Amanda Sandoval Karamian
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Amanda Sandoval Karamian, MD

Languages spoken: English

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Sub: Epilepsy)
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Special Qualification in Child Neurology)

Patient Rating

5.0 /5
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PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER

Dr Sandoval is so kind and caring. She is willing to work with you on finding the best solutions for your child's medical care

PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER

Thank you for giving our son top level care! Dr Sandoval has moved mountains for us and we really appreciate her!

PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER

Dr Sandoval listened to all of our concerns and was very thorough explaining the plan put in place to assist [NAME REMOVED] with her Glioma.

Board Certification and Academic Information

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

Education history

Undergraduate Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology - Yale University B.S.
Professional Medical Medicine - Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California M.D.
Residency Pediatrics - Lucile Packard Children¿s Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine Resident
Residency Child Neurology, Neuroscience Scholars Research Track - Lucile Packard Children¿s Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine Resident
Residency Neurology/Child Neurology - Stanford University School of Medicine Education Chief Resident
Fellowship Pediatric Epilepsy - Children¿s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Levy RJ, Mayne EW, Sandoval Karamian AG, Iqbal M, Purington N, Ryan KR, Wusthoff CJ (2021). Evaluation of Seizure Risk in Infants After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in the Absence of Deep Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest.(Epub ahead of print) Neurocrit Care, 28, 1-9.
  2. Sandoval Karamian AG, Wusthoff CJ (2020). How Helpful Is aEEG? Context and User Experience Matter.(Epub ahead of print). Am J Perinatol.
  3. Sandoval Karamian AG, Wusthoff CJ, Boothroyd D, Yeom KW, Knowles JK (2020). Neonatal genetic epilepsies display convergent white matter microstructural abnormalities. Epilepsia, 61(12), e192-e197.
  4. Sandoval Karamian AG, Yeh AM, Wusthoff CJ (2020). Integrative Medicine in Child Neurology: What Do Physicians Know and What Do They Want to Learn? J Child Neurol, 35(10), 654-661.
  5. Santoro JD, Sandoval Karamian AG, Ruzhnikov M, Brimble E, Chadwick W, Wusthoff CJ (2021). Use of electronic medical record templates improves quality of care for patients with infantile spasms. Health Inf Manag, 50(1-2), 47-54.
  6. Russell JR, Huang J, Anand P, Kucera K, Sandoval AG, et a (2011). Biodegradation of Polyester Polyurethane by endophytic fungi. Applied and environmental microbiology, 77(17), 6076-84.
  7. Sandoval Karamian A (2019). 50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics: Occipitofrontal Head Circumference-An Accurate Measure of Intracranial Volume. The Journal of pediatrics, 211, 53.
  8. Sandoval Karamian A (2020). 50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics: Tuberous Sclerosis: From Phenotype to Genotype. The Journal of pediatrics, 225, 64.
  9. Sandoval Karamian AG, Yang QZ, Tam LT, Rao VL, Tong E, Yeom K (2022). Intracranial Hemorrhage in Term and Late-Preterm Neonates: An Institutional Perspective. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 43(10), 1494-1499.
  10. Samanta D, Bhatia S, Hunter SE, Rao CK, Xiong K, Karakas C, Reeders PC, Erdemir G, Sattar S, Axeen E, Sandoval Karamian AG, Fine AL, Keator CG, Nolan D, Schreiber JM (2025). Current and Emerging Precision Therapies for Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies. Pediatric neurology, 168, 67-81.
  11. Vilaboy T, Wong K, Tristani-Firouzi M, Sandoval Karamian AG, Palmquist R (2025). Investigating the frequency of unreported cases and laboratory correspondence practices for variants of uncertain significance in pediatric epilepsy. Epilepsia open,
  12. Shennib O, Raines O, Sandoval Karamian AG, Williams ME (2025). Evaluation of the synapse adhesion molecule Kirrel3 in neurological disease. Frontiers in neurology, 16,
  13. Briscoe C, Katayan A, Harini C, Hussain SA, Bhalla S, Singh A, Donatelli S, Sandoval Karamian AG, Samanta D, Sirsi D, Catenaccio E, Planchart Ferretto MA, Thio L, Hinter SE, Spriha P, Rao CK, Bhatia S, Erdemir G, Shrey DW, Numis AL (2025). Treatment Practices for Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome: Consensus and Variation in Major Pediatric Epilepsy Centers. . Pediatric neurology,

Review

  1. Sandoval Karamian AG, Wusthoff CJ (2021). Current and Future Uses of Continuous EEG in the NICU. [Review]. Front Pediatr, 9, 768670.
  2. Sandoval Karamian AG, Mercimek-Andrews S, Mohammad K, Molloy EJ, Chang T, Chau V, Murray DM, Wusthoff CJ, Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee. (2021). Neonatal encephalopathy: Etiologies other than hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. [Review]. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med, 26, (5), 101272.

Commentary

  1. Sandoval Karamian AG, Baumer F (2019). Growing identification of genetic aetiologies for neonatal-onset epilepsies: lessons from the Neonatal Seizure Registry. Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway, 108(1), 184.

Case Report

  1. Pavitt S, Sandoval Karamian AG, Chattree G, Klotz J, Beres S (2021). Teaching Video NeuroImages: Atypical Abnormal Eye Movements in PNPO-Related Epilepsy. Neurology, 96(14), e1927.