Lauren A. Beslow, MD, MSCE, FAHA

Medical School

MD - Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

Internship

Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Residency

Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatric Stroke - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Neurology - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Graduate Degree

MS in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Papers

2015

Smith D.M., Vossough A., Vorona G.A., Beslow L.A., Ichord R.N., Licht D.J. Pediatric cavernous sinus thrombosis: a case series and review of the literature. Neurology 2015;85(9):763-769.

Urday S., Beslow L.A., Goldstein D.W., Vashkevich A., Ayres A.M., Battey T.W.K., Selim M.H. Kimberly W.T., Rosand J., Sheth K.N. Measurement of peri-hematomal edema in intracerebral hemorrhage. Stroke 2015;46(4):1116-1119.

Smith S.E., Vargas G., Cucchiara A.J., Zelonis S.J. Beslow L.A. Hemiparesis and epilepsy are associated with worse reported health status following unilateral stroke in children. Pediatric Neurology 2015;52(4):428-434. NIHMS 717641

Adil M.M., Qureshi A.I., Beslow L.A., Malik A.A., Jordan L.C. Factors associated with increased in-hospital mortality among children with intracerebral hemorrhage. Journal of Child Neurology 2015;30(8):1024-1028.

Sultan S.M., Beslow L.A., Vossough A., Elkind M.S.V., Kasner S.E. Mirsky D.M. Licht D.J. Ichord R.N. Predictive validity of severity grading for cerebral steno-occlusive arteriopathy in recurrent childhood ischemic stroke. International Journal of Stroke 2015;10(2):213-218.

Sinclair A.J., Fox C.K., Ichord R.N., Almond C.S. ,  Bernard T.J., Beslow L.A. , Chang A.K.C., Cheungh M., deVeber G., Dowling M.M., Friedman N., Giglia T.M., Guilliams K.P., Humpl T., Licht D.J., Mackay M.T.,  Jordan L.C. Stroke in children with cardiac disease: report from the International Pediatric Stroke Study group symposium. Pediatric Neurology 2015;52(1):5-15.

2014

Lin K.Y., Basavaraj K., Witmer, C.M., Beslow L.A., Licht D.J., Ichord R.N., Kaufman B.D. Thrombotic events in critically ill children with myocarditis. Cardiology in the Young 2014;24(5):840-847. NIHMS 511445

Bernard T.J., Rivkin M.J., Scholtz K., deVeber G., Kirton A., Gill J.C., Chan A.K., Hovinga C.A., Ichord R.N., Grotta J., Jordan L.C., Benedict S., Friedman N.R., Dowling M.M., Elbers J., Torres M., Sultan S., Cummings D.D., Grabowski E., McMillan H.J., Beslow L.A., Amlie-Lefond C., on behalf of the Thrombolysis in Pediatric Stroke Study. Emergence of the primary pediatric stroke center: impact of the thrombolysis in pediatric stroke (TIPS) trial. Stroke 2014;45(7):2018-2023.

Adil M.M., Quereshi A.I., Beslow L.A., Jordan L.C. Transient ischemic attack requiring hospitalization of children in the United States: Kids' Inpatient Database 2003-2009. Stroke 2014;45(3):887-888. NIHMS 557706

Beslow L.A., Ichord R.N., Gindville M.C., Kleinman J.T., Bastian R.A., Smith S.E., Licht D.J., Hillis A.E., Jordan L.C. Frequency of hematoma expansion after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in children. JAMA Neurology 2014;71(2):165-171. NIHMS 513431

Beslow L.A., Ichord R.N., Gindville M.C., Kleinman J.T., Engelmann K., Bastian R.A., Licht D.J., Smith S.E., Hillis A.E., Jordan L.C. The pediatric intracerebral hemorrhage Score: a simple grading scale for intracerebral hemorrhage in children. Stroke 2014;45:66-70. PMCID: PMC3910321

Bruno C.J., Beslow L.A., Witmer C.M., Vossough A., Jordan L.C., Zelonis S., Licht D.J., Ichord R.N., Smith S.E. Hemorrhagic stroke in term and late preterm neonates. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition 2014;99:F48-F53. PMCID: PMC3864979

Abstracts

2015

Urday S., Beslow L.A., Vashkevich A., Ayres A.M., Battey T.W.K., Selim M., Rosand J., Kimberly W.T., Sheth K.N..Rate of Peri-Hematomal Edema Expansion Predicts Outcome after Intracerebral Hemorrhage. American Academy of Neurology Conference 2015 (platform presentation).

