Email

danielle.takacs@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Department of Pediatrics and Neurology
Neurophysiology and Epilepsy
Baylor College of Medicine
HOUSTON, Texas United States

Education

MD from University of Texas Medical Branch

05/2014 - Galveston, Texas United States

Medicine

BA from University of Saint Thomas

05/2015 - Houston, Texas USA

Chemistry

Certifications

Assistant Professor

Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Neurology Neurophysiology and Epilepsy

Professional Interests

• Clinical Neurophysiology
• Neuromuscular Disease
• General Pediatric Neurology
• Epilepsy
• Infantile/Epileptic Spasms
• Neonatal Seizures

Professional Statement

Education and Training
M.D. - University of Texas Medical Branch
Pediatric Residency - Baylor College of Medicine
Child Neurology Residency/Fellowship - Baylor College of Medicine
Clinical Neurophysiology - Baylor College of Medicine

Research/Clinical Interests:
General pediatric neurology with special interest in neurophysiology and epilepsy


Career Plans:
Academic and Clinical Medicine

Selected Publications

• "Takacs DS, Mizrahi EM. Metabolic Causes of Neonatal Seizures: A Practical Approach to Treatable Causes. Practical Neurology. March/April 2020: 59-62.." ;

Projects

Autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy following herpes simplex virus encephalitis in a pediatric patient

Child Neurology Society meeting - October 2018

Chicago, IL

Isolated ophthalmoplegia as presenting sign of pediatric Wernicke Encephalopathy

American Academy of Neurology Meeting - April 2018

Los Angeles, CA

Effect of Early Postnatal Environment on Developmental Programming of Vascular Reactivity in a Mouse Model of Hyperlipidemia

UTMB, NIDDK, NIH (10/2012 - 04/2013)

Galveston, Texas

Efficacy of Ketogenic Diet (KD) in a Dedicated Neurocritical Care Unit - One Year Experience and Suggestion of a Standardized approach with a comprehensive inpatient KD Team

American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting - 2019

Baltimore, MD

Genetic Etiologies of Early Onset Epileptic Encephalopathy with Burst Suppression Identified by Whole Exome Sequencing

American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting - 2018

New Orleans, LA

Clinical Presentation, Neuroimaging Features and Long-term Outcome in Neonatal Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis: A Retrospective Analysis

Child Neurology Society Annual Meeting - 2019

North Carolina

A Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Features, Neuroimaging Findings and Long-term Outcome in Pediatric Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis

Child Neurology Society Annual Meeting - 2019

North Carolina

Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics

Member (06/2014)

Gold Humanism Honor Society

Member (03/2013)

Child Neurology Society

(06/2016)

American Academy of Neurology

(06/2016)

Texas Neurological Society

(06/2018)

American Epilepsy Society

(07/2018)