Saima Naeem Kayani, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
Saima Kayani, M.D., is a pediatric neurologist with special training in medical genetics at Children's Health℠. She is an Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Kayani earned her medical degree at King Edward Medical University, Pakistan and completed her residency at UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center in medical genetics and child neurology. She is board certified in pediatrics and neurology.
Dr. Kayani is passionate about helping children with rare disorders and finding better ways to treat these children.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- King Edward Medical College, Lahore (2002)
- Residency
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2012), Pediatric Neurology
Scott and White Hospital/Texas A&M University GME (2009), Pediatrics - Fellowship
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2014), Medical Genetics
- Board Certification
- American Board of Psy&Neurology/Child Neurology
Conditions
- Ataxia
- Bells palsy
- Brain abscess
- Cerebral palsy (CP) in children
- Concussion
- Developmental delays
- Dystonia
- Head Trauma
- Headache
- Hypotonia (floppy muscle syndrome)
- Malformations of cortical development (MCD)
- Microcephaly
- Migraines
- Muscle weakness
- Myoclonus
- Neuronal migration disorders (NMDs)
- Tic disorders
- Tourette syndrome (TS)
- Tremors
- Ventriculomegaly
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- The role of intravenous levetiracetam in management of status epilepticus
- Triheptanoin in glucose trans 1-D mice
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Publications
Publications
- The safety and tolerability of newer antiepileptic drugs in children and adolescents. Kayani S, Sirsi D Journal of central nervous system disease 2012 4 51-63
- Role of intravenous levetiracetam in acute seizure management of children. Kirmani BF, Crisp ED, Kayani S, Rajab H Pediatric neurology 2009 Jul 41 1 37-9
Books
- A Neurologic and Psychiatric Gene Map. In Rosenberg R, Pascual J, eds. Rosenberg's Molecular and Genetic Basis of Neurological and Psychiatric Disease. 5th ed. Kayani SN, Wilson KS, Rosenberg RN. (2014). Academic Press.
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Neurology (2015)
- Child Neurology Society (2015)