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R. Jason Coryell
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R. Jason Coryell, MD

Languages spoken: English

Specialties

Board Certification

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

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -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 Washington University in St. Louis A.B.
Graduate Training University of Cincinnati M.S.
Professional Medical Medicine - Oregon Health & Sciences University School of Medicine M.D.
Residency Pediatrics - University of Washington Resident
Residency Child Neurology - Oregon Health & Sciences University School of Medicine Resident
Fellowship Pediatric Epilepsy - Children's Hospital Colorado / University of Colorado Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Grinspan ZM, Patel AD, Shellhaas RA, Berg AT, Axeen ET, Bolton J, Clarke DF, Coryell J, Gaillard WD, Goodkin HP, Koh S, Kukla A, Mbwana JS, Morgan LA, Singhal NS, Storey MM, Yozawitz EG, Abend NS, Fitzgerald MP, Fridinger SE, Helbig I, Massey SL, Prelack MS, Buchhalter J, Pediatric Epilepsy Learning Healthcare System (2021). Design and implementation of electronic health record common data elements for pediatric epilepsy: Foundations for a learning health care system. Epilepsia, 62(1), 198-216.
  2. Klepper J, Schaper J, Raca G, Coryell J, Das S, Hayflick SJ, Voit T (2003). Progressive dystonia in a 12-year-old boy. Eur J Paediatr Neurol, 7(2), 85-8.
  3. Egan RA, Weleber RG, Hogarth P, Gregory A, Coryell J, Westaway SK, Gitschier J, Das S, Hayflick SJ (2005). Neuro-ophthalmologic and electroretinographic findings in pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (formerly Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome). Am J Ophthalmol, 140(2), 267-74.
  4. Hayflick SJ, Hartman M, Coryell J, Gitschier J, Rowley H (2006). Brain MRI in neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation with and without PANK2 mutations. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 27(6), 1230-3.
  5. Morgan NV, Westaway SK, Morton JE, Gregory A, Gissen P, Sonek S, Cangul H, Coryell J, Canham N, Nardocci N, Zorzi G, Pasha S, Rodriguez D, Desguerre I, Mubaidin A, Bertini E, Trembath RC, Simonati A, Schanen C, Johnson CA, Levinson B, Woods CG, Wilmot B, Kramer P, Gitschier J, Maher ER, Hayflick SJ (2006). PLA2G6, encoding a phospholipase A2, is mutated in neurodegenerative disorders with high brain iron. Nat Genet, 38(7), 752-4.
  6. Gregory A, Westaway SK, Holm IE, Kotzbauer PT, Hogarth P, Sonek S, Coryell JC, Nguyen TM, Nardocci N, Zorzi G, Rodriguez D, Desguerre I, Bertini E, Simonati A, Levinson B, Dias C, Barbot C, Carrilho I, Santos M, Malik I, Gitschier J, Hayflick SJ (2008). Neurodegeneration associated with genetic defects in phospholipase A(2). Neurology, 71(18), 1402-9.
  7. Berg AT, Coryell J, Saneto RP, Grinspan ZM, Alexander JJ, Kekis M, Sullivan JE, Wirrell EC, Shellhaas RA, Mytinger JR, Gaillard WD, Kossoff EH, Valencia I, Knupp KG, Wusthoff C, Keator C, Dobyns WB, Ryan N, Loddenkemper T, Chu CJ, Novotny EJ Jr, Koh S (2017). Early-Life Epilepsies and the Emerging Role of Genetic Testing. JAMA Pediatr, 171(9), 863-871.
