Christopher Lee-Messer, MD, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology Clinical Associate Professor (By courtesy), Pediatrics

Clinical Focus

Neurology
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology

Academic Appointments

Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology
Clinical Associate Professor (By courtesy), Pediatrics
Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)

Honors & Awards

Chief Resident, Neurology (2007-2008)
K12 NSADA Award, NIH/NINDS (2008-2011)
R. S. Fisher award for Teaching, Stanford Department of Neurology (2008)

Professional Education

Board Certification: American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry, Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology (2009)
Medical Education: Washington University School Of Medicine Registrar (2004) MO
Fellowship: Stanford University Radiology Residency (2011) CA
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Epilepsy (2016)
Internship: University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine (2005) CA
Residency: Stanford University Medical Center (2009) CA
Epilepsy Fellowship, Stanford University Medical Center, Pediatric Epilepsy (2011)

Contact

Clinical (Primary)

This is the primary clinic for this clinical provider. For additional clinical locations and information, please visit the link(s) listed below in the 'Additional Clinical Info' section.

Child Neurology 730 Welch Rd Ste 206 Palo Alto CA 94304 Tel: (650) 723-0993 Fax: (650) 721-6350

Additional Clinical Info

Stanford Medicine Children's Health

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

My chief clinical focus is in pediatric epilepsy, especially how epilepsy affects learning and development. For my research, I background in neural development and computational neuroscience towards developing better learning algorithms and applying the latest techniques in machine learning for better diagnosis and treatment of disease.

2020-21 Courses

Independent Studies
- Medical Scholars Research
  MED 370 (Sum)

Stanford Advisees

Med Scholar Project Advisor
Taylor Harris

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