Michelle Demos

MD, FRCPC

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Clinician, Pediatric Neurology and Neurogenetics, BC Children’s Hospital

Epilepsy is one of the most common serious neurological disorders occurring in childhood. Genetic factors have been shown to play an important role in many epilepsy disorders. My research involves the collaboration of other clinicians and researchers from Neurology and Medical Genetics at BC Children's Hospital. The main focus involves studying the different genetic causes of pediatric epilepsy including familial forms of epilepsy and genomic imbalances associated with epilepsy. This research aims to improve diagnosis and treatment of children with genetic forms of epilepsy. Another focus includes identifying clinical features and genetic causes of rare pediatric neurogenetic disorders.