Dr. Bertrand joined the staff at Washington University and St. Louis Children's Hospital in August of 2006, continuing to concentrate in the area of pediatric epilepsy.

Medical Training

Dr. Bertrand originates from the St. Louis area. She graduated from McKendree College in Lebanon, Il with a B.S. in biology in 1987. She graduated from Southern Il University School of Medicine in 1993, and subsequently completed a combined residency program in pediatrics and neurology at St. Louis University. She continued at St. Louis University in a neurophysiology fellowship with concentration in epilepsy before joining the faculty in 1999 as an epileptologist.

Selected Publications

Hogan RE, Wang L, Bertrand ME Wilmore LJ, Bucholz RD, Nassif SA, Csernansky JG. Predictive value of hippocampal MRI-based high-dimensional mapping in mesial temporal epilepsy: preliminary findings. American Journal of Neuroradiology. In press.

Kaiboriboon K, Bertrand ME, Osman M, Hogan RE. Quantitative analysis of temporal lobe epilepsy using composite SISCOM. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2005;46:38-43.

Horan RE, Wang L, Bertand ME, Willmore LJ, Bucholz RD, Nassif Sam Csernansky JG. MRI-based high dimensional hippocampal mapping in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Brain. 2004;127:1731-1740.

Leira EC, Bertrand ME, Hogan RE, Cruz-Flores S, Wyrwich KW, Albaker OJ, Holzemer EM. Continuous or emergent EEG: can bedside caregivers recognize epileptiform discharges? Intensive Care Medicine. 2004:30:207-212.

Gondim FA, Leira EC, Bertrand ME. Video electroencephalogram monitoring during paroxysmal upside down reversal of vision. Journal of Neurophthalmology. 2003;23(2):180.

Kaiboriboon K, Cwach H, Choudhuri I, Bertrand M, Horan R. Shape analysis of hippocampal surface structure in limbic encephalitis presenting with status epilepticus. Epilepsia. 2000;41(Supl 7):64-65.

Hogan RE, Bertrand ME, Deaton Rl, sommerville KW. Total percentage body weight changes during add-on therapy with tiagabine, carbamazepine and phenytoin. Epilepsy research. 2000; 41:23-28.

Hogan RE, Mark Ke, Wang L, Joshi S, Miller MI, Bertand mE, Bucholz RD. MR imaging deformation-based segmentation of the hippocampus in patients with mesial temporal sclerosis and temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy. 1999: (supl 7): 192.