Uzma Sharif, MD, is a pediatric neurologist with the Division of Neurology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She specializes in treating children with epilepsy and structural brain abnormalities.
It’s important to Dr. Sharif that families come away from their visits to CHOP knowing their children are receiving excellent care.
“We do our very best to help your child and each child is as precious to us as the next,” she says.
As a medical student, Dr. Sharif became intrigued by the developing fetal brain and the ways a child’s brain continues to evolve with developmental milestones. During her medical rotations, Dr. Sharif grew enthusiastic about helping children after seeing how various factors can negatively affect brain development.
She is encouraged by progress in diagnosing and treating epilepsy. “Things have changed quite a bit even from my residency days and I am excited to be learning every day,” she says.
MBBS - Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Child Neurology - Tufts University/Floating Hospital for Children, Boston, MA
Pediatrics - Tufts University/Floating Hospital for Children, Boston, MA
Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Child Neurology – American Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyEpilepsy – American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Attending Physician
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology
*T. Gross Kelly, U. Sharif, J. Southern, H. Segall. An Unusual Case of Hydranencephaly Presenting with an Anterior Midline Cyst, a Posterior Calcified Mass, Cerebellar Hypoplasia and Occlusion of the Posterior Cerebral Arteries. Pediatric Radiology. Nov 2010. Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 274-277 PubMed: 21104240
N. P. Rosman, Douglass LM, U. Sharif, Paolini J. The Neurology of Benign Paroxysmal Torticollis of Infancy: Report of 10 New Cases and Review of the Literature. J Child Neurol. 2009 Feb;24(2):155-60. PubMed: 19182151
R.R. Clancy, U.Sharif, R.Ichord, J.W.Gaynor, T.L. Spray, S.Nicholson, S.Tabbutt, G.Wernovsky. Electrographic Neonatal Seizures After Newborn Heart Surgery. Epilepsia. 2005. Jan;46(1):84-90. PMID: 15660772
Hayflick SJ, Penzien JM, Michl W, Sharif U.M, Rosman NP, Wheeler PG. Cranial MRI changes may precede symptoms in Hallervorden-Spatz Syndrome. Pediatr Neurol. 2001. Aug;25 (2):166-9. PMID: 11551748
Sharif U.M, Kuban K.C.K. Prenatal intracranial hemorrhage and neurological complications in alloimmune thrombocytopenia. J Child Neurol. 2001. Nov;16(11):838-42. PMID: 11732770
Sindrome De Alstrom: Cilioapatia Asociada a epilepsia. C.B. Aguilar, M. Goldenthal, D.S Khurana, K.S Carvalho, I Valencia, D.M Hasbani, M. Schneider, U Sharif, A Legido.
Perampanel and Brivaracetam: Efficacy and safety in Pediatric Refractory Epilepsy. D.S Khurana, K.S Carvalho, I Valencia, D.M Hasbani, U Sharif, A Legido. International Child Neurology Society Association. Nov 15-18, Mumbai, India
Sharif U. “Common Neurological Problems in Childhood”. Johnson and Wales Physician Assistant program, Neurology Module. Providence, RI. Mar 27th, 2017.
2014 - Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar, Association of American Medical Colleges
2006 - Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar, Association of American Medical Colleges
1990, Honors in Ophthalmology, University of Karachi
2011-present, Ad hoc reviewer reviewer, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
2009-present, Ad hoc reviewer reviewer, Pediatric Neurology
2009-present, American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
2003-present, American Epilepsy Society (AES)
2008-present, Pediatric Content Committee AES