Matthew T. Sweney,
MD, MS
Languages Spoken: English
Dr. Sweney is a pediatric neurologist and epileptologist who focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant pediatric epilepsy. He is Medical Director of the Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Program at Primary Children’s Hospital. He is board certified in General Pediatrics, Neurology, Epilepsy, and Clinical Neurophysiology. He participates in all aspects of pediatric epilepsy care, including medication management, non-medication alternatives such as ketogenic diet and vagal nerve stimulation, as well as palliative and curative epilepsy surgery. He remains active in ongoing studies into new potential anti-seizure medications and is committed to providing advanced epilepsy care to children of the intermountain region.
Clinical Locations
Primary Children's Hospital Outpatient Services at Riverton
801-213-3599
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Pediatrics
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Associate Professor (Clinical) Neurology - Associate Professor (Clinical) |
| Academic Divisions | Pediatric Neurology |
| Board Certification | American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology (Epilepsy Monitoring) American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology (Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring) American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics) American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Special Qualification in Child Neurology) American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Sub: Epilepsy) |
Dr. Sweney is a pediatric neurologist and epileptologist who focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant pediatric epilepsy. He is Medical Director of the Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Program at Primary Children’s Hospital. He is board certified in General Pediatrics, Neurology, Epilepsy, and Clinical Neurophysiology. He participates in all aspects of pediatric epilepsy care, including medication management, non-medication alternatives such as ketogenic diet and vagal nerve stimulation, as well as palliative and curative epilepsy surgery. He remains active in ongoing studies into new potential anti-seizure medications and is committed to providing advanced epilepsy care to children of the intermountain region.
Academic Locations
Eccles Primary Children’s Outpatient Services Building
801-213-3599
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Pediatrics
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Associate Professor (Clinical) Neurology - Associate Professor (Clinical) |
| Academic Divisions | Pediatric Neurology |
| Board Certification | American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology (Epilepsy Monitoring) American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology (Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring) American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics) American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Special Qualification in Child Neurology) American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Sub: Epilepsy) |
Education History
| Fellowship | University of Utah Clinical Neurophysiology/Epilepsy Fellow |
| Fellowship | University of Utah General Child Neurology Fellow |
| Research Fellow | University of Utah Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood Research Fellow |
| Residency | University of Nebraska - Omaha Pediatrics Resident |
| Internship | University of Nebraska - Omaha Pediatrics Intern |
| Professional Medical | University of Nebraska - Omaha Medicine M.D. |
| Graduate Training | University of Minnesota Biomedical Engineering M.S. |
| Undergraduate | University of Nebraska - Lincoln Bioengineering B.S. |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Gregerson CHY, Bakian AV, Wilkes J, Knighton AJ, Nkoy F, Sweney M, Filloux FM, Bonkowsky JL (2019). Disparities in Pediatric Epilepsy Remission Are Associated With Race and Ethnicity. J Child Neurol, 34(14), 928-936.
- Afra P, Bruggers CS, Sweney M, Fagatele L, Alavi F, Greenwald M, Huntsman M, Nguyen K, Jones JK, Shantz D, Bulaj G (2018). Mobile Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) for the Treatment of Epilepsy: Development of Digital Therapeutics Comprising Behavioral and Music-Based Interventions for Neurological Disorders. Front Hum Neurosci, 12, 171.