David Kimball Urion

David Kimball Urion, M.D.

Co-Chair, Ethics Advisory Committee, Boston Children's Hospital; Director of Education, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Neurology, HMS
Faculty Member of the Center for Bioethics
Member, HMS Center for Bioethics

David K. Urion, MD, FAAN is a child neurologist at Boston Children's Hospital, where he is also co-chair of the Ethics Advisory Committee. He received his MD from the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is a member of the Center for Medicine after the Holocaust, and his research engages how neuropsychiatry in Weimar and National Socialist Germany supported the Child Euthanasia and Aktion T4 Euthanasia programs and thus did much to create the mechanisms for the Holocaust. Bioethical areas of interest include limits of parental discretion and the ethical aspects of n=1 "bespoke" therapy trials. He has received the Child Neurology Society Blue Bird Circle Award as outstanding training director, and the President's award of the Chilean Society for Child and Adolescent Neurology and Psychiatry for his educational contributions to Child Neurology training in Chile.

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Ethical Challenges Confronted When Providing Nusinersen Treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
Authors: Authors: Burgart AM, Magnus D, Tabor HK, Paquette ED, Frader J, Glover JJ, Jackson BM, Harrison CH, Urion DK, Graham RJ, Brandsema JF, Feudtner C.
JAMA Pediatr
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Education on the Brain: A Partnership Between a Pediatric Primary Care Center and Neurology Residency.
Authors: Authors: Zwemer E, Bernson-Leung M, Rea C, Patel AA, Guerriero R, Urion DK, Toomey SL.
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
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The Child Neurology Trainee-as-Teacher: A Clinical Teaching Curriculum Tailored to Learners' Needs and Developmental Roles.
Authors: Authors: Bernson-Leung ME, Urion DK.
Pediatr Neurol
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Defining Hand Stereotypies in Rett Syndrome: A Movement Disorders Perspective.
Authors: Authors: Dy ME, Waugh JL, Sharma N, O'Leary H, Kapur K, D'Gama AM, Sahin M, Urion DK, Kaufmann WE.
Pediatr Neurol
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Neurologic Evaluation in Children With Laryngeal Cleft.
Authors: Authors: Walker RD, Irace AL, Kenna MA, Urion DK, Rahbar R.
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
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Clinical heterogeneity associated with KCNA1 mutations include cataplexy and nonataxic presentations.
Authors: Authors: Brownstein CA, Beggs AH, Rodan L, Shi J, Towne MC, Pelletier R, Cao S, Rosenberg PA, Urion DK, Picker J, Tan WH, Agrawal PB.
Neurogenetics
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Evaluation and Management of Chronic Aspiration in Children With Normal Upper Airway Anatomy.
Authors: Authors: Adil E, Al Shemari H, Kacprowicz A, Perez J, Larson K, Hernandez K, Kawai K, Cowenhoven J, Urion D, Rahbar R.
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
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MRI in assessing children with learning disability, focal findings, and reduced automaticity.
Authors: Authors: Urion DK, Huff HV, Carullo MP.
Neurology
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Increased pediatric functional neurological symptom disorders after the Boston marathon bombings: a case series.
Authors: Authors: Guerriero RM, Pier DB, de Gusmão CM, Bernson-Leung ME, Maski KP, Urion DK, Waugh JL.
Pediatr Neurol
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Functional neurological symptom disorders in a pediatric emergency room: diagnostic accuracy, features, and outcome.
Authors: Authors: de Gusmão CM, Guerriero RM, Bernson-Leung ME, Pier D, Ibeziako PI, Bujoreanu S, Maski KP, Urion DK, Waugh JL.
Pediatr Neurol
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