Bradley Schlaggar, MD, PhD
Pediatric Neurologist
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- Specializes in hemiplegic cerebral palsy -- CP involving the arm and leg on one side of the body -- and in understanding the outcome and causes of pediatric stroke.
- Dr. Schlaggar also specializes in cognitive disorders, Tourette's Syndrome and language impairment.
- Leads youth anti-tobacco efforts at the hospital and at Washington University School of Medicine.
- Actively involved in research using functional imaging to understand the development of language and thinking in normal children and in children who have had injury to one side of the brain. The goal of Dr. Schlaggar's work is to determine how to best enhance the developing brain's natural ability to recover after injury in order to develop new treatments for children with cerebral palsy.
- Assistant Professor in the Departments of Neurology, Radiology, Anatomy & Neurobiology, and Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine.
Notable Quotes from Dr. Schlagger
Dr. Schlagger on the latest in MRI technology:
“My major objective is to make sure people know that if they have a child who has had a stroke in the perinatal period, there is help. By imaging healthy children and children who have successfully recovered from stroke, we can begin to understand how the pediatric brain responds to such trauma and hopefully help other children maximize their recovery.”