Scott Perry, MD

Board Member

Scott Perry is the Head of Neurosciences and Director of the Jane and John Justin Institute for Mind Health at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Ft Worth, TX, where he also serves as Director of the Genetic Epilepsy Clinic and Vice President of Faculty Development for the Cook Children’s Physician Network.

He completed his medical degree at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and general pediatrics and child neurology training at Emory University. He then completed a Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship at Nicklaus Children’s (formerly Miami Children’s Hospital) before joining Cook Children’s in 2009. His clinical and research interests include the use of epilepsy surgery for the treatment of intractable childhood epilepsy and the evaluation and treatment of genetic epilepsy syndromes. He has served as a principal investigator for numerous clinical trials leading to new therapies for childhood epilepsy and authored/co-authored over 130 papers on the subject of epilepsy published in top-tier peer-reviewed journals.

In addition to serving on the Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Foundation Board of Directors, he serves a number of other non-profit organizations focused on pediatric neurological conditions, including the Child Neurology Foundation (Board President), the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium (Past-President), and the medical advisory board of the Dravet Syndrome Foundation.

In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, collecting art, and attending live music events.

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