About me
- Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Education and training
- Medical School: University of Chicago
- Residency: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
My Locations
CHOP Specialty Care, Lancaster
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Lancaster General Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Psychiatry & Neurology, Epilepsy
- Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American Epilepsy Society, National
- American Epilepsy Society, National
- Child Neurology Society, International
- ClinGen, International
- CURE Epilepsy, International
- SYNGAP1 Research Fund, International
Treatments and Conditions
My research
McKee JL, Ruggiero SM, Cunningham K, Coyne J, McSalley I, Kaufman MC, Bane B, Chisari T, Toib J, Glatts C, Tefft S, Orlando JM, Padmanabhan V, Gonzalez AK, Harrison A, Woo C, Zbikowski SA, Dhaduk R, Mercurio J, McCarthy M, Magielski JH, Grinspan Z, Abbott M, Knowles J, Chao HT, Xiong K, Berry-Kravis E, Tabarestani S, Graglia JM, Helde K, McNamar V, Rigby CS, Goss J, Demarest S, Miele A, Prosser B, Boland MJ, Pierce SR, Helbig I. A Prospective Natural History Study Protocol for Clinical Trial Readiness in Synaptic Disorders , medRxiv: 2026
Molisani SE, Kaufman MC, Tencer J, Fitzgerald M, Witzman S, Gonzalez AK, Ramos M, DiGiovine M, Kessler SK, McDonnell PP, McKee J, Melamed S, Prelack M, Tefft S, Abend NS. Medication Barriers in Pediatric Patients With Epilepsy , Pediatr Neurol, 177: 2026,140-147
Pierce SR, Orlando JM, Cunningham KG, Ruggiero SM, McKee JL, Helbig I. Reliability and Stability of Cerebral Palsy Classification Scales for Individuals with STXBP1 Related Disorders and SYNGAP1 Related Disorders , medRxiv: 2025
Galer PD, McKee JL, Ruggiero SM, Kaufman MC, McSalley I, Ganesan S, Ojemann WKS, Gonzalez AK, Cao Q, Litt B, Helbig I, Conrad EC. Quantitative EEG Spectral Features Differentiate Genetic Epilepsies and Predict Neurologic Outcomes , medrxiv (accepted to Neurology): 2025
Galer PD, McKee JL, Ruggiero SM, Kaufman MC, Ojemann WKS, McSalley I, Ganesan S, Gonzalez AK, Cao Q, Litt B, Helbig I, Conrad EC. Quantitative EEG Biomarkers in the Genetic Epilepsies and Associations With Neurologic Outcomes , Neurology, 105: 2025,e214148
Orlando JM, Bane B, Chisari T, Magielski JH, Pierce SR, Cunningham K, Woo C, Tefft S, Nolan J, Ruggiero S, Boland MJ, McKee JL, Helbig I, Prosser LA. Quantification of neuromotor control in STXBP1 -Related Disorders with wearable sensors , medRxiv: 2025
McKee JL, Magielski J, Xian J, Cohen S, Toib J, Harrison A, Chen C, Kim D, Rathod A, Brimble E, Fitter N, Graglia JM, Helde KA, Ruggiero SM, Boland MJ, Prosser BL, Sederman R, Helbig I. Clinical signatures of SYNGAP1-related disorders through data integration , Genetics in Medicine, 27(6): 2025
Mondragon E, Magielski JH, Bane B, Nolan J, Ruggiero SM, Armstrong D, Arnold S, Sirsi D, Helbig I, McKee JL. Clinical trajectories and medication response in TBC1D24-related epilepsies , Epilepsia (under review): 2025
Magielski J, Cohen S, Kaufman M, Parthasarathy S, Xian J, Brimble E, Fitter N, Furia F, Gardella E, Moller R, Helbig I, and McKee JL. Deciphering the Natural History of SCN8A-Related Disorders , Neurology, 104(9): 2025,e213533
Harrison AG, Magielski JH, McSalley I, Ganesan S, Prentice AJ, Cunningham KG, Pierce SR, Boland MJ, Prosser BL, Helbig I, McKee JL. Familial SYNGAP1 variants define the boundaries of a complex neurodevelopmental disorder with epilepsy , Epilepsia: 2025