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CURRICULUMVITAEChristineB.Baca,M.D.,M.S.H.S.

PERSONALHISTORYBusinessAddress: DepartmentofNeurology,DivisionofEpilepsy

UniversityofColoradoSchoolofMedicine1635 Aurora Court, Suite 4200Mail Stop F-727

Aurora,CO80045 EDUCATION1993–1997 B.A.BrownUniversity,Providence,RI1998–2002 M.D.UniversityofRochesterSchoolofMedicine&Dentistry,Rochester,NY2002–2003 InterninInternalMedicine,UniversityofCaliforniaSanDiego,LaJolla,CA 2003–2006 ResidentinNeurology,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles,LosAngeles,CA2006–2008 EpilepsyFellowship,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles,LosAngeles,CA2008–2010 MasterofScienceinHealthServices(M.S.H.S.),UniversityofCaliforniaLos

Angeles,SchoolofPublicHealth,LosAngeles,CA 2008–2010 Fellowship,RobertWoodJohnsonFoundationClinicalScholarProgram,

UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles,LosAngeles,CA PROFESSIONALLICENSURE2003–current CaliforniaPhysicianandSurgeonMedicalLicense

2016–current ColoradoMedicalBoardPhysicianLicenseBOARDCERTIFICATION

AmericanBoardofPsychiatryandNeurology,BoardCertified,2008

AmericanBoardofPsychiatryandNeurology,ClinicalNeurophysiology,BoardCertified,2011AmericanBoardofPsychiatryandNeurology,Epilepsy,BoardCertified,2016

PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE


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PresentPositions:2016–current AssistantProfessor,DepartmentofNeurology,UniversityofColoradoDenver:

AnschutzSchoolofMedicine,Aurora,CO2016–current AdjunctAssistantProfessor,DepartmentofNeurology,UCLA,LosAngeles,CAPreviousPositions:2007–2011 ClinicalInstructorNeurology,UCLASeizureDisorderCenter,Universityof

CaliforniaLosAngeles,LosAngeles,CA2011–2016 AssistantProfessor-in-Residence,DepartmentofNeurology,Universityof

California,LosAngeles,CA2011–2016 StaffNeurologist,VAGreaterLosAngelesHealthcareSystem,EpilepsyCenter

ofExcellence(5/8thsposition),LosAngeles,CAPROFESSIONALACTIVITIES,CommunityService2007–2009 VolunteerNeurologist,VeniceFamilyClinic,LosAngeles,CA2008–2011 CoalitionofSafetyNetAccessProviders(C-SNAP),VanNuys,CA,Member2008–2016 EpilepsyFoundationofGreaterLosAngeles,ProfessionalAdvisoryBoard2009–2012 EpilepsyFoundationofGreaterLosAngeles,BoardofDirectors2010–2011 EpilepsyFoundationofGreaterLosAngeles,ProgramReviewSubcommitteePROFESSIONALACTIVITIES,UniversityService1999–2000 StudentInterestGroupinNeurology(SIGN),UniversityofRochester,President2013–2014 UCLAEpilepsyClinicalProgramImprovementGroup,Member2013–2014 VAGreaterLosAngelesHealthcareSystem,EpilepsyCenterofExcellence,

TreasurerPROFESSIONALACTIVITIES,CommitteeService


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2010–2012 VeteransAdministrationEpilepsyCentersofExcellenceResearchWorkgroup,Member

2013–2016 UCLANeurologyResidentSelectionCommittee,Member2014 SearchCommittee,ElsieandIsaacFogelmanEndowedTermChairinPediatric

Neurology,Member

2014–2016 UCLADepartmentofNeurologyGrandRoundsCommittee,Member

2014–2016 AmericanAcademyofNeurology,AxonRegistryCommittee,Member2015–2016 AmericanEpilepsySociety,EpidemiologySpecialInterestGroup,ChairPROFESSIONALACTIVITIES,ProfessionalAssociationsandScholarlySocieties2000–present AmericanAcademyofNeurology,Member2007–present AmericanEpilepsySociety,Member2013–present AmericanNeurologicalAssociation,MemberPROFESSIONALACTIVITIES,EditorialServicesAdhocreviewer 2010 HealthServicesResearch(1/10),Epilepsy&Behavior(5/10,7/10),Epilepsia(3/10),

Neurorehabilitation&NeuralRepair(3/10,12/10)2011 EuropeanJournalofNeurology(1/11),MedicalCare(10/11),Epilepsia(5/11,6/11)2012 Pediatrics(12/12),PLoSOne(4/12),Epilepsy&Behavior(2/12)2013 Neurology(1/13),Pediatrics(4/13,12/13),Epilepsia(5/13,7/13,9/13,12/13),

DevelopmentalMedicine&ChildNeurology(7/13,9/13),Seizure(5/13),Epilepsy&Behavior(4/13)

2014 Epilepsia(1/14,2/14,8/14,10/14,11/14,12/14),Neurology(10/14),Epilepsy&Behavior

(12/14)2015 JAMAPeds(1/15),Neurology(1/15),Epilepsy&Behavior(1/15,10/15,11/15),Epilepsia

(9/15,10/15,11/15)


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2016 Epilepsia(3/16,6/16,11/16,12/16),Pediatrics(8/16,12/16)AbstractReviewer2014 AcademyHealthAnnual2014Meeting-ComplexChronicConditions-ReviewCommittee