  8. Berg AT, Chakravorty S, Koh S, Grinspan ZM, Shellhaas RA, Saneto RP, Wirrell EC, Coryell J, Chu CJ, Mytinger JR, Gaillard WD, Valencia I, Knupp KG, Loddenkemper T, Sullivan JE, Poduri A, Millichap JJ, Keator C, Wusthoff C, Ryan N, Dobyns WB, Hegde M (2018). Why West? Comparisons of clinical, genetic and molecular features of infants with and without spasms. PLoS One, 13(3), e0193599.
  9. Coryell J, Singh R, Ostendorf AP, Eisner M, Alexander A, Eschbach K, Shrey DW, Olaya J, Ciliberto MA, Karakas C, Karia S, McNamara N, Romanowski EF, Kheder A, Pradeep J, Reddy SB, McCormack MJ, Bolton J, Wolf S, McGoldrick P, Hauptman JS, Samanta D, Tatachar P, Sullivan J, Auguste K, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Marashly A, Depositario-Cabacar DF, Wong-Kisiel LC, Perry S (2023). Epilepsy surgery in children with genetic etiologies: A prospective evaluation of current practices and outcomes. Seizure, 113, 6-12.
  10. Kruer MC, Hoeftberger R, Lim KY, Coryell JC, Svoboda MD, Woltjer RL, Dalmau J (2014). Aggressive course in encephalitis with opsoclonus, ataxia, chorea, and seizures: the first pediatric case of ¿-aminobutyric acid type B receptor autoimmunity. JAMA Neurol, 71(5), 620-3.
  11. Hansen D, Shandley S, Olaya J, Hauptman J, Auguste K, Ostendorf AP, Depositario-Cabacar DF, Wong-Kisiel LC, Reddy SB, McCormack MJ, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Sullivan J, Pradeep J, Singh RK, Romanowski EF, McNamara NA, Ciliberto MA, Tatachar P, Shrey DW, Karakas C, Karia S, Kheder A, Gedela S, Alexander A, Eschbach K, Bolton J, Marashly A, Wolf S, McGoldrick P, Nangia S, Grinspan Z, Coryell J, Samanta D, Armstrong D, Perry MS (2024). A multi-center comparison of surgical techniques for corpus Callosotomy in pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy. Epilepsia, 65(2), 422-429.
  12. Wagner JL, Hirschberger R, DesMarteau J, Wolfe-Christensen C, Gaston G, Joshi S, Patel AD, Sweeney M, Jridi A, Ou Z, Singhal N, Coryell J (2025). Behavioral health resources among US pediatric epilepsy centers.(Epub ahead of print) Epilepsy Behav, 171, 110632.
  13. Jeno M, Zimmerman MB, Shandley S, Wong-Kisiel L, Singh RK, McNamara N, Fedak Romanowski E, Grinspan ZM, Eschbach K, Alexander A, McGoldrick P, Wolf S, Nangia S, Bolton J, Olaya J, Shrey DW, Karia S, Karakas C, Tatachar P, Ostendorf AP, Gedela S, Javarayee P, Reddy S, Manuel CM, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Sullivan J, Coryell J, Depositario-Cabacar DFT, Hauptman JS, Samanta D, Armstrong D, Perry MS, Marashly A, Ciliberto M (2024). Pediatric Palliative Epilepsy Surgery: A Report From the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium (PERC) Surgery Database. Pediatr Neurol, 157, 70-78.
  14. Barbour K, Hussain SA, Knupp KG, Berg AT, Chu CJ, Coryell J, Sánchez Fernández I, Gaillard WD, Harini C, Keator CG, Loddenkemper T, Mitchell WG, Mytinger JR, Nordli DR, Patel AD, Shellhaas RA, Singhal NS, Valencia I, Wirrell EC, Wusthoff CJ, Yozawitz EG, Grinspan ZM (2025). Comparative effectiveness of second-line treatments for epileptic spasms.(Epub ahead of print). Epilepsia.
  15. Knupp KG, Coryell J, Nickels KC, Ryan N, Leister E, Loddenkemper T, Grinspan Z, Hartman AL, Kossoff EH, Gaillard WD, Mytinger JR, Joshi S, Shellhaas RA, Sullivan J, Dlugos D, Hamikawa L, Berg AT, Millichap J, Nordli DR Jr, Wirrell E, Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium (2016). Response to treatment in a prospective national infantile spasms cohort. Ann Neurol, 79(3), 475-84.
