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Sunila O'Connor
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Sunila O'Connor, MD

Biography

Attending Physician, Neurology and Epilepsy Center, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Neurology), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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Education and Background

Fellowship in Pediatric Epilepsy, University of Chicago Medical Center 2001-2002
Residency in Child Neurology; University of Chicago Medical Center 1998-2001
Residency in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan 1996-1998
MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine 1996

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Profile of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Results from a Longitudinal, Prospective, Multisite Study.

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Microbiome, Host-Microbial Interactions, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Pathogenesis

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