Kenneth Silver, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology

A pediatric neurologist, Kenneth Silver, MD, specializes in neuromuscular disorders, cerebral palsy, neurogenetic disorders, movement disorders, headaches and epilepsy.

Dr. Silver is also an active researcher. Recent research includes investigations on alternating hemiplegia of childhood.

Practice Locations

The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital
5721 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

Center for Advanced Medicine
5758 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

Year Started Practice

1979

Board Certification

Neurology, with a special competency in pediatric neurology

Medical School

University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Residency and Fellowship

Children's Health Science Center, Winnipeg, Canada
Montreal Children's Hospital
Montreal Neurological Institute

Memberships

Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood Foundation
American Academy of Neurology
American Headache Society
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Languages Spoken

English
French

Email

ksilver@peds.bsd.uchicago.edu

Office Phone

(773) 702-6487

Office Fax

(773) 702-4786

Office Postal Address
Kenneth Silver, MD
The University of Chicago Medicine
5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 3055
Chicago, IL 60637

Clinical Interests

• Pediatric neurology
• Spasticity
• Headache
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Movement disorders
• Neuro-genetics
• Alternating hemiplegia of childhood

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Selected Publications

Swoboda KJ, Kanavakis E, Xaidara A, Johnson JE, Leppert MF, Schlesinger-Massart MB, Ptacek LJ, Silver K, Youroukos S. Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood or Familial Hemiplegic Migraine? A Novel ATP1A2 Mutation. Annals of Neurology; 2004 55(6): 884-887.

MacLeod H. Pytel P, Wolllmann R, Chelmicka-Schorr E, Silver K, Anderson RB, Waggoner D, McNally E. A Novel Mutation in Congenital muscular Dystrophy disrupts the Dystrophin Glycoprotein Complex Neuromuscular Disorder; 2007; 17(4): 285-289.

Jansen A, Cao H, Kaplan P, Silver K., Leonard G, Veilleux, M, DeMeirleir, L., Lissens, W., Liebaer, I., Andermann, F., Hegele, R.A., Andermann, E. Sanfilippo syndrome type D: Natural history and identification of 3 novel mutations in the GNS Gene. Archives of Neurology 2007, 64(11): 1629-34

Elkay M., Silver,K, Evaluation of Infantile Dystonia. British Medical Journal Point of Care/Epocrates online, June 2008

Sweney MT. Silver K. Gerard-Blanluet M. Pedespan JM. Renault F. Arzimanoglou A. Schlesinger-Massart M. Lewelt AJ. Reyna SP. Swoboda KJ. Alternating hemiplegia of childhood: early characteristics and evolution of a neurodevelopmental syndrome e-Pediatrics 2009; 123(3):e534-41

Elkay M., Silver,K ,Penn RD, Dalvi A, Dystonic storm due to Batten’s disease treated with pallidotomy and deep brain stimulation,MovementDisorders,2009;24

Silver K, Andermann F. Alternating hemiplagia in childhood: A study of 10 patients and results of flunarizine treatment. Neurology 43(1): 36-41, Jan 1993.