Jillian McKee, MD, PhD

 

Jillian McKee, MD, PhD is an epilepsy neurogenetics fellow at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She completed her undergraduate studies at McGill University in physiology, before moving to the University of Chicago for her medical education and graduate studies in computational neuroscience. She completed residency in pediatrics and child neurology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. McKee’s research interests include applying machine learning techniques to electronic medical data to delineate novel disease trajectories and develop seizure prediction models to guide the care of neonates and children with epilepsy. Additional clinical and research interests include SYNGAP1-related neurodevelopmental disorder and data-driven approaches to identifying candidates for epilepsy surgery.