MemberHONORS&SPECIALAWARDS1997 MagnaCumLaude,BrownUniversity,Providence,RI2002 AmericanAcademyofNeurologyMedicalStudentPrizeforExcellencein Neurology2005 J.KiffenPenryResident’sEpilepsyProgramBookAward,WakeForestUniversity,

WinstonSalem,NC 2006 TopScholar,AmericanEpilepsySocietyMeeting,SanDiego,CA2007 NationalEpilepsyFoundationEpiFellow,AmericanEpilepsySocietyMeeting,

Philadelphia,PA2008 FellowTeachingAward,DepartmentofNeurology,UniversityofCalifornia,Los

Angeles,LosAngeles,CA2011 AmericanNeurologicalAssociation(ANA)JuniorAcademicNeurologistScholarship,for

NINDS/ANACareerDevelopmentSymposiumat2011AnnualANAMeeting,SanDiego,CA

2013 UCLATravelChildcareAwardfromUCLADiversityandFacultyDevelopment,$500

towardprofessionalmeetingtravel[DIV]2013 NationalInstituteofNeurologicalDisordersandStrokeCuringtheEpilepsies2013:

PathwaysForwardConferenceYoungInvestigatorTravelAward,Bethesda,MD,April17-19,2013.

2014 AAMC2014EarlyCareerWomenFacultyProfessionalDevelopmentSeminar,

Englewood,CO:July12-15,2014.(nominatedandselectedbyUCLA;acceptedbyAAMC)[DIV]


towardprofessionalmeetingtravel[DIV]


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2015 UCLAHealthTeachingHumanismAward,UCLA,LosAngelesCA.NominatedbyUCLADepartmentofNeurology.1of7awardeesin2015(49totalsinceprogramstartedin2010)


towardprofessionalmeetingtravel[DIV]2016 EpilepsyFoundationofAmerica,Kevin’sFellowAwardforAES/EFJuniorInvestigator

ResearchAward,“UnderstandingPediatrictoAdultEpilepsyTransitionCareGaps”,AmericanEpilepsySocietyAnnualMeeting,Houston,TX;December4,2016.

TEACHINGTeaching,Clinical:2006–2007 ClinicalEpilepsyFellow,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles,LosAngeles,CA

2007–2010 ClinicalInstructorNeurology,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles,LosAngeles,CA2011–2016 AssistantProfessorNeurology,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngelesandWestLos

AngelesVA,LosAngeles,CA2016–present AssistantProfessorNeurology,UniversityofColoradoAnschutzSchoolofMedicine,

Aurora,COTeaching,ResearchMentees:NeurologyResidentorFellowSupervision:2011 LeoChen,MD UCLA/VAClinicalNeurophysiologyFellow

“CharacteristicsofOperationIraqiFreedom/OperationEnduringFreedomveteranswithheadtraumaandpost-traumaticseizures”(co-supervisedwithEricCheng,MD,MSandJamesChen,MD,PhD)

Teaching,ClinicalMentees*co-supervisewithotherUCLA&VAEpilepsy/NeurophysiologyAttendings

ClinicalNeurophysiologyFellowsUCLA/VAFellowship(1yearwithpossibleextension)

2011 VladimirShvarts,MD;MichaelLee,MD 2011-2012 SaumyaGill,MD;VivianHoang,MD;ChristineHung,MD


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2012-2013 IndranilSen-Gupta,MD;DougPorter,MD 2013-2014 RafaelLopez-Baquero,MD;JeremyCholfin,MD,PhD;NingZhong,

MDPhD;IndranilSen-Gupta,MD 2014-2015 RafaelLopez-Baquero,MD;InnaKeselman,MD,PhD;ChutimaSaipetch,

MD;JustinCheongsiatmoy,MD,MBA 2015-2016 ChristopherCheng,MD;ParissaVassef,MD;InnaKeselman,MDPhD 2016 JoannaGanMD;ChristopherLeningMD

EpilepsyFellowsUCLAEpilepsyFellowship(2years) 2011-2012 DavidGloss,MD 2011-2013 RohitMarawar,MD 2012-2014 BrianMoseley,MD 2013-2015 AylinReid,MD,PhD 2014-2015 ChrystalReed,MD,PhD 2014-2016 ShennanWeiss,MD,PhD 2015-2016 EdwardChang,MD,PhD;MichaelGibbsMDMPH 2016 ShawnaBenard,MDMPHUniversityofColoradoEpilepsyClinicalMentees*co-supervisewithotherUniveristyofColoradoEpilepsyAttendings(1yearfellowship) 2016 DinaGalperin,MD;NatashaSparrowDOSummerHighSchoolStudents:Summer2011 Mentor,BrentwoodHighSchool,FrancescaMessinger

Ms.MessingerhelpedprepareposterpresentationforAmericanEpilepsySocietymeetingbasedonpreviouslypreparedscientificabstractduringsummerinternshipwithUCLAHealthServicesResearchProgram.Metwith


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studentweeklytoreviewpreparationandusedtheactivityasafoundationforteachingabouthealthservicesresearchmethodsandclinicalepilepsy.

UCLAUndergraduateStudentClinicalShadowing:Fall2015 JenniferAguayoRESEARCHGRANTSANDFELLOWSHIPSRECEIVEDFellowships:2008–2010 RobertWoodJohnsonClinicalScholarsFoundationFellowship

UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles,LosAngeles,CARobertBrook,MD,ScD(PI);Grant59982

ResearchGrants:1/11–8/11 Role:Consultant,EpilepsyFoundationofAmerica(5U58DP000606-05),“Veterans

OutreachProject.”PrincipalInvestigator:SusanEscueta-Pietsch,MPH(EpilepsyFoundationofGreaterLosAngeles).Totaldirectcosts:$10,000.

