Sookyong Koh

Sookyong Koh
	2300 Children's Plaza
	Box 51 Division of Neurology
	Chicago, IL 60614
	Phone: (773) 880-3179
	Fax: (773) 880-3374

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

Research Interests
	Transcriptional Regulation of Hippocampal Epileptogenesis
	Therapeutic Efficacy of Environmental Enrichment After Early-life Seizures

Recent Publications
	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 . ( Download Adobe Acrobat PDF )
	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. ( Download Adobe Acrobat PDF )
	Wilson et. al. (March, 2005). Microarray analysis of postictal transcriptional regulation of neuropeptides. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience: 25(3): 285-298. ( Download Adobe Acrobat PDF )
	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. ( Download Adobe Acrobat PDF )
	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. ( Download Adobe Acrobat PDF )
	Koh, S et. al. (September, 2001). Topiramate blocks perinatal hypoxia-induced seizures in rat pups.. Annals of Neurology: 50(3):366-372. ( Download Adobe Acrobat PDF )
	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. ( Download Adobe Acrobat PDF )

Awards/Honors
	Year(s)	Award
	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-0954

National and International Committees
	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 ( )

Professional Service
	Period	Description
	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

Curriculum Vitae
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