Neurology

Specialists in the Department of Neurology see patients in the areas of adult neurology, rehabilitation, and pediatric neurology.

General adult neurology services are offered along with treatment and/or rehabilitation for stroke, spinal cord and brain injury, movement disorders, sleep problems, aging and dementia, neuromuscular and cerebrovascular disease.

Pediatric patients are seen for general neurology, stroke, movement disorders and epilepsy, in addition to neuro-rehabilitation services and epilepsy monitoring.

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Soe Soe Mar, MD, MBBS, MRCP

Specialty Areas
Pediatric Neurology
Pediatric Headache
Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis

Areas of Clinical Interest
Pediatric demyelination and white matter disease including multiple sclerosis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, other acute demyelination diseases such as leukodystrophy; also pediatric headaches, general pediatric neurology and developmental delay.

Areas of Research Interest
Effect of chronic migraine in brain function in children: Investigation using Resting State Functional Connectivity MRI (2008-2010) Funding: The McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience.
Does the migraine hurt the developing brain: Investigation using Resting State Functional Connectivity (2009-2010) Funding: National Headache Foundation

Major or Recent Publications/Awards

Honors and Awards

Best Teacher in Pediatric Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, 2007

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Mar S, Noetzel M. Axonal damage in leukodystrophies. Accepted, 2009

Mar S, Lenox J, Benzinger T, Brown S, Noetzel M. Long term prognosis of pediatric patients with relapsing acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Accepted, 2009

Chen C, Mar S, Brown S, Song S, Benzinger TL. Correlating MR diffusion parameters and neuropathology between two rare types of post-infectious encephalopathy. Accepted, 2009

Mar S, Noetzel, MJ. Gap junction protein 12: "Connexing" the pieces in the puzzle of myelination and leukodystrophy. Neurology 2008;70(10):744-745

Mar S, Dunkley C. Comparison of a dedicated children’s Seizure Clinic to mixed General Paediatric clinics. Child Care Health Dev 2005; 31(5):597-602

Mar S, Essex C. Type 2 tracheal agenesis without tracheoesophageal fistula. International Journal of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology 1997; 39:159-161

Soe Soe Mar, MD, MBBS, MRCP