6/11–10/15 Role:UCLASubaward,Co-investigator,NIH(R37NS0310146),“Long-termoutcomes

ofchildhood-onsetepilepsy.”TotaldirectcostsUCLA:$362,706.PrincipalInvestigator:AnneBerg,PhD(NorthwesternChildren'sMemorialHospital).Totaldirectcosts:$1,088,137.

7/11–12/12 Role:PrincipalInvestigator,EpilepsyFoundationofAmericaTargetedResearch

InitiativeforYouthGrant(213971),“Riskfactorsfordelayedpediatricresectiveepilepsysurgeryovertime.”Totaldirectcosts:$50,000.

5/15–8/16 Role:Co-Investigator,VAHSR&D,“AccesstospecialtycareforVeteranswithcomplex

conditions”(IIR12-337-3PI–ToddWagner).Totalcosts$960,100.$337,850inYear1.SitePI–WestLAVA.

7/16–6/17 Role:PrincipalInvestigator,EpilepsyFoundation/AmericanEpilepsySocietyJunior

InvestigatorResearchAward,“Understandingpediatrictoadultepilepsytransitioncaregaps”(403187).Totalcosts$50,000.

LECTURESANDPRESENTATIONS2006 “Preoperativegenderdifferencesinhealth-relatedqualityoflifeandexpectationsfor

resectiveepilepsysurgery”,PlatformPresentationatAmericanAcademyofNeurologyAnnualMeeting,SanDiego,CA:April6,2006.[DIV]


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2006 “WomenwithEpilepsy:ACaseBasedApproach”,lectureforUCLANeurologyOutpatientConference(NOC),LosAngeles,CA:July28,2006.

2007 “StatusEpilepticusandManagementofFirstSeizure”,and“IntroductiontoSeizuresand

Antiepilepticdrugs”,lectureforNeurologyResidentSummerStockSeries,UCLANeurology,LosAngeles,CA:July11,2007.

2007 “Anothercaseof‘drop’attacks”,presentationforNationalEpiFellowsFoundation(NEF),

15thAnnualScientificForumatAmericanEpilepsySocietyMeeting,Philadelphia,PA:November29,2007.

2008 “StatusEpilepticusandERManagementofSeizure”,lectureforNeurologyResident

SummerStockSeries,UCLANeurology,LosAngeles,CA:July16,2008.2008 “PsychogenicNon-epilepticSeizures”,lectureforClinicalNeurophysiologyConference,

UCLADepartmentofNeurology,LosAngeles,CA:November4,2008.2009 “Epilepsy&Depression:Theimportanceofearlyrecognitiontooptimizequalityoflife”,

presentationforEpilepsyFoundation–GreaterLosAngeles(EF-GLA),BrainSummitMeeting,LosAngeles,CA:November14,2009.

2009 “Acommunity-partneredapproachtoevaluatingaccesstocareforpatientswith

neurologicaldisordersinaLosAngelessafety-netsystem,”presentationforRobertWoodJohnsonFoundationClinicalScholarsNationalMeeting,LaJolla,CA:November5,2009.[DIV]

2009 “Howcanweimproveaccesstoandcoordinationofcareforpatientswithneurological

disordersintheLosAngelesCountysafetynet(SPA2)?”presentationforValleyCareCommunityConsortium–SpecialtyCareInitiativeMeeting,VanNuys,CA:December18,2009.[DIV]

2010 “PsychogenicNon-epilepticSeizures”,lectureforClinicalNeurophysiologyConference,

UCLADepartmentofNeurology,LosAngeles,CA:March23,2010.2010 “ImprovingthereferralprocessforneurologicalspecialtycareintheLosAngelessafety

net:SpecialtyTrainingSession”,presentationforValleyCareCommunityConsortium–SpecialtyCareInitiativeMeeting,VanNuys,CA:May24,2010.[DIV]

2010 “ImprovingthereferralprocessforneurologicalspecialtycareintheLosAngelessafety

net”,presentationfor“DHSReferralProcess:Focusonclinicalprerequisiterequirements”,trainingsessionsponsoredbyLosAngelesCountyDepartmentofHealthServices–OfficeofAmbulatoryCare,TarzanaTreatmentCenter,Northridge,CA:June10,2010.[DIV]


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2010 “GreatExpectations:EpilepsySurgeryGoals”,DepartmentofNeurologyGrandRounds,WestLosAngelesVeteransAdministration,LosAngeles,CA:June18,2010.[DIV]

2010 “PsychogenicNon-epilepticSeizures”,lectureforNeurologyResidentLecture,UCLA

DepartmentofNeurology,LosAngeles,CA:September29,2010.2010 “Psychiatriccomorbidityandqualityoflifeinadolescentwithchildhoodonsetepilepsy”,

presentationfortheRobertWoodJohnsonFoundationClinicalScholarsProgramNationalMeeting,Atlanta,GA:November4,2010.

2011 “Fakeorreal:UnderstandingtheRealityofPsychogenicNon-epilepticSeizures”,

DepartmentofNeurologyGrandRounds,WestLosAngelesVeteransAdministration,LosAngeles,CA:April22,2011.

