Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellowship, Neonatal Neurosciences, Johns Hopkins Medicine 2014 - 2015
  • Pediatric Residency, Child Neurology, Johns Hopkins Medicine 2011 - 2014
  • Pediatric Residency, Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medicine 2010 - 2011
  • Internship, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department Of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medicine 2009 - 2010
  • M.D., Harvard Medical School 2009
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Director, Fetal and Neonatal Neurology Program
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Communication
  • Decision Making
  • Pediatric neurology
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Continued anticonvulsants after resolution of neonatal seizures: a patient-centered comparative effectiveness study awarded by University of Michigan 2017 - 2020
  • Spasm Prediction After SyMptomatic neonatal seizures - the SPASM study awarded by University of Michigan 2017 - 2019
  • No question too small: Development of a question prompt list for infants and their families awarded by National Palliative Care Research Center 2016 - 2018
  • NeuroSpeak: Developing a curriculum in delivering bad news for medical students in neurology awarded by American Academy of Neurology 2015 - 2016
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Conference Papers

    • LeBlanc, TW, Scherr, K, Wang, A, Lemmon, M, and Ubel, PA. "Risk tolerance and attitudes toward chemotherapy: Who chooses palliative treatment when cure is possible?." Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO). Chicago, IL. June 2, 2017 - June 6, 2017.: AMER SOC CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, May 20, 2017.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • LeBlanc, TW, Scherr, K, Wang, A, Lemmon, M, and Ubel, PA. "Who chooses palliative chemotherapy when a cure is possible? Results of a risk tolerance survey of laypersons." October 9, 2016.  Full Text
    • Lemmon, M, Gamaldo, C, Salas, RM, Saxena, A, Cruz, T, Boss, R, and Strowd, R. "Difficult Conversations in Neurology: Defining Medical Student Exposure and Educational Opportunities." April 5, 2016.  Link to Item
    • Lemmon, M, Gamaldo, C, Salas, RM, Saxena, A, Cruz, T, Boss, R, and Strowd, R. "Difficult Conversations in Neurology: Defining Medical Student Exposure and Educational Opportunities." April 5, 2016.  Link to Item

