Joshua Dana Baron, MD
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Licenses and Certificates
Board certification in neurology with special qualification in child
neurology (11/06)
Illinois state medical license
Postgraduate Education
2005 - 2006 Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital
2002 - 2005 Pediatric Neurology Residency
New England Medical Center/ Floating Hospital for Children
2000 - 2002 General Pediatrics Residency
University Hospitals of Cleveland/ Rainbow Babies' and
Children's Hospital
Education
1996 - 2000 University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts
M.D. June 2000
1991 - 1995 Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine
B.A. June 1995, Neuroscience, Magna Cum Laude
Staff Positions
2006 - present Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Rush University Medical Center
2006 - present Attending Staff Physician
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Publications
Romero CE, Baron JD, Knox AP, Hinchey JA, Ropper AH. Barbiturate withdrawal
following internet purchase of Fioricet [Observation]. Archives of
Neurology. 61(7), 1111-2.
Davis ID, Baron J, O'Riordan MA, Rosen CL. Sleep disturbances in pediatric
dialysis patients. Pediatric Nephrology 20(1), 69-75.
Schwartz AR, O'Donnell CP, Baron JD, Schubert N, Alam D, Samadi SD, Smith
PL. The hypotonic upper airway in obstructive sleep apnea: Role of
structure and neuromuscular activity. American Journal of Respiratory and
Critical Care Medicine 157, 1051-1057.
Kurylo DD, Allan WC, Collins TE, Baron J. Perceptual organization based
upon spatial relationships in Alzheimer's disease. Behavioural Neurology
14(1-2), 19-28.
Abstracts
The prevalence of sleep disorders in children with epilepsy. Baron J, Levy
R, Ostrander B, Ray C. Presented at the annual meeting of the American
Epilepsy Society, 2010.
Sleep disturbances in pediatric dialysis patients. Davis I, Baron J,
O'Riordan M, Rosen CL.
Presented at the 15th Annual Symposium on Pediatric Dialysis, Feb 10, 2004.
Book Chapters
Baron JD, D'Ambrosio C: Recurrent and Post-Traumatic Hypersomnia. In
Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook, Wiley-Liss, 2005.
Formal Education (sample)
"CLIPP case reviews in pediatric neurology" medical student lecture. Bi-
monthly to monthly.
"Seizures and Epilepsy." Stroger Hospital of Cook County Morning Lecture
(yearly).
"The Hypotonic Infant." Rush Medical Center Noon Lecture (yearly).
"Status Epilepticus." Rush Medical Center Noon Lecture (yearly).
"Neurocutaneous Disorders." Rush Medical Center Noon Lecture (yearly).
Invited Lectures
"Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy." Rush Medical Center Neurology Grand
Rounds, September 7, 2010.
"Epilepsy and Sleep: An Exploration of an Intricate Connection." Rush
Medical Center Neurology Grand Rounds, August 5, 2008.
"The Ketogenic Diet: The Bacon and Butter of Neurology." Rush Medical
Center - Stroger Hospital of Cook County Combined Pediatrics Grand Rounds
September 16, 2008; St. Anthony Hospital Pediatrics Grand Rounds October
25, 2008.
Courses attended
J. Kiffin Penry Residents Epilepsy Program. Wake Forest University Medical
School. May 19-23, 2004.
Memberships
Child Neurology Society, American Epilepsy Society
Interests
Sailing, Running, Playing guitar, Hiking