Assoc Professor Annapurna Poduri

Associate Professor Annapurna Poduri is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Associate in Neurology at the Epilepsy Genetic Program, Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr.  Poduri received her BA in Biology from Harvard University, her MD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and her MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health.  She completed her pediatric training at Boston Children’s Hospital, child neurology residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and returned to Boston for a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at Boston Children’s Hospital.  She went on to pursue training in neurogenetics in the clinic and through a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Christopher Walsh.  Dr. Poduri began her independent research program at Boston Children’s Hospital in 2013 focusing on the genetics of epilepsy.  She has been awarded the prestigious Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award from the American Academy of Neurology and the Derek Denny-Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award from the American Neurological Association in 2015.

Professor Poduri’s profile page from Boston Children’s Hospital

Topic for Genetic Epilepsy Conference 2018:

Precision Medicine for Genetic Epilepsy – Small Steps Toward a Big Vision