Urday S., Beslow L.A., Vashkevich A., Ayres A.M., Battey T.W.K., Selim M., Rosand J., Kimberly W.T., Sheth K.N. Rate of Peri-Hematomal Edema Expansion Predicts Outcome After Intracerebral Hemorrhage. International Stroke Conference 2015.

2014

Urday S., Beslow L.A., Vashkevich A., Ayres A.M., Battey T.W.K., Selim M., Rosand J., Kimberly W.T., Sheth K.N. Rate of Peri-Hematomal Edema Expansion Predicts Mortality after Intracerebral Hemorrhage. American Neurological Association 2014.

Ichord R.N., Billinghurst L.L., Uohara M., Licht D., Beslow L.A. Incidence of epilepsy following neonatal arterial ischemic stroke: a prospective cohort study. Child Neurology Society 43rd Annual Meeting October 2014.

Billinghurst L.L., Beslow L.A., Uohara M., Licht D. Ichord R. Incidence of epilepsy following pediatric cerebral sinovenous thrombosis: a prospective cohort study. Child Neurology Society 43rd Annual Meeting October 2014.

Billinghurst L.L. Beslow L.A., Uohara M., Abend N.S., Licht D., Ichord R.N. Predictors of epilepsy after neonatal arterial ischemic stroke. Child Neurology Society 43rd Annual Meeting October 2014.

Ichord R.N., Gupta N., Uohara M.Y., Billinghurst L., Licht D.J., Beslow L.A. Incidence of epilepsy following perinatal stroke: a prospective cohort study. American Academy of Neurology 66th Annual Meeting 2014.

Urday S. Beslow L.A., Asuzu D.T., Vashkevich A., Ayres A.M., Battey T.W.K., Selim M., Rosand J., Kimberly W.T., Sheth K.N. Development of peri-hematomal edema measurements in intracerebral hemorrhage. American Academy of Neurology 66th Annual Meeting 2014.

Malik A.M., Quereshi A.I., Quereshi Z., Beslow L.A., Jordan L.C. Transient ischemic attacks requiring hospitalization of children in the United States: Kids’ Inpatient Database 2003-2009. International Stroke Conference, American Heart Association 2014.

Malik A.M., Quereshi A.I., Quereshi Z., Beslow L.A., Malik A.A., Jordan L.C. Factors associated with increased in-hospital mortality among children with intracerebral hemorrhage. International Stroke Conference, American Heart Association 2014.

Posters and Presentations

Lectures by Invitation

2015

Beslow L. Predicting Outcome after Childhood Stroke. Presented at: Columbia University Medical Center Child Neurology Conference; 2015 Jul 17; New York, NY.

Beslow L. Childhood Stroke: Outcome Predictors. Presented at: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Neurocritical Care Conference; 2015 Jun 26; Philadelphia, PA.

2014

Beslow L. The Known Unknowns of Neuroimaging Markers of Outcome after Neonatal Stroke. Presented at: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Neuroimaging Symposium; 2014 Jun 13; Philadelphia, PA.

Beslow L. Neonatal Stroke. Presented at: Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital Neonatal Practitioner Program; 2014 May 14; New Haven, CT.

Beslow L. Neonatal Ischemic Stroke: Recovery and Repair. Presented at: American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting course, Stroke in Childhood and Adolescence; 2014 Apr 28; Philadelphia, PA.

Beslow L. Childhood Stroke: Outcome Predictors and Measurement Tools. Presented at: Yale University School of Medicine Clinical Neuroscience Grand Rounds, Presented by the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery; 2014 Jan 8; New Haven, CT.