Catherine L. Salussolia, MD, PHD

Neurologist, Department of Neurology
Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
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Catherine L. Salussolia, MD, PhD

Catherine L. Salussolia, MD, PHD

Neurologist, Department of Neurology
Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Education
Undergraduate School
Swarthmore College
2004
Swarthmore
PA
Graduate School
Stony Brook University
2012
Stony Brook
NY
Medical School
Stony Brook University
2014
Stony Brook
NY
Internship
Pediatrics
Stony Brook University
2015
Stony Brook
NY
Residency
Boston Children's Hospital
2019
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy
Boston Children's Hospital
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Child and Adolescent Neurology)
Professional History

Dr. Salussolia is a neurologist and epileptologist at Boston Children’s Hospital with board certification in neurology and special qualification in child neurology. She has fellowship training in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology, as well as in neurogenetics, with a focus on epilepsy genetics and tuberous sclerosis. She is an attending physician in the Epilepsy Genetics Program and the Tuberous Sclerosis Clinic, through which she sees patients for consultations and management of epilepsy.

Dr. Salussolia obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Biology from Swarthmore College. She completed a Masters in Science at Albany Medical College in the Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, and then received her MD/PhD degrees through the MSTP program at Stony Brook University. Her doctoral work utilized molecular techniques to identify and characterize the biogenesis of ionotropic glutamate receptors (NMDA and AMPA receptors) and its effects on disease states. She completed her pediatrics training at Stony Brook University followed by child neurology residency and fellowship training in clinical neurophysiology and neurogenetics at Boston Children’s Hospital. Her current research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of inhibitory signaling, specifically parvalbumin interneurons, in tuberous sclerosis-associated epilepsy.

Publications

Evaluating the effectiveness of medical therapy in infantile epileptic spasms syndrome due to surgically-remediable lesions. View Abstract
Development and Validation of a Postprocedure Stroke Screening Tool in Children With Cardiac Disease. View Abstract
The characterization of new de novo CACNA1G variants affecting the intracellular gate of Cav3.1 channel broadens the spectrum of neurodevelopmental phenotypes in SCA42ND. View Abstract
AKT-mediated phosphorylation of TSC2 controls stimulus- and tissue-specific mTORC1 signaling and organ growth. View Abstract
Timing the clinical onset of epileptic spasms in infantile epileptic spasms syndrome: A tertiary health center's experience. View Abstract
Treatment-Resistant Epilepsy and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Treatment, Maintenance, and Future Directions. View Abstract
Translating Ribosome Affinity Purification (TRAP) of Cell Type-specific mRNA from Mouse Brain Lysates. View Abstract
Loss of Tsc1 in cerebellar Purkinje cells induces transcriptional and translation changes in FMRP target transcripts. View Abstract
Defining the clinical, molecular and imaging spectrum of adaptor protein complex 4-associated hereditary spastic paraplegia. View Abstract
A Stroke Alert Protocol Decreases the Time to Diagnosis of Brain Attack Symptoms in a Pediatric Emergency Department. View Abstract
Stroke After Cardiac Catheterization in Children. View Abstract
Genetic Etiologies, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. View Abstract
Divergent roles of a peripheral transmembrane segment in AMPA and NMDA receptors. View Abstract
Assembly of AMPA receptors: mechanisms and regulation. View Abstract
Assembly of AMPA receptors: mechanisms and regulation. View Abstract
Asynchronous movements prior to pore opening in NMDA receptors. View Abstract
A eukaryotic specific transmembrane segment is required for tetramerization in AMPA receptors. View Abstract
Flip-flopping to the membrane. View Abstract
Interaction of the M4 segment with other transmembrane segments is required for surface expression of mammalian a-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors. View Abstract
Arrangement of subunits in functional NMDA receptors. View Abstract
Improgan-induced hypothermia: a role for cannabinoid receptors in improgan-induced changes in nociceptive threshold and body temperature. View Abstract