Gretchen Von Allmen, MD, FACNS

Biography

Gretchen Von Allmen, MD, FACNS, is a professor of pediatrics and neurology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Dr. Von Allmen is the division chief of child and adolescent neurology as well as director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Program and holds the Geissler Distinguished Chair of West Syndrome Research. She is also the medical director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, and director of the SCN2A Pediatric Clinic at UTHealth Houston.

Dr. Von Allmen earned her medical degree at Emory University, and trained in child neurology and epilepsy at Northwestern University, University of Chicago, and Baylor College of Medicine. She is ABPN Board certified in neurology with special qualifications in child neurology and epilepsy, and she specializes in the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy in children and infants as well as epilepsy surgery. Her clinical research interests include the genetics of epilepsy, brain malformations, and the use of magnetoencephalography and electroencephalography to understand epileptic networks and response to treatment.

Dr. Von Allmen’s focus of interest is in clinical and academic leadership, and sustainable growth and development of excellence in academic medical institutions. Her immediate goal is to expand the Division of Child Neurology, while working collaboratively with other divisions in the Department of Pediatrics, to form a comprehensive and cohesive group that can better serve the clinical and research-related needs of all children with neurological conditions. She seeks to be a key team player in expanding department capacity to provide excellent and comprehensive medical care for children in both the hospital and outpatient settings in the greater Houston area and across Texas.