Deborah Hirtz, M.D.

Dr. Deborah Hirtz is a Program Director for Clinical Trials and Studies. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago and medical degree at Hahnemann Medical College. She is board-certified in Pediatrics and Neurology, and trained in pediatrics and neurology at the Children's Hospital Medical Center and George Washington University in Washington, DC. Since that time, she has been at NINDS, and has also been a clinical consultant in Child Neurology for the Montgomery County Health Department and the National Children's Center. Her interests include clinical trials, seizure disorders in children, autism and other developmental disorders, cerebral palsy, other neurological disorders of infants and children, and optical imaging.