2011 “EpilepsyandTraumaticBrainInjury:SupportforVeteransinRuralCommunities”,

presentationinpartnershipwithEpilepsyFoundationGreaterLosAngelesforhealthcareprovidersatBakersfieldVACommunityBasedOutreachClinic,Bakersfield,CA:May4,2011.


presentationinpartnershipwithEpilepsyFoundationGreaterLosAngelesforhealthcareprovidersatLancasterVACommunityBasedOutreachClinic,Lancaster,CA:May26,2011.


presentationinpartnershipwithEpilepsyFoundationGreaterLosAngelesforhealthcareprovidersatSantaMaria,SantaBarbaraandSanLuisObispoVACommunityBasedOutreachClinic,SantaMaria,CA:June1,2011.

2011 “PsychogenicNon-epilepticSeizures”,lectureforClinicalNeurophysiologyConference,

UCLADepartmentofNeurology,LosAngeles,CA:July19,2011.2011 “SupportforVeteransinRuralCommunities:Theconnectionbetweentraumaticbrain

injury”,Webinarforpatientsandfamilymembers,WestLosAngelesVAEpilepsyCenterofExcellenceandtheEpilepsyFoundationofGreaterLosAngelesfortheVeteransOutreachProject,LosAngeles,CA:August23,2011.

2011 “TheWho,What,When,WhyandHowofOutpatientNeurologyReferralsinaSafetyNet

System”,presentationforValleyCareCommunityConsortium–SpecialtyCareInitiativeMeeting,VanNuys,CA:September30,2011.[DIV]

2012 “Non-epilepticSeizures”,DepartmentofNeurologyGrandRounds,WestLosAngeles

VeteransAdministration,LosAngeles,CA:January27,2012.


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2012 “GreatExpectations:EpilepsySurgeryGoals”,lectureforClinicalNeurophysiologyConference,UCLADepartmentofNeurology,LosAngeles,CA:February21,2011.[DIV]

2012 “TraumaticBrainInjuryandEpilepsy”,presentationforEpilepsyFoundationofGreater

LosAngelesAnnualBrainSummit,LosAngeles,CA:February25,2012.2012 “QualityofLifeOutcomesinAdolescentswithChildhood-OnsetEpilepsyinRemission”,

DataBlitzpresentationinEpilepsyandChannelopathiesIntegratedNeurosciencesessionatAmericanAcademyofNeurologyAnnualMeeting2012,NewOrleans,LA;April23,2012.

2012 “InjuriesamongstAdolescentswithChildhood-OnsetEpilepsyComparedtoSibling

Controls”,PlatformPresentationinEpilepsy:EpidemiologyatAmericanAcademyofNeurologyAnnualMeeting2012,NewOrleans,LA;April24,2012.

2012 “QualityofLifeOutcomesinAdolescentswithChildhood-OnsetEpilepsyinRemission”,

PlatformPresentationinEpilepsy:ClinicalatAmericanAcademyofNeurologyAnnualMeeting2012,NewOrleans,LA;April26,2012.

2012 “DisparitiesinPediatricEpilepsySurgeryCareforChildren”,PaulH.CrandallSymposium

onEpilepsySurgery,LosAngeles,CA;October11,2012[DIV]2012 “BarrierstoTimelyReceiptofPediatricEpilepsySurgery”,PediatricEpilepsyResearch

PrioritiesWorkshop,Chicago,IL;October23,2012[DIV]2013 “PsychogenicNon-epilepticSeizures”,lectureforClinicalNeurophysiologyConference,

UCLADepartmentofNeurology,LosAngeles,CA:January29,2013.2013 “WomenwithEpilepsy”,lectureforNeurologyResidentsNoonLectureSeries,UCLA

DepartmentofNeurology,LosAngeles,CA:September,4,2013[DIV]2013 “PsychogenicNon-epilepticSeizures”,DepartmentofNeurologyGrandRounds,WestLos

AngelesVeteransAdministration,LosAngeles,CA:September27,2013.2013 “Disease-targetedversusgenericmeasurementofhealth-relatedqualityoflife(HRQOL)

inepilepsy”,HealthServicesSpecialInterestGroupDataBlitzPresentationatAmericanNeurologicalAssociationAnnualMeeting,NewOrleans,LA;October13,2013.

2013 “EpilepsySurgery:Acaseofincompletediffusion”,EpidemiologySpecialInterestGroup,

AmericanEpilepsySocietyAnnualMeeting,Washington,DC;Dec7,2013.[DIV]2014 “PsychogenicNon-epilepticSeizures”,lectureforClinicalNeurophysiologyConference,

UCLADepartmentofNeurology,LosAngeles,CA:January28,2014.


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2014 “TheLongRoadtoPediatricEpilepsySurgery,”talkforHealthServicesResearchProgramUCLANeurologyGrandRounds,LosAngeles,CA:May14,2014.[DIV]

2014 “TheLongRoadtoPediatricEpilepsySurgery,”DepartmentofNeurologyGrandRounds,

WestLosAngelesVeteransAdministration,LosAngeles,CA:June6,2014.[DIV]2014 “PsychogenicNon-epilepticSeizures”,DepartmentofNeurologyGrandRounds,WestLos

AngelesVeteransAdministration,LosAngeles,CA:November21,2014.2015 “WomenwithEpilepsy”,lectureforNeurologyResidentsNoonLectureSeries,UCLA

DepartmentofNeurology,LosAngeles,CA:January7,2015[DIV]2015 “PsychogenicNon-epilepticSeizures”,lectureforClinicalNeurophysiologyConference,

UCLADepartmentofNeurology,LosAngeles,CA:January13,2015.2015 “PsychogenicNon-epilepticSeizures”,lectureforSepulvedaVANeurologyConference,

