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Chris Espinoza
( out of 27 reviews )

Chris Espinoza, MD

Languages spoken: Spanish

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services

81 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113

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
  • epilepsy surgery planning

Additionally, he is able to perform nerve conduction studies and electromyograms (NCS/EMGs) 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)

Patient Rating

4.8 /5
( out of 27 reviews )

The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers. The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.


Jun 20, 2024
PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER

Dr. Espinoza is Absolutely Amazing!!!

Feb 19, 2023
EXTERNAL SITE

We really liked our new Physician for my son, Dr. Espinoza. Very kind and knowledgeable.

Feb 19, 2023
EXTERNAL SITE

We really liked our new Physician for my son, Dr. Espinoza. Very kind and knowledgeable.

Jan 07, 2023
EXTERNAL SITE

It was fine. This was our first visit and virtual due to illness. He seemed fairly neutral about any concerns we had. Willing to discuss changes in future if we pursued them.

Jan 07, 2023
EXTERNAL SITE

It was fine. This was our first visit and virtual due to illness. He seemed fairly neutral about any concerns we had. Willing to discuss changes in future if we pursued them.

Dec 26, 2022
EXTERNAL SITE

Always two many people talking and do multiple things hard for a child with Epilepsy to keep up with everything going on in the room.

Dec 26, 2022
EXTERNAL SITE

Always two many people talking and do multiple things hard for a child with Epilepsy to keep up with everything going on in the room.


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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
  • epilepsy surgery planning

Additionally, he is able to perform nerve conduction studies and electromyograms (NCS/EMGs) 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 -Assistant Professor (Clinical)
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

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Swartwood SM, Bollo RJ, Chu CJ, Geffrey AL, Richardson RM, Nariai H, Fallah A, Ahn S, Ghatan S, Chenevert L, La Vega-Talbott M, Espinoza A (2026). Real-world outcomes of responsive neurostimulation in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: A multicenter retrospective study. Epilepsia open,
  2. Reilly Philliben, Erin Willis, Olivia Kim-McManus, Deborah Holder, Jasmine Policherla, Audie C. Espinoz (2026). Responive Neurostimulation for Treatment of SCN1A-Associated Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies. Pediatric neurology,
  3. Philliben RF, Swartwood SM, Espinoza A (2025). Responsive Neurostimulation for Treatment of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in a Child With Dravet Syndrome. Journal of clinical neurophysiology,
  4. S. Swartwood MD; Robert J. Bollo, MD; Matthew T. Sweney, MD; Carey A. Wilson, MD; Amanda G. Sandoval Karamian; Harsheen Kaur, MD; Kimberly Orton, RN; Monika Baker, BS; Audie C. Espinoza, M (2024). Responsive Neurostimulation in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients with Drug-Resistant Focal, Multifocal, and Generalized Epilepsy: A Single Center Experience. . Pediatric neurology,
  5. McKnight D, Morales A, Hatchell KE, Bristow SL, Bonkowsky JL, Perry MS, Berg AT, Borlot F, Esplin ED, Moretz C, Angione K, Ríos-Pohl L, Nussbaum RL, Aradhya S, ELEVIATE Consortium, Haldeman-Englert CR, Levy RJ, Parachuri VG, Lay-Son G, de Montellano DJD, Ramirez-Garcia MA, Benítez 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, Dueñas-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, Guzmán GG, Pavliuk (2022). Genetic Testing to Inform Epilepsy Treatment Management From an International Study of Clinical Practice. JAMA neurology, 79(12), 1267-1276.
  6. Espinoza AC, Wright MA, Candee MS, Trandafir C, Nelson G (2021). Child Neurology: Late-Onset Vitamin B(6)-Dependent Epilepsy Identified by Rapid Genome Sequencing. Neurology, 96(19), 911-914.