Year		Degree		Institution
1991		M.D.		University of Rochester
1988		Ph.D.		University of Rochester
1981		B.S., Summa Cum Laude		SUNY at Buffalo

1. Transcriptional Regulation of Hippocampal Epileptogenesis

2. Therapeutic Efficacy of Environmental Enrichment After Early-life Seizures

Koh S, et. al. (October, 2005). Environmental enrichment reverses the impaired exploratory behavior and altered gene expression induced by early-life seizures. Journal of Child Neurology: 20(10):796-802 .
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Koh S, et. al. (August, 2005). Susceptibility to seizure-induced injury and acquired microencephaly following selective depletion of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in developing rat brain. Experimental Neurology: 194(2):457-466.
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Wilson et. al. (March, 2005). Microarray analysis of postictal transcriptional regulation of neuropeptides. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience: 25(3): 285-298.
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Koh S, et. al. (June, 2004). NBQX or topiramate treatment following perinatal hypoxia-induced seizures prevents later increases in seizure-induced neuronal injury.. Epilepsia: 45(6): 569-575.
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Koh S, Sanchez RM (October, 2001). Decreased GluR2 Expresion and enhanced epileptogenesis in immature rat hippocampus following perinatal hypoxia-induced seizures,. Journal of Neuroscience: 21(20):8154-8163.
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Koh, S et. al. (September, 2001). Topiramate blocks perinatal hypoxia-induced seizures in rat pups.. Annals of Neurology: 50(3):366-372.
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Koh, S et. al. (September, 1999). Early-life seizures in rats increase susceptibility to seizure-induced brain injury in adulthood. Neurology: 53(5):915–921.
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2005 - Child Neurology Foundation Scientific Award

2004 - Young Investigator Award, 2004 Summer Neuropeptide Conference

2004 - American Epilepsy Society Young Investigator Travel Award

2002 - 2004 - NIH/NINDS MCSDA Competitive Supplement KO8NS02068-04

1998 - 2002 - NIH/NINDS Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award KO8NS0206

1997 - 1998 - Victor Horsley Fellow, Epilepsy Foundation of America

1996 - 1997 - Dixon Woodbury Fellow, Epilepsy Foundation of America

1995 - First Prize, Resident Research, New England Medical Center

1989 - 1991 - Physician Scientist Clinical Scholarship

1988 - 1989 - NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship AGT320107

1988 - Runner-up for the AAA Outstanding Dissertation Award

1987 - NIMH National Research Service Award MH-09541

Period		Description
1999 - Present		Massachusetts Medical Society
Position: Member ( )
1998 - Present		American Association for the Advancement of Science
Position: Member ( )
1997 - Present		American Academy of Neurology
Position: Member ( )
1996 - Present		American Epilepsy Society
Position: Member ( )
1994 - Present		Child Neurology Society
Position: Member ( )
1986 - Present		Society for Neuroscience
Position: Member ( )

2002 - Present		Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
1999 - Present		Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology, No. 1135
1999 - Present		Clinical Neurophysiology, No. 1080
2001 - 2002		Assistant in Neurology, Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
1998 - 2002		Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
1997 - 2002		Medical Staff, Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts Medical Staff, Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts
1998 - 2000		Clinical Fellow, Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
1996 - 1998		Medical Staff, Department of Pediatrics, Northshore Children’s Hospital, Salem, Massachusetts

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