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Biographical Sketch
Gerald Erenberg, MD, is a Staff Member in Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital Section of Child Neurology.
Dr. Erenberg is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners; the American Board of Pediatrics; and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with special competence in Child Neurology. He completed his undergraduate degree at University of Illinois and earned his medical degree from University of Illinois College of Medicine. His post-graduate training includes a pediatric internship and residency at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago and a pediatric neurology fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY, where he received a National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness Special Fellow award.
Dr. Erenberg is a member of several professional organizations. He is Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, as well as member of the Child Neurology Society.
Dr. Erenberg has secured a number of research grants over the years to study conditions such as seizures, Tourette syndrome, ADHD, and migraines, as well as drug effects on these and other conditions. He has published multiple research articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as having contributed abstracts and presentations at a number of professional association meetings.
His special interest has been in improving the health and wellbeing of children with Tourette syndrome. He has worked closely with the Tourette Syndrome Association, and he was Chairman of the Association's Medical Advisory Board for over a decade. He continues to see many children with Tourette syndrome, and he has been actively investigating the optimal medical treatment for this complex disorder.
Specialty Interests
developmental and learning disorders, pediatric neurology, Tourette's Syndrome, attention deficit disorders
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