NorthHills,CA:May12,2015.2015 “TheLongRoadtoEpilepsySurgery”,invitedtalkforDepartmentofNeuroscienceSpecial

SeminarSeriesatIcahnSchoolofMedicineMountSinai,NewYork,NewYork:July8,2015.[DIV]

2015 “TheLongRoadtoEpilepsySurgery”,invitedNeurologyGrandRoundsforDepartmentof

NeurologyUniversityofUtah,SaltLakeCity,UT:September2,2015.[DIV]2015 “NeurologyIssuesinPregnancy”,lecturefortheThirdAnnualUCLAReviewofClinical

Neurology,UCLADepartmentofNeurology,LosAngeles,CA;September20,2015.2015 “PsychogenicNon-epilepticSeizures”,lectureforClinicalNeurophysiologyConference,

UCLADepartmentofNeurology,LosAngeles,CA:December1,2015.2015 “TheLongRoadtoEpilepsySurgery”,lectureforClinicalNeurophysiologyConference,

UCLADepartmentofNeurology,LosAngeles,CA:December1,2015.[DIV]2015 “Patient-reportedOutcomesinEpilepsy”,EpidemiologySpecialInterestGroup,American

EpilepsySocietyAnnualMeeting,Philadelphia,PA;December7,2015.2016 “WomenwithEpilepsy”,lectureforNeurologyResidentsLectureSeries,UCLA

DepartmentofNeurology,LosAngeles,CA:January13,2016[DIV]2016 “PsychogenicNon-epilepticSeizures”,lectureforSepulvedaVAConference,UCLA

DepartmentofNeurology,NorthHills,CA:May312016.


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2016 “PsychogenicNon-epilepticSeizures”,lectureforClinicalNeurophysiologyConference,UCLADepartmentofNeurology,LosAngeles,CA:July26,2016.

2016 “AccessandUtilizationofHealthCareforPatientswithEpilepsy”,EpidemiologySpecial

InterestGroup,AmericanEpilepsySocietyAnnualMeeting,Houston,TX;December3,2016.

2016 “UnderstandingthePediatrictoAdultEpilepsyTransitionCareGap”,Presentationtothe

EpilepsyFoundationBoardofDirectorsforKevin’sFellowforEF/AESJuniorInvestigatorResearchAward.AmericanEpilepsySocietyAnnualMeeting,Houston,TX:December4,2016.

2016 “Itwasfiveyearsofhell”:Parentalexperiencesofnavigatingandprocessingtheslowand

arduoustimetopediatricrespectiveepilepsysurgery.AmericanEpilepsySocietyAnnualMeeting.PediatricEpilepsyHighlightsSession-PlatformPresentation.December6,2016.

MEDIA2010 Interviewin:“Childrenwithepilepsy,parentsviewdisorderdifferently,studyfinds”by

MedillReportsChicagoonMay20,2010regardingpublication“BacaCBetal.ValueinHealth2010:13:778-786”.

Website:http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/Chicago/news.aspx?id=164950

2010 Press:BacaCB,VickreyBG,VassarS,HaysRD,Berg,AT.Differencesinchildversusparent

reportsofthechild’shealth-relatedqualityoflifeinchildrenwithepilepsyandhealthsiblings.ValueinHealth2010;13:778-786.[PMCID:PMC3065295]

a. http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and

behavior/articles/2010/05/24/children-with-epilepsy-feel-on--par-with-healthy-siblings.html

b. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2010/05/children-with-epilepsy-view-disorder-one-way-their-parents-view-it-another-way.html

c. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=639222d. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100513162751.htm

2011 Commentin:“EpilepsySurgeryEffectiveatControllingSeizuresoverLongTerm”onabc

NEWSwebonOctober14,2011regardingdeTisietal,LancetOct152011article.

Website:http://abcnews.go.com/Health/surgery-epilepsy-effective-long-term-seizure-control-study/story?id=14729218


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2011 ResearchHighlight:BacaCB,VickreyBG,VassarS,BergAT.Qualityoflifeoutcomesinadolescentswithchildhood-onsetepilepsyinremission.AmericanNeurologicalAssociationAnnualMeetingSanDiego,CA;September24-27,2011.

JonesA.Neurodevelopmentalandpsychiatricdisorderslowerqualityoflifeinchildrenwithepilepsyafterseizureremission.NeurologyReviewsNov2011;19(11):18-19.

2012 ResearchHighlight:BacaCB,VickreyBG,CaplanR,VassarS,BergAT.Psychiatricand

medicalcomorbidityandqualityoflifeoutcomesinchildhood-onsetepilepsy.Pediatrics2011;128(6):e1532-43.[Epub2011Nov28].PMID22123895.PMCID:PMC3387901

WoodH.Determinantsofqualityoflifeinepilepsygobeyondseizure-relatedvariables.NatRevNeurology2012Jan17;8(2):59.

2012 ResearchHighlight:BacaCB,VickreyBG,VassarS,BergAT.Qualityoflifeoutcomesinadolescentswithchildhood-onsetepilepsyinremission.AmericanAcademyofNeurologyAnnualMeeting2012,NewOrleans,LA;April21-28,2012.

GrebE.Seizure-FreeAdolescentsWithEpilepsyHaveLowerQualityofLifeThanTheirPeers.NeurologyReviews2012;20(7):12.

2013 TVInterview:“Epilepsyaffectsmanyreturningwarveteransasresultoftraumaticbrain

injury”airedonKABCLATVLosAngelesonMonday,November11,2013.

