Jeffrey Waugh, M.D., Ph.D. - Faculty Profile

Biography

Jeffrey Waugh, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2017.

Dr. Waugh earned his medical degree at UT Southwestern Medical School in 2007. Following a year-long internship at UT Southwestern, he completed a residency in pediatrics at UT Southwestern/Children’s Medical Center followed by a residency in pediatric neurology at Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital. In 2014, Dr. Waugh completed a fellowship in pediatric movement disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr. Waugh’s research focuses on pediatric and adult movement disorders, with an emphasis on developing methods for brain imaging in inherited neurological diseases. One recent project involves developing an imaging tool for identifying the striosome and matrix compartments in living human.

Education

Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School (2007)
Residency: UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2009), Pediatrics
Residency: Harvard Medical School/Boston Childrens Hospital (2012), Pediatric Neurology
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital (2014), Pediatric Movement Disorders

Research Interest

Publications

Featured Publications

Subtle Imaging Findings Aid the Diagnosis of Adolescent Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia and Ataxia.: Wagner F, Titelbaum DS, Engisch R, Coskun EK, Waugh JL Clin Neuroradiol 2018 Jan
De Novo Mutations in Protein Kinase Genes CAMK2A and CAMK2B Cause Intellectual Disability.: Küry S, van Woerden GM, Besnard T, Proietti Onori M, Latypova X, Towne MC, Cho MT, Prescott TE, Ploeg MA, Sanders S, Stessman HAF, Pujol A, Distel B, Robak LA, Bernstein JA, Denommé-Pichon AS, Lesca G, Sellars EA, Berg J, Carré W, Busk ØL, van Bon BWM, Waugh JL, Deardorff M, Hoganson GE, Bosanko KB, Johnson DS, Dabir T, Holla ØL, Sarkar A, Tveten K, de Bellescize J, Braathen GJ, Terhal PA, Grange DK, van Haeringen A, Lam C, Mirzaa G, Burton J, Bhoj EJ, Douglas J, Santani AB, Nesbitt AI, Helbig KL, Andrews MV, Begtrup A, Tang S, van Gassen KLI, Juusola J, Foss K, Enns GM, Moog U, Hinderhofer K, Paramasivam N, Lincoln S, Kusako BH, Lindenbaum P, Charpentier E, Nowak CB, Cherot E, Simonet T, Ruivenkamp CAL, Hahn S, Brownstein CA, Xia F, Schmitt S, Deb W, Bonneau D, Nizon M, Quinquis D, Chelly J, Rudolf G, Sanlaville D, Parent P, Gilbert-Dussardier B, Toutain A, Sutton VR, Thies J, Peart-Vissers LELM, Boisseau P, Vincent M, Grabrucker AM, Dubourg C, Tan WH, Verbeek NE, Granzow M, Santen GWE, Shendure J, Isidor B, Pasquier L, Redon R, Yang Y, State MW, Kleefstra T, Cogné B, Petrovski S, Retterer K, Eichler EE, Rosenfeld JA, Agrawal PB, Bézieau S, Odent S, Elgersma Y, Mercier S Am. J. Hum. Genet. 2017 Nov 101 5 768-788
PURA syndrome: clinical delineation and genotype-phenotype study in 32 individuals with review of published literature.: Reijnders MRF, Janowski R, Alvi M, Self JE, van Essen TJ, Vreeburg M, Rouhl RPW, Stevens SJC, Stegmann APA, Schieving J, Pfundt R, van Dijk K, Smeets E, Stumpel CTRM, Bok LA, Cobben JM, Engelen M, Mansour S, Whiteford M, Chandler KE, Douzgou S, Cooper NS, Tan EC, Foo R, Lai AHM, Rankin J, Green A, Lönnqvist T, Isohanni P, Williams S, Ruhoy I, Carvalho KS, Dowling JJ, Lev DL, Sterbova K, Lassuthova P, Neupauerová J, Waugh JL, Keros S, Clayton-Smith J, Smithson SF, Brunner HG, van Hoeckel C, Anderson M, Clowes VE, Siu VM, Ddd Study T, Selber P, Leventer RJ, Nellaker C, Niessing D, Hunt D, Baralle D J. Med. Genet. 2017 Nov
Defining Hand Stereotypies in Rett Syndrome: A Movement Disorders Perspective.: Dy ME, Waugh JL, Sharma N, O'Leary H, Kapur K, D'Gama AM, Sahin M, Urion DK, Kaufmann WE Pediatr. Neurol. 2017 Oct 75 91-95
Treatment of ADCY5-Associated Dystonia, Chorea, and Hyperkinetic Disorders With Deep Brain Stimulation: A Multicenter Case Series.: Dy ME, Chang FC, Jesus SD, Anselm I, Mahant N, Zeilman P, Rodan LH, Foote KD, Tan WH, Eskandar E, Sharma N, Okun MS, Fung VS, Waugh JL J. Child Neurol. 2016 Jul 31 8 1027-35
Benign hereditary chorea related to NKX2-1 with ataxia and dystonia.: de Gusmao CM, Kok F, Casella EB, Waugh JL Neurol Genet 2016 Feb 2 1 e40
Education in medical billing benefits both neurology trainees and academic departments.: Waugh JL Neurology 2014 Nov 83 20 1856-61
Increased pediatric functional neurological symptom disorders after the Boston marathon bombings: a case series.: Guerriero RM, Pier DB, de Gusmão CM, Bernson-Leung ME, Maski KP, Urion DK, Waugh JL Pediatr. Neurol. 2014 Nov 51 5 619-23
Functional neurological symptom disorders in a pediatric emergency room: diagnostic accuracy, features, and outcome.: de Gusmão CM, Guerriero RM, Bernson-Leung ME, Pier D, Ibeziako PI, Bujoreanu S, Maski KP, Urion DK, Waugh JL Pediatr. Neurol. 2014 Aug 51 2 233-8
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in pediatric patients: case report and literature review.: Schwenk H, Ramirez-Avila L, Sheu SH, Wuthrich C, Waugh J, Was A, Degirolami U, Burchett S, Koralnik IJ, Ahmed A Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2014 Apr 33 4 e99-105

Books

Honors & Awards

CTSA-Pilot Award
The Translational Pilot Program, part of the UTSW NIH-funded CTSA grant, is a funding mechanism for emerging investigators in the biomedical sciences (2022)
The Golden Boots Award
Selected by Child Neurology residents as the best educator of the year (2022-2023)
Early Stage Investigator Award
Awarded by the NeuroNEXT Network (2021-2022)
Chair, Practice Committee, Child Neurology Society
(2019)
Career Development Award, American Academy of Neurology
Three year award with K-level support (2018-2023)
Invited Member, Medical Economics and Management Committee, American Academy of Neurology
(2013-2020)
Member, Clinical Documentation Integrity Committee, Boston Children's Hospital
(2013-2017)
Resident Teacher of the Year, Harvard Medical School, Child Neurology
As voted by Neurology residents (2012)
Silverman Family Fellowship, Bachman-Strauss Dystonia Parkinson Foundation
(2012-2014)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Neurology (2009)
American Neuropsychiatric Association (2013)
Child Neurology Society (2009)
Collaborative Center for X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism, invited member (2014)
Functional Neurological Disorders Society (2021)
International Child Neurology Association (2016)
Movement Disorders Society (2011)