  • Journal Articles

    • Slone, J, Peng, Y, Chamberlin, A, Harris, B, Kaylor, J, McDonald, MT, Lemmon, M, El-Dairi, MA, Tchapyjnikov, D, Gonzalez-Krellwitz, LA, Sellars, EA, McConkie-Rosell, A, Reinholdt, LG, and Huang, T. "Biallelic mutations in FDXR cause neurodegeneration associated with inflammation." Journal of Human Genetics (September 25, 2018).  Full Text
    • Creutzfeldt, CJ, Kluger, B, Kelly, AG, Lemmon, M, Hwang, DY, Galifianakis, NB, Carver, A, Katz, M, Curtis, JR, and Holloway, RG. "Neuropalliative care: Priorities to move the field forward." Neurology 91, no. 5 (July 2018): 217-226. (Review)  Full Text
    • Lemmon, ME, Donohue, PK, Williams, EP, Brandon, D, Ubel, PA, and Boss, RD. "No question too small: development of a question prompt list for parents of critically ill infants." Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association (February 22, 2018).  Full Text
    • Lemmon, ME, Gamaldo, C, Salas, RME, Saxena, A, Cruz, TE, Boss, RD, and Strowd, RE. "Education Research: Difficult conversations in neurology: Lessons learned from medical students." Neurology 90, no. 2 (January 2018): 93-97.  Full Text
    • Boss, RD, Lemmon, ME, Arnold, RM, and Donohue, PK. "Communicating prognosis with parents of critically ill infants: direct observation of clinician behaviors." Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 37, no. 11 (November 2017): 1224-1229.  Full Text
    • Lemmon, ME, Boss, RD, Bonifacio, SL, Foster-Barber, A, Barkovich, AJ, and Glass, HC. "Characterization of Death in Neonatal Encephalopathy in the Hypothermia Era." Journal of child neurology 32, no. 4 (March 2017): 360-365.  Full Text
    • Lemmon, ME, Donohue, PK, Parkinson, C, Northington, FJ, and Boss, RD. "Parent Experience of Neonatal Encephalopathy." Journal of Child Neurology 32, no. 3 (March 2017): 286-292.  Full Text
    • Adami, RR, Grundy, ME, Poretti, A, Felling, RJ, Lemmon, M, and Graham, EM. "In Reply." Obstetrics and gynecology 129, no. 2 (February 2017): 389-390.  Full Text
    • Adami, RR, Grundy, ME, Poretti, A, Felling, RJ, Lemmon, M, and Graham, EM. "Distinguishing Arterial Ischemic Stroke From Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in the Neonate at Birth Reply." OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY 129, no. 2 (February 2017): 389-390.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lemmon, ME, Wagner, MW, Bosemani, T, Carson, KA, Northington, FJ, Huisman, TAGM, and Poretti, A. "Diffusion Tensor Imaging Detects Occult Cerebellar Injury in Severe Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy." Developmental neuroscience 39, no. 1-4 (January 18, 2017): 207-214.  Full Text
    • Blumenthal-Barby, JS, Loftis, L, Cummings, CL, Meadow, W, Lemmon, M, Ubel, PA, McCullough, L, Rao, E, and Lantos, JD. "Should Neonatologists Give Opinions Withdrawing Life-sustaining Treatment?." Pediatrics 138, no. 6 (December 2016). (Review)  Full Text
    • Lemmon, ME, and Strowd, RE. "Right Brain: Breaking bad news: Communication education for neurology trainees." Neurology 87, no. 24 (December 2016): e285-e287.  Full Text
    • Adami, RR, Grundy, ME, Poretti, A, Felling, RJ, Lemmon, M, and Graham, EM. "Distinguishing Arterial Ischemic Stroke From Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in the Neonate at Birth." Obstetrics and Gynecology 128, no. 4 (October 2016): 704-712.  Full Text
    • Lemmon, ME, Donohue, PK, Parkinson, C, Northington, FJ, and Boss, RD. "Communication Challenges in Neonatal Encephalopathy." Pediatrics 138, no. 3 (September 2016).  Full Text
    • Lemmon, ME, Bidegain, M, and Boss, RD. "Palliative care in neonatal neurology: robust support for infants, families and clinicians." Journal of Perinatology : Official Journal of the California Perinatal Association 36, no. 5 (May 2016): 331-337. (Review)  Full Text
    • Goel, R, Aggarwal, N, Lemmon, ME, and Bosemani, T. "Fetal and maternal manifestations of tuberous sclerosis complex: Value of fetal MRI." The Neuroradiology Journal 29, no. 1 (February 2, 2016): 57-60.  Full Text
    • Klein, JL, Lemmon, ME, Northington, FJ, Boltshauser, E, Huisman, TAGM, and Poretti, A. "Clinical and neuroimaging features as diagnostic guides in neonatal neurology diseases with cerebellar involvement." Cerebellum & ataxias 3 (January 13, 2016): 1-. (Review)  Full Text
    • Fleming, L, Lemmon, M, Beck, N, Johnson, M, Mu, W, Murdock, D, Bodurtha, J, Hoover-Fong, J, Cohn, R, Bosemani, T, Barañano, K, and Hamosh, A. "Genotype-phenotype correlation of congenital anomalies in multiple congenital anomalies hypotonia seizures syndrome (MCAHS1)/PIGN-related epilepsy." American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A 170A, no. 1 (January 2016): 77-86.  Full Text
    • Hobbs, J, Tekes, A, Klein, J, Lemmon, M, Felling, RJ, and Chavez-Valdez, R. "Acute paraplegia in a preterm infant with cerebral sinovenous thrombosis." Journal of Perinatology : Official Journal of the California Perinatal Association 35, no. 6 (June 2015): 460-462.  Full Text
    • Lemmon, ME, Grados, M, Kline, T, Thompson, CB, Ali, SF, and Singer, HS. "Efficacy of Glutamate Modulators in Tic Suppression: A Double-Blind, Randomized Control Trial of D-serine and Riluzole in Tourette Syndrome." Pediatric Neurology 52, no. 6 (June 2015): 629-634.  Full Text
    • Lemmon, ME, Lavenstein, B, Applegate, CD, Hamosh, A, Tekes, A, and Singer, HS. "A novel presentation of DYT 16: acute onset in infancy and association with MRI abnormalities." Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 28, no. 14 (December 2013): 1937-1938.  Full Text
    • Lemmon, ME, and Kossoff, EH. "New Treatment Options for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome." Current Treatment Options in Neurology 15, no. 4 (August 2013): 519-528.  Full Text
    • Lemmon, ME, Terao, NN, Ng, Y-T, Reisig, W, Rubenstein, JE, and Kossoff, EH. "Efficacy of the ketogenic diet in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: a retrospective review of one institution's experience and summary of the literature." Developmental medicine and child neurology 54, no. 5 (May 2012): 464-468.  Full Text
    • Lemerman, HB, Khaitan, A, Lemmon, M, Serwint, JR, and Hourigan, SK. "A case of Henoch-Schönlein purpura presenting with a gastrocutaneous fistula." Clinical pediatrics 50, no. 10 (October 2011): 978-980.  Full Text
    • Lemmon, ME, Gregas, M, and Jeste, SS. "Risperidone use in autism spectrum disorders: a retrospective review of a clinic-referred patient population." Journal of child neurology 26, no. 4 (April 2011): 428-432.  Full Text

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