Website:http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?id=93222532015 Commentin:“HowareYoungPatientswithEpilepsyDoing?ANewSurveySuggestsWhat

MattersMosttoThem”bySusanFitzgeraldinNeurologyToday:April16,2015regardingpublication:FayedNetal.Children’sperspectiveofqualityoflifeinepilepsy.Neurology2015:Epub2015April3.

2015 Pressfor:BacaCB,PietersH,IwakiT,MathernGW,VickreyBG.“Ajourneyaroundthe

world”:Parentnarrativesofthejourneytopediatricresectiveepilepsysurgeryandbeyond.Epilepsia2015Apr20.doi:10.1111/epi.12988[Epubaheadofprint].PMID:25894906

a. UCLANewsroom:http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/children-with-epilepsy-

face-too-many-obstacles-to-receiving-needed-medical-care-ucla-study-findsb. ScienceDaily:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150429140610.htmc. HealthNewsDigest:

http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Surgery_540/Parents-Describe-


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Arduous-Journey-to-Pediatric-Epileptic-Surgery-When-Their-Child-s-Disease-Becomes-Resistant-to-Anti-Seizure-Meds.shtml

d. News-Medical.net:http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150430/Parents-share-arduous-circuitous-journey-to-get-referrals-for-childhood-epilepsy-surgery.aspx

e. MedicalXpress:http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-parents-arduous-journey-diagnosis-pediatric.html


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10. Berg,AT,CaplanRC,BacaCB,VickreyBG.Adaptivebehaviorandlaterschoolachievementinchildrenwithearly-onsetepilepsy.DevMedChildNeurol.2013Jul;55(7):661-7.[Epub2013Mar27][PMCID:PMC3676436].

Response:BergAT,CaplanRC,BacaCB,VickreyBG.Reply.DevMedChildNeurol.2013Jul25.doi:10.1111/dmcn.12203.[Epubaheadofprint]PMID:23889464

11. HauptmanJH,DadourA,OhT,BacaCB,VickreyBG,VassarS,SankarR,SalamonN,VintersHV,MathernGM.TimetoPediatricEpilepsySurgeryisLongerandDevelopmentalOutcomesLowerforGovernmentComparedwithPrivateInsurance.Neurosurgery.2013May14.[Epubaheadofprint]PMID:23615092].[DIV]

12. BergA,BacaCB,LoddenkemperT,VickreyG,DlugosD.Prioritiesinpediatricepilepsyresearch:Improvingchildren’sfuturestoday.Neurology;2013Sep24;81(13):1166-1175.[Epub2013Aug21][PMCID:PMC3795602].

13. BacaCB,VickreyBG,VassarS,CookA,BergA.Injuriesinadolescentswithchildhood-onset

epilepsycomparedtosiblingcontrols.JournalofPediatrics.2013Dec;163(6):1684-1691.e4.[Epub2013Sept18].[NIHMS512662;PMCID:PMC3842373]

14. BergA,LoddenkemperT,BacaCB.Diagnosticdelaysinchildrenwithearly-onsetepilepsy.

Epilepsia.2014Jan;55(1)123-32.[Epub2013Dec6][PMCID:PMC3946922]15. ChenLL,BacaCB,ChoeJ,ChenJW,AvadME,ChengEM.Posttraumaticepilepsyinoperation

enduringfreedom/operationIraqifreedomveterans.MilitaryMedicine2014May;179(5):492-6.[PMID:24806494].

16. BacaC,VickreyG,Caplan,R,VassarS,BergT.Genericversusepilepsy-specifichealth-related

qualityoflifemeasuresinyoungadultswithchildhood-onsetepilepsy.QualityofLifeResearch.2015June;24;1379-87.Epub2014Nov21.[Epubaheadofprint][PMID:25413780][PMCIDpending]

17. BacaCB,PietersH,IwakiT,MathernGW,VickreyBG.“Ajourneyaroundtheworld”:Parent

narrativesofthejourneytopediatricresectiveepilepsysurgeryandbeyond.Epilepsia2015Jun;56(6):822-32.Epub2015Apr20.PMID:25894906[PMCID:PMC4457674][DIV]

Cover:AfigurefromthisarticlewasfeaturedastheEpilepsiacoverforJune2015.

18. PughMJ,BacaCB,VanCottAC,RhodeN,AmuanME.Anti-epilepticdrugsprescribedfor

Afghanistan/IraqWarVeteransDiagnosedwithEpilepsy.EpilepsyBehav.2015May;46:133-9.Epub2015Apr21.PMID:25911209[DIV]


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19. BergA,BacaC,RychlikK,CaplanR,VickreyB,TestaF,LevyS.Determinantsofsocialoutcomesinadultswithchildhood-onsetepilepsy.Pediatrics.2016;137(4).[Epub2016Mar16][PMCID:PMC4811319].

20. PietersH,IwakiT,VickreyBG,MathernGW,BacaCB.“Itwasfiveyearsofhell”:Parental

experiencesofnavigatingandprocessingtheslowandarduoustimetopediatricresectiveepilepsysurgery.Epilepsy&Behavior2016Sept;62:276-84.Epub2016Aug10.[PMID:27521720]

21. Fallah A,Weil AG,Wang S, Lewis E,Baca CB,Mathern GW.Cost utility analysis of competing

treatment strategies for drug-resistant epilepsy in children with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.Epilepsy&Behavior.2016Oct;63:79-88.EPub2016Aug31.[PMID:27591681].

