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Chris Espinoza

Chris Espinoza, MD

Languages spoken: Spanish

Clinical Locations

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services Building

801-662-1000
  • Dr. Espinoza was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and obtained his medical degree at Texas A&M College of Medicine. He completed his Pediatric Neurology residency at the University of Utah school of Medicine. He then continued his training at the U of U with a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology, where he focused on additional diagnostic evaluation and management of pediatric epilepsy and neuromuscular disorders. With this training he is qualified to manage all aspects of epilepsy care including diagnostic evaluation, medication management, non-medication alternatives including ketogenic diet/neurostimulator devices, and epilepsy surgery planning. Additionally, he is able to perform nerve conduction studies and electromyograms (NCS/EMG's) for evaluation and management of pediatric neuromuscular disorders. Dr. Espinoza's clinical and research interests include epilepsy and neuromuscular disorders.

    Board Certification

    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Special Qualification in Child Neurology)
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Sub: Clinical Neurophysiology)
  • Dr. Espinoza was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and obtained his medical degree at Texas A&M College of Medicine. He completed his Pediatric Neurology residency at the University of Utah school of Medicine. He then continued his training at the U of U with a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology, where he focused on additional diagnostic evaluation and management of pediatric epilepsy and neuromuscular disorders. With this training he is qualified to manage all aspects of epilepsy care including diagnostic evaluation, medication management, non-medication alternatives including ketogenic diet/neurostimulator devices, and epilepsy surgery planning. Additionally, he is able to perform nerve conduction studies and electromyograms (NCS/EMG's) for evaluation and management of pediatric neuromuscular disorders. Dr. Espinoza's clinical and research interests include epilepsy and neuromuscular disorders.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Academic Divisions Neurology
    Board Certification
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Special Qualification in Child Neurology)
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Sub: Clinical Neurophysiology)

    Education history

    Fellowship Clinical Neurophysiology - University of Utah Fellow
    Child Neurology - University of Utah Resident

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. McKnight D, Morales A, Hatchell KE, Bristow SL, Bonkowsky JL, Perry MS, Berg AT, Borlot F, Esplin ED, Moretz C, Angione K, Ros-Pohl L, Nussbaum RL, Aradhya S, ELEVIATE Consortium, Haldeman-Englert CR, Levy RJ, Parachuri VG, Lay-Son G, de Montellano DJD, Ramirez-Garcia MA, Bentez Alonso EO, Ziobro J, Chirita-Emandi A, Felix TM, Kulasa-Luke D, Megarbane A, Karkare S, Chagnon SL, Humberson JB, Assaf MJ, Silva S, Zarroli K, Boyarchuk O, Nelson GR, Palmquist R, Hammond KC, Hwang ST, Boutlier SB, Nolan M, Batley KY, Chavda D, Reyes-Silva CA, Miroshnikov O, Zuccarelli B, Amlie-Wolf L, Wheless JW, Seinfeld S, Kanhangad M, Freeman JL, Monroy-Santoyo S, Rodriguez-Vazquez N, Ryan MM, Machie M, Guerra P, Hassan MJ, Candee MS, Bupp CP, Park KL, Muller E 2nd, Lupo P, Pedersen RC, Arain AM, Murphy A, Schatz K, Mu W, Kalika PM, Plaza L, Kellogg MA, Lora EG, Carson RP, Svystilnyk V, Venegas V, Luke RR, Jiang H, Stetsenko T, Dueas-Roque MM, Trasmonte J, Burke RJ, Hurst ACE, Smith DM, Massingham LJ, Pisani L, Costin CE, Ostrander B, Filloux FM, Ananth AL, Mohamed IS, Nechai A, Dao JM, Fahey MC, Aliu E, Falchek S, Press CA, Treat L, Eschbach K, Starks A, Kammeyer R, Bear JJ, Jacobson M, Chernuha V, Meibos B, Wong K, Sweney MT, Espinoza AC, Van Orman CB, Weinstock A, Kumar A, Soler-Alfonso C, Nolan DA, Raza M, Rojas Carrion MD, Chari G, Marsh ED, Shiloh-Malawsky Y, Parikh S, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Fulton S, Sogawa Y, Burns K, Malets M, Montiel Blanco JD, Habela CW, Wilson CA, Guzmn GG, Pavliuk M (2022). Genetic Testing to Inform Epilepsy Treatment Management From an International Study of Clinical Practice. JAMA Neurol, 79(12), 1267-1276. (Read full article)
    2. Espinoza AC, Wright MA, Candee MS, Trandafir C, Nelson GR (2021). Child Neurology: Late-Onset Vitamin B(6)-Dependent Epilepsy Identified by Rapid Genome Sequencing. Neurology, 96(19), 911-914. (Read full article)
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