Jillian Lee Mckee, MD

Pediatric Neurology
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees newborns through age 18
CHOP Specialty Care, Lancaster

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Chicago
  • Residency: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

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.
Dr. Mckee is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

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, Son Rigby C, 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 , Epilepsia: 2026


Felix AJ, Brown BL, Marotta N, Gessner MJ, Houserova M, Huerta-Ocampo I, Wilson T, Randell R, Dawicki-McKenna JM, Reinhardt D, Uchida K, McSalley I, McKee JL, Helbig I, Boland MJ, Davidson BL, Prosser BL. Translatable electrophysiological and behavioral abnormalities in a humanized model of SYNGAP1-disorder , Mol Psychiatry: 2026


Smith L, Bonkowski E, Prentice A, Cohen S, Lusk L, Parthasarathy S, Burns B, Butler E, Chen Y, Dady K, Dugger S, Ing A, Lassiter R, Lewis-Smith D, Mulhern M, Nguyen JNH, Olival J, Sajan SA, Thompson CH, George AL Jr, Wagnon J, Yergert K, Magielski JH, McKee JL, Riggs E, Wiltrout K, Poduri A, Helbig I, Mefford HC. ACMG/AMP variant classification specifications from the ClinGen Epilepsy Sodium Channel Variant Curation Expert Panel , Genet Med: 2026


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


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


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


McKee JL, Kaufman MC, Gonzalez AK, Fitzgerald MP, Massey SL, Fung F, Kessler SK, Witzman S, Abend NS, Helbig I. Leveraging electronic medical record-embedded standardised electroencephalogram reporting to develop neonatal seizure prediction models: a retrospective cohort study , Lancet Digit Health, 5(4): 2023,e217-e226


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 : 2026


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


Galer, Peter D., Parthasarathy, Shridhar, Xian, Julie, McKee, Jillian L., Ruggiero, Sarah M., Ganesan, Shiva, Lewis-Smith, David, Kaufman, Michael C., Cohen, Stacey R., Haag, Scott, Gonzalez, Alexander K., Wilmarth, Olivia, Ellis, Colin A., Litt, Brian, Helbig, Ingo Clinical signatures of genetic epilepsy precede diagnosis in electronic medical records of 32,000 individuals , Genetics in Medicine, 26(11): 2024