B.RESEARCHPAPERS–PEERREVIEWED(INPRESS) C.RESEARCHPAPERS–PEERREVIEWED(SUBMITTED)22. BacaCB,BarryF,VickreyBG,CaplanR,BergAT.Socialoutcomesofyoungadultswithchildhood-

onsetepilepsy:acase-sibling-controlstudy.(preliminaryacceptancependingminorrevise)

23. HussainSA,LayJ,ChengE,WengJ,SankarR,BacaCB.Recognitionofinfantilespasmsisoftendelayedandpotentiallycatastrophic:TheASSISTstudy.(submitted)

24. WeissSA,Asadi-PooyaAA,VangalaS,MoyS,WyethDH,OroszI,GibbsM,SchraderL,LernerJ,ChengCK,ChangE,RajaramanR,KeselmanI,ChurchmanP,BacaCB,NumisAL,HoMG,RaoL,BhatA,SuskiJ,AsadollahiM,AmbroseT,FernandezA,NeiM,SkidmoreC,MintzerS,EliashivDS,MathernGW,NuwerMR,SperlingM,EngelJ,SternJ.ValidityoftwoautomaticartifactreductionmethodsinictalEEGinterpretation.(submitted)

RESEARCHPAPERS(NON-PEERREVIEWED)–NoneD.RESEARCHPAPERS–NON-PEERREVIEWED25. PughMJ,VanCottAC,AmuanM,BacaC,RuteckiP,ZackMM,KobauR.EpilepsyAmongIraqand

AfghanistanWarVeterans–UnitedStates,2002-2015.MMWRMorbMortalWklyRep.2016Nov11;65(44):1224-1227.[PMID:27832054].

E.RESEARCHPAPERS–NON-PEERREVIEWED(INPRESS)–NoneF.RESEARCHPAPERS–NON-PEERREVIEWED(SUBMITTED)–NoneCHAPTERS


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andEngel,J.(Eds.),TheTreatmentofEpilepsy.Oxford:BlackwellPublishingLtd(2009).3. BacaCB,SternJM.ScalpEEGintheEpilepsySurgeryEvaluation.In:Shorvon,S.,Perucca,E.,and

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pathophysiologicapproach.10thEdition.McGraw-HillPublishing(2016).CHAPTERS(INPRESS)CHAPTERS(INPREPARATION)LETTERSTOTHEEDITOR–NoneREVIEWS–NoneEDITORIALS1. BacaCB,BarkleyG.Canbigdatahelpuscloseanepilepsycaregap?Neurology2015Sept22;

85(12):1014-5.Epub2015Aug26PMID:26311744[DIV]PAPERSINPREPARATION(RESEARCHCOMPLETED)26. BacaCB,HamiwkaL,OjemannJ,BergAT.Failureofpresurgicalreferralattimeofdrugresistant

epilepsy.(inpreparation).27. BacaCB,VickreyBG,CaplanR,BarryF,BergA.Theepilepsytransitioncaregapinyoungadults

withchildhood-onsetepilepsy.(inpreparation)ABSTRACTS1. ZakaM,HydeTM,BachusSE,BowerCM,EganMF.Chronichaloperidoltreatmentinrats

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2. ZakaM,HydeTM,BachusSE,BowerCM,EganMF.GABA-Amediatedneurotransmissionin

chronicneuroleptictreatedrats.BiologicalPsychiatry1999;45(Suppl1):128.3. BowerCM,HaysR,BergA,SpencerS,LangfittJ,SperlingM,BazilC,DevinskyO,HautS,VassarS,

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epilepsysurgery.Epilepsia2006;47(Suppl4):340.[DIV]5. BowerCM,VickreyBG,VassarS,Berg,A.Differencesinchildversusparentreportsofthechild’s

health-relatedqualityoflifeinchildrenwithepilepsyandhealthysiblings.Epilepsia2008;49(Suppl7):164-165.

6. BacaCB,NovoselJ,ShewmonA,Soss,J,FlippenC,Vickrey,BG.Acommunity-partneredapproach

toevaluatingaccesstocareforpatientswithneurologicaldisordersinaLosAngelessafety-netsystem.RobertWoodJohnsonFoundationClinicalScholarsNationalMeeting,LaJolla,CA:November3-6,2009.[DIV]

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psychiatriccomorbidityonqualityoflifeinchildrenwithepilepsy.RobertWoodJohnsonFoundationClinicalScholarsNationalMeeting,Atlanta,GA:November2-5,2010.

8. BacaCB,VickreyBG,CaplanR,VassarS,BergAT.Theimpactofpsychiatriccomorbidityonquality

oflifeinchildrenwithepilepsy.Epilepsia2010:0;(Suppl0):3.2549. BacaCB,VickreyBG,VassarS,BergAT.Qualityoflifeoutcomesinadolescentswithchildhood-

onsetepilepsyinremission.AmericanNeurologicalAssociationAnnualMeetingSanDiego,CA;September24-27,2011.

10. BacaCB,VickreyBG,VassarS,BergAT.Theassociationofcurrentandremoteseizureburden

withqualityoflifeinchildrenwithepilepsy.AmericanEpilepsySocietyAnnualMeeting2011,Baltimore,MD:December2-6,2011.

11. ChenLL,ChoeJ,BacaCB,ChenJ,ChengE.CharacteristicsofOperationIraqiFreedom/Operation

EnduringFreedomveteranswithheadtraumaandpost-traumaticseizuresAmericanEpilepsySocietyAnnualMeeting2011,Baltimore,MD:December2-6,2011.

