Doctors
Names of doctors with experience in using prednisone
to treat autism / PDD
The following doctors have agreed to be listed as contacts.
You should contact them to make an appointment, in order
to discuss the suitability of your child for treatment
with prednisone or for other treatments. Please bear
in mind that an appointment is no guarantee of treatment,
and treatment is no guarantee of success.
Antonio Carlos do Nascimento, MD (Brazil)
USP (FMUSP)
Contact information:
Rua Baronesa de Itu 336, 13° Andar
Bairro Higienopolis, Sao Paulo
Brazil
telephone +55 11 3826-2638
antoniocdonascimento@globo.com
Michael G. Chez, MD
Medical Director of Pediatric Neurology, S.C., Assistant
Professor at Rush Medical School, Lecturer at Chicago
Medical School
Contact information:
Pediatric Neurology, SC,
40 East Scranton
Lake Bluff, IL 60044
telephone (847) 735-0300
fax (847) 735-0400
Experience: Over 5 years experience with various steroidal
therapies; have been administering pulse dose steroids
for the last 2.5 years
Protocol: Pulse dose regimen (every 4 or 5 days 10
mg/kg per week BID or TID over 24 hours, or get a dose
of 50-75 mg Friday and Saturday--max 100 mg Friday and
100 mg Saturday).
References: "Practical treatment with pulse dose
corticosteroids in pervasive developmental disorder
or autistic patients with abnormal epileptiform sleep
EEG and language delay." Chez, M., Buchanan, C.,
Loeffel, M., Field-Chez, M., Nowinski, C., Bardenstein,
R., & Hammer, M. (1998). In New Developments in
Child Neurology, Milivovojelick Perat (Ed.), Bologna:
Monduzzi Editore, pp. 695-698.
Andrew W. Zimmerman, MD
Pediatric Neurologist, Kennedy Krieger Institute, and
Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine
Contact information:
Kennedy Krieger Institute
707 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205
telephone (410) 502-9400
fax (410) 502-8951
Experience: Consultation for autistic spectrum disorders,
medical/neurologic evaluation and treatment. Several
research studies in autism, including special interest
in possible relationships of immune system disorders
to autism. Treatment with corticosteroids to be considered
in collaboration with other cooperating physicians.
M. Elizabeth Latimer, MD
Pediatric neurologist, INOVA Fairfax
Contact information:
INOVA Fairfax Hospital
3300 Gallows Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
telephone (703) 289-8733
fax (703) 204-6588
Luis E. Bello-Espinosa, MD
Dept of Pediatric Neurology
Contact information:
California Pacific Medical Center
2340 Clay Street, Thrid Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
telephone (415) 923-3928
fax (415) 923-3506
email luisbello@drluisbello.com
website www.drluisbello.com
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