Rana Said, M.D. Professor School Medical School Department Pediatrics | Neurology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Dr. Rana Said is Director of the Pediatric Neurology Residency Program. She received her M.D. from the University of Jordan, Faculty of Medicine, in Amman, Jordan in 1995. She then completed general pediatric and pediatric neurology training at Tufts University, Floating Hospital for Children in Boston. Upon completion of her child neurology training, she did an Epilepsy Fellowship at Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard University. She stayed on for an additional year of Epilepsy Research Fellowship. Special interests are in the fields of pediatric epilepsy, infantile spasms, electrical status epilepticus of sleep, cortical malformations, epilepsy surgery, and the ketogenic diet. She also has interests in medical education and recruitment of students into the field of child neurology. Education Medical School University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine (1995) Internship Al-Basheer Hospital - Ministry of Health (1996), Pediatrics Residency Tufts Medical Center (1999), Pediatrics Residency Tufts Medical Center (2002), Child Neurology Fellowship The Children's Hospital Medical Center (2003), Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Boston's Children's Hospital (2004), Epilepsy Research Interest Epilepsy Surgery Ketogenic Diet Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy Publications Featured Publications Type II Cortical Dysplasia in Dominant Frontal Lobe Presenting as Gelastic Epilepsy. Dubey D, Thodeson D, Dowling M, Sirsi D, Arnold S, Said R Pediatr. Neurol. 2015 Jul 53 1 97-8 Predictors of Ketogenic Diet Efficacy in Children Based on the Electroencephalogram (EEG). Walker I, Said RR J. Child Neurol. 2014 Nov Epilepsy in Angelman syndrome: a questionnaire-based assessment of the natural history and current treatment options. Thibert RL, Conant KD, Braun EK, Bruno P, Said RR, Nespeca MP, Thiele EA Epilepsia 2009 Nov 50 11 2369-76 A negative cranial computed tomographic scan is not adequate to support a diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri. Said RR, Rosman NP J. Child Neurol. 2004 Aug 19 8 609-13 Results 1-4 of 4 1 Honors & Awards Outstanding Teacher AwardUT Southwestern MS-2022 Class (2019) Best Pediatric Specialists/Doctors in DallasD Magazine (2010-2011) (2013) (2015-2018) Program Director Appreciation Award for Child NeurologyUT Southwestern Medical Center (2008-2012) National EpiFellows FoundationRecipient of grant to attend NEF course and American Epilepsy Society meeting (2003) TOPScholar Epilepsy FoundationRecipient of grant to attend American Epilepsy Society Meeting (2002) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Neurology American Academy of Pediatrics American Epilepsy Society Child Neurology Society