12. BacaCB,VickreyBG,VassarS,BergAT.Qualityoflifeoutcomesinadolescentswithchildhood-

onsetepilepsyinremission.AmericanAcademyofNeurologyAnnualMeeting2012,NewOrleans,LA;April21-28,2012.


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13. BacaCB,VickreyBG,CookA,VassarS,BergA.Injuriesamongstadolescentswithchildhood-onsetepilepsycomparedtosiblingcontrols.AmericanAcademyofNeurologyAnnualMeeting2012,NewOrleans,LA:April21-28,2012.

14. Baca,CB,VickreyBG,VassarSD,HauptmanJS,DadourA,OhT,Mathern,GW.Shortertimeto

pediatricepilepsysurgeryisrelatedtoincreasedepilepsyseverity,olderageatonset,MRIpriortoreferral,privateinsuranceandHispanicethnicity.AmericanEpilepsySocietyAnnualMeeting2012,SanDiego,CA:December2,2012.[DIV]

15. BacaCB,VickeryBG,VassarS,HauptmanJS,DadourA,OhT,SalamonN,VintersH,SankarR,

MathernGW.Timetopediatricepilepsysurgeryisrelatedtodiseaseseverity,diagnosticandsociodemographicfactors.NINDSEpilepsyResearchBenchmarksMeetingBethesda,MD:April17-19,2013.[DIV]

16. BergAT,BacaCB,LoddenkemperT.Delaystoepilepsydiagnosisinchildrenwithearly-onset

epilepsy:acommunity-basedexperience.InternationalLeagueAgainstEpilepsy2013Meeting.Montreal,Canada:June23-27,2013.

17. BacaCB,VickreyBG,CaplanR,VassarS,BergAT.Disease-targetedversusgenericmeasurement

ofhealth-relatedqualityoflife(HRQOL)inepilepsy.AmericanNeurologicalAssociationAnnual2013Meeting.NewOrleans,LA:October13-15,2013.

18. PughMJ,BacaCB,VanCottAC,AmuanME.Anti-epilepticdrugprescribingforOEF/OIFVeterans

withNew-OnsetEpilepsy:2008-2010.AmericanAcademyofNeurologyAnnualMeetingPhiladelphia,PA;April26-May3,2014(platformtalk).[DIV]

19. BacaCB,PietersH,IwakiT,MathernGW,VickreyBG.“Acircuitousjourney”:Parentsperspectives

ofgettingtopediatricepilepsysurgery.AmericanEpilepsySocietyAnnualMeeting;Seattle,WA:December6,2014.[DIV]

20. KeselmanI,Lopez-BaqueroR,BukovskayaY,BarredaJ,BacaCB.Myoclonicjerksandgeneralized

tonic-clonicseizures–TheDiagnosticDilemma.AmericanClinicalNeurophysiologySocietyAnnualMeeting;Houston,TX:February6,2015.

21. BacaCB,PietersH,IwakiT,MathernGW,VickreyBG.“Acircuitousjourney”:Parentsperspectives

ofgettingtopediatricepilepsysurgery.NeurologyApril6,2015;84(14);SupplementP6.281.[DIV]

22. BacaCB,VickreyBG,CaplanR,BarryF,BergAT.Socialoutcomesofyoungadultswith

uncomplicatedchildhood-onsetepilepsy.AmericanNeurologicalAssociationAnnual2015Meeting,Chicago,IL:September27,2015.


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23. BacaCB,VickreyBG,CaplanR,BarryF,BergA.Theepilepsytransitioncaregapinyoungadultswithchildhood-onsetepilepsy.AmericanEpilepsySociety2015AnnualMeeting;Philadelphia,PA:December5,2015.

24. BacaCB,BarryF,VickreyBG,CaplanR,BergA.Theepilepsytransitioncaregapinyoungadults

withchildhood-onsetepilepsy.AmericanNeurologicalAssociationAnnual2016Meeting.Baltimore,MD:October16,2016.

25. PietersH,IwakiT,MathernG,VickreyG,BacaCB."ItWasFiveYearsofHell":Parental

ExperiencesofNavigatingandProcessingtheSlowandArduousTimetoPediatricResectiveEpilepsySurgery.AmericanEpilepsySocietyAnnualMeeting2016;Houston,TX:December4,2016.Abstract2.304.

26. LayJ,ChengE,WengJ,EliyanY,HungP,HelaliJ,WengA,ElsanadiR,ChienA,CaoT,HaywardO,

SankarR,BacaCB,HussainSA.Significantdelayindiagnosisandtreatmentofinfantilespasmsiscommon.AmericanEpilepsySocietyAnnualMeeting;Houston,TX.December4,2016:Abstract2.087.

27. WeissSA,Asadi-PooyaAA,MoyS,WyethD,OroszI,NumisA,SitaramV,NeiM,SkidmoreC,Baca

CB,LernerJ,MintzerS,EliashivE,MathernG,NuwerM,SperlingM,EngelJ,SternJ.UtilityoftwoautomaticartifactreductionmethodsinictalEEGinterpretation.AmericanEpilepsySocietyAnnualMeeting;Houston,TX.December3,2016:Abstract1.103.

REPORTS1. Baca,CB.Developmentofamodelforimprovingaccesstocareforpatientswithneurological

symptomsandconditionsataLosAngelessafetynethospital.RobertWoodJohnsonFoundationClinicalScholars:ProtocolMeeting.UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.LosAngeles,CA:December17,2009.[DIV]

Mentors:BarbaraG.Vickrey,MD,MPH,RobertBrook,MD,ScD,JoniNovosel,MA,GeryRyan,PhD

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