology and neurotherapeutics at UT Southwestern Medical Center and is the Director of the Pediatric Neurology Education.
After receiving her medical degree from the University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine in Amman, Jordan, Dr. Said completed general pediatric and pediatric neurology training at Tufts University’s Floating Hospital for Children. Subsequently, Dr. Said completed her epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology fellowships at Children’s Hospital-Boston through Harvard University.
Dr. Said’s clinical interests include pediatric epilepsy, infantile spasms, electrical status epilepticus of sleep, cortical malformations, epilepsy surgery, ketogenic diet and other dietary therapies for intractable epilepsy.
Dr. Said has expressed a special interest in medical education and recruiting students into the field of pediatric neurology.
Dr. Said has been included in D Magazine's Best Doctors list in 2020-2023.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Jordan (1995)
- Internship
- Al-Bashir Hospital (1996), Pediatrics
- Residency
- New England Medical Center (2002), Pediatric Neurology
New England Medical Center (1999), Pediatrics - Fellowship
- Boston Children's Hospital (2004), Clinical Neurophysiology & Epilepsy
- Board Certification
- American Board of Psy&Neurology/Child Neurology,
American Board of Psychiatry And Neurology(Epilepsy)
Conditions
- Angelman syndrome
- Congenital cortical dysplasia
- Doose syndrome
- Dravet syndrome
- Epilepsy
- First unprovoked seizure
- Infantile spasms (West's syndrome)
- Intractable epilepsy
- Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS)
- Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
- Malformations of cortical development (MCD)
- Neuronal migration disorders (NMDs)
- Rasmussen syndrome
- Rett syndrome
- Sturge-Weber syndrome
- Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)
Treatments
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Epilepsy surgery
- Ketogenic diet
- Treatment of refractory epilepsy
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Publications
- Type II Cortical Dysplasia in Dominant Frontal Lobe Presenting as Gelastic Epilepsy. Dubey D, Thodeson D, Dowling M, Sirsi D, Arnold S, Said R Pediatr. Neurol. 2015 Jul 53 1 97-8
- Predictors of Ketogenic Diet Efficacy in Children Based on the Electroencephalogram (EEG). Walker I, Said RR J. Child Neurol. 2014 Nov
- Epilepsy in Angelman syndrome: a questionnaire-based assessment of the natural history and current treatment options. Thibert RL, Conant KD, Braun EK, Bruno P, Said RR, Nespeca MP, Thiele EA Epilepsia 2009 Nov 50 11 2369-76
- A negative cranial computed tomographic scan is not adequate to support a diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri. Said RR, Rosman NP J. Child Neurol. 2004 Aug 19 8 609-13
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Neurology
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Epilepsy Society
- Child Neurology Society
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Awards and Honors
- UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers - Contributions to educating the next generation of pediatric providers (2024)
- Child Neurology Society Professors and Educator in Child Neurology (CNS PECN) Training Director Award. (2023)
- D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialist, (2010-2011, 2013, 2015-2023)
- National EpiFellows Foundation - Recipient of grant to attend NEF course and American Epilepsy Society meeting (2003)
- TOPScholar Epilepsy Foundation - Recipient of grant to attend American Epilepsy Society Meeting (2002)
- Best Doctors in Dallas (2015), D Magazine
- Program Director Appreciation Award for Child Neurology (2008-2012), UT Southwestern Medical Center
