Sara Trowbridge, MD

Neurologist, Department of Neurology

Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Phone 617-355-7970

Fax 617-730-0463

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Sara Trowbridge, MD

Neurologist, Department of Neurology

Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

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English

Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child and Adolescent Neurology)

Professional History

Dr. Trowbridge is a neurologist and epileptologist at Boston Children's Hospital with board certification in neurology and special qualification in child neurology. She has additional fellowship training in epilepsy, clinical neurophysiology, and neurogenetics. Dr. Trowbridge obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Neurobiology from Harvard University and completed her MD degree through the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology (HST) at Harvard Medical School. She conducted her residency training in child neurology and fellowship training at Boston Children's Hospital.

Her current research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underpinning neurodevelopmental disorders caused by variants in genes involved in chromatin regulation and gene transcription ("chromatinopathies").

Approach to Care

I am passionate about improving care for children with pediatric epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Publications

FOS binding sites are a hub for the evolution of activity-dependent gene regulatory programs in human neurons. View Abstract

Sequence variants in HECTD1 result in a variable neurodevelopmental disorder. View Abstract

Activity-induced MeCP2 phosphorylation regulates retinogeniculate synapse refinement. View Abstract

Effect of neonatal seizure burden and etiology on the long-term outcome: data from a randomized, controlled trial. View Abstract

Early diagnosis and experimental treatment with fenfluramine via the Investigational New Drug mechanism in a boy with Dravet syndrome and recurrent status epilepticus. View Abstract

Increased electroencephalography connectivity precedes epileptic spasm onset in infants with tuberous sclerosis complex. View Abstract

Mutations in NRXN1 and NRXN2 in a patient with early-onset epileptic encephalopathy and respiratory depression. View Abstract

Brain MRI abnormalities in patients with infantile spasms and Down syndrome. View Abstract

Aberrant development and plasticity of excitatory visual cortical networks in the absence of cpg15. View Abstract

Expression profiling of the RPE in zebrafish smarca4 mutant revealed altered signals that potentially affect RPE and retinal differentiation. View Abstract

Paradoxical increase in survival of newborn neurons in the dentate gyrus of mice with constitutive depletion of serotonin. View Abstract

Genetic models of serotonin (5-HT) depletion: what do they tell us about the developmental role of 5-HT? View Abstract

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