  16. Knupp KG, Leister E, Coryell J, Nickels KC, Ryan N, Juarez-Colunga E, Gaillard WD, Mytinger JR, Berg AT, Millichap J, Nordli DR Jr, Joshi S, Shellhaas RA, Loddenkemper T, Dlugos D, Wirrell E, Sullivan J, Hartman AL, Kossoff EH, Grinspan ZM, Hamikawa L, Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium (2016). Response to second treatment after initial failed treatment in a multicenter prospective infantile spasms cohort. Epilepsia, 57(11), 1834-1842.
  17. Knupp KG, Coryell J, Singh RK, Gaillard WD, Shellhaas RA, Koh S, Mitchell WG, Harini C, Millichap JJ, May A, Dlugos D, Nickels K, Mytinger JR, Keator C, Yozawitz E, Singhal N, Lockrow J, Thomas JF, Juarez-Colunga E (2022). Comparison of Cosyntropin, Vigabatrin, and Combination Therapy in New-Onset Infantile Spasms in a Prospective Randomized Trial. J Child Neurol, 37(3), 186-193.
  18. Shellhaas RA, Berg AT, Grinspan ZM, Wusthoff CJ, Millichap JJ, Loddenkemper T, Coryell J, Saneto RP, Chu CJ, Joshi SM, Sullivan JE, Knupp KG, Kossoff EH, Keator C, Wirrell EC, Mytinger JR, Valencia I, Massey S, Gaillard WD (2017). Initial Treatment for Nonsyndromic Early-Life Epilepsy: An Unexpected Consensus. Pediatr Neurol, 75, 73-79.
  19. Grinspan ZM, Knupp KG, Patel AD, Yozawitz EG, Wusthoff CJ, Wirrell EC, Valencia I, Singhal NS, Nordli DR, Mytinger JR, Mitchell WG, Keator CG, Loddenkemper T, Hussain SA, Harini C, Gaillard WD, Fernandez IS, Coryell J, Chu CJ, Berg AT, Shellhaas RA (2021). Comparative Effectiveness of Initial Treatment for Infantile Spasms in a Contemporary US Cohort. Neurology, 97(12), e1217-e1228.
  20. Perry MS, Shandley S, Perelman M, Singh RK, Wong-Kisiel L, Sullivan J, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Romanowski EF, McNamara NA, Marashly A, Ostendorf AP, Alexander A, Eschbach K, Bolton J, Wolf S, McGoldrick P, Depositario-Cabacar DF, Ciliberto MA, Gedela S, Sannagowdara K, Karia S, Shrey DW, Tatachar P, Nangia S, Grinspan Z, Reddy SB, Shital P, Coryell J (2022). Surgical evaluation in children 3 years of age with drug-resistant epilepsy: Patient characteristics, diagnostic utilization, and potential for treatment delays. Epilepsia, 63(1), 96-107.
  21. Grinspan ZM, Shellhaas RA, Coryell J, Sullivan JE, Wirrell EC, Mytinger JR, Gaillard WD, Kossoff EH, Valencia I, Knupp KG, Wusthoff C, Keator C, Ryan N, Loddenkemper T, Chu CJ, Novotny EJ Jr, Millichap J, Berg AT (2018). Comparative Effectiveness of Levetiracetam vs Phenobarbital for Infantile Epilepsy. JAMA Pediatr, 172(4), 352-360.
  22. Butler KM, Moody OA, Schuler E, Coryell J, Alexander JJ, Jenkins A, Escayg A (2018). De novo variants in GABRA2 and GABRA5 alter receptor function and contribute to early-onset epilepsy. Brain, 141(8), 2392-2405.
  23. Berg AT, Wusthoff C, Shellhaas RA, Loddenkemper T, Grinspan ZM, Saneto RP, Knupp KG, Patel A, Sullivan JE, Kossoff EH, Chu CJ, Massey S, Valencia I, Keator C, Wirrell EC, Coryell J, Millichap JJ, Gaillard WD (2019). Immediate outcomes in early life epilepsy: A contemporary account. Epilepsy Behav, 97, 44-50.
  24. Coryell J (2020). Neurologic Features with Pathogenic Copy Number Variants. Pediatr Neurol Briefs, 34, 20.
  25. Coryell J, Gaillard WD, Shellhaas RA, Grinspan ZM, Wirrell EC, Knupp KG, Wusthoff CJ, Keator C, Sullivan JE, Loddenkemper T, Patel A, Chu CJ, Massey S, Novotny EJ Jr, Saneto RP, Berg A (2018). Neuroimaging of Early Life Epilepsy. Pediatrics, 142(3),