Maria Gieron, MD

Professor, Pediatrics and Neurology

Contact Info

13101 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
2nd floor
Tampa FL 33612

Academic Email: mgieron@usf.edu

Academic Phone: (813) 974-2228

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Education

Research Interests

• Dr. Gieron's clinical and research interests are in childhood epilepsy and electrophysiology (EEG and EEG-video monitoring), as well as neuromuscular disorders and headaches.

Memberships

• member (American Epilepsy Society, 2022 - Present)
• member (The Women Physician of Hillsborough County (WPHC), 2022 - Present)
• member (USF Health Sciences Center Neuroscience Program, 2022 - Present)
• member (The Florida Society of Neurology, 2018 - Present)
• member (Child Neurology Society, 1980 - Present)

Recent Publications

• Grieco JC, Ciarlone SL, Gieron-Korthals M, Schoenberg MR, Smith AG, Philpot RM, Heussler HS, Banko JL, & Weeber EJ. An open-label pilot trial of minocycline in children as a treatment for Angelman syndrome. BMC Neurology. 14: 232, 2014.
• Dembinski K, Gieron-Korthals M, Martinez CR, & Rodriguez L. Neuromyelitis optica in child: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Case Reports in Pediatrics. 2013: 124929, 2013.
• Chang T & Gieron-Korthals M. Spinal muscular atrophy: an update. Fetal and Pediatric Pathology. 30(2) : 130-6, 2011.
• Gieron-Korthals M & Colón J. Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in infants: new challenges. Fetal and Pediatric Pathology. 24(2) : 105-20, 2005.
• Jacinto S, J, Gieron-Korthals M, Ferreira J, A. Predicting outcome in hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. Pediatric Clinic of North America. 48(3) : 647-660, 2001.

Awards/Honors

• Ranked Best Pediatric Neurologist (U.S. News and World Report - 2018)
• One of the Best Doctors in America in Child Neurology (Pediatric Neurology - 1996)