Kenneth Silver, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

A pediatric neurologist, Dr. Kenneth Silver specializes in neuromuscular disorders, cerebral palsy, neurogenetic disorders, movement disorders, headaches, seizures, and attention deficit disorder.

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

Practice Locations

University of Chicago 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

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
University of Chicago Hospitals
5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 3055
Chicago, IL 60637

Clinical Interests

• Pediatric neurology
• Spasticity
• Headache
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Alternating hemiplegia of childhood

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Selected Publications

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.

Mittal S, Farmer JP, Silver K. Reliability of intraoperative electrophysiological monitoring in selective posterior rhizotomy. J Neurosurg 95(1): 67-75, July 2001.

Arbour LT, Silver K, Hechtman P, Treacy EP, Coulter-Mackie MB. Variable onset of metachromatic leukodystrophy in a Vietnamese family. Pediatr Neurol 23(2): 173-6, Aug 2000.

Geurreiro MM, Andermann E, Geurrini R, Dobyns WB, Kuzniecky R, Silver K, et al. Familial perisylvian polymicrogyria: A new familial syndrome of cortical maldevelopment. Ann of Neurol 48(1): 39-48, July 2000.

Collins KA, Eydoux P, Duncan AM, Ortenberg J, Silver K, Der Kaloustian VM: Phenotypic manifestation in a child with 46,Xder(X)t(X;1)(q24;q31.1). Am J Med Genet 91(5): 345-7, Apr 24, 2000.

Miller S, Shevell M, Silver K, Kramer M. The diagnostic yield of the nerve-muscle skin biopsy in paediatric neurology practice. The Montreal Children's Hospital Neuromuscular Group. Pediatr Rehabil 2(2): 95-100, Apr-June 1998.

Graham GE, Silver K, Arlet V, Der Kaloustian VM. King syndrome: Further clinical variability and review of the literature. Am J Med Genet 78(3): 254-9, July 7, 1998.

Miller SP, Shevell M, Rosenblatt B, Silver K, O'Gorman A, Andermann F: Congenital bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria presenting as congenital hemiplegia. Neurology 50(6): 1866-9, June 1998.

Silver K, Andermann F, Meagher-Villemure K. Familial alternating epilepsia partialis continua with chronic encephalitis: Another variant of Rasmussen syndrome? Arch Neurol 55(5): 733-6, May 1998.

Wein T, Andermann F, Silver K, Dubeau F, Andermann E, Rourke-Frew F, Keene D. Exquisite sensitivity of paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis to carbamazepine. Neurology 47(4): 1104-6, Oct 1996.

Otero LJ, Brown GK, Silver K, Arnold DL, Matthews PM. Associations of cerebral dysgenesis and lactic acidemia with X-linked PDH E1 alpha subunit mutations in females. Pediatr Neurol13(4): 327-32, Nov 1995.

Cendes F, Andermann F, Silver K, Arnold DL. Imaging of axonal damage in vivo in Rasmussen's syndrome. Brain 118(Pt 3): 753-8, June 1995.