Dr. Ana C. Albuja is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, Clinician Educator, at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
She received her medical degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. She then worked as a physician in the Amazon rainforest for one year. Dr. Albuja did her pediatrics residency and child neurology fellowship at the University of Kentucky. She joined Brown in July, 2018.
Dr. Albuja's research and clinical interests include child neurology, epilepsy, migraine, patient education, and care of underserved populations. In addition to English, she is fluent in Spanish.
Villamar MF, Albuja AC. "Academic diversity programmes for non-US international medical graduates." The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology, vol. 7, no. 2, 2022, pp. 115. |
Albuja, Ana C., Bensalem-Owen, Meriem K., Villamar, Mauricio F. "Reader Response: Association of Guideline Publication and Delays to Treatment in Pediatric Status Epilepticus." Neurology, vol. 96, no. 10, 2021, pp. 502-503. |
Villamar MF, Albuja AC. "Waveform Window #50: A Novel Presentation of Deep Brain Stimulator (DBS) Artifact on Electroencephalogram (EEG) and Electrocardiogram (ECG)." The Neurodiagnostic Journal, vol. 61, no. 2, 2021, pp. 104-109. |
Albuja AC, Murphy PB. "Absence Seizure." 2020. |
Romero Carvajal F, Albuja AC, Villamar MF. "Post-ictal whistling in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome." Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape, vol. 22, no. 6, 2020, pp. 834-835. |
McCann, Matthew R., Albuja, Ana C., Villamar, Mauricio F., Lukins, Douglas E. "Disseminated necrotizing leukoencephalopathy." Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, vol. 76, no. 12, 2018, pp. 858-859. |
Albuja, Ana C., Shrivastava, Arpan, Khan, Gulam Q. "Manifestations of hypomelanosis of Ito." Pediatrics & Neonatology, vol. 59, no. 5, 2018, pp. 536-537. |
Albuja, Ana C., Villamar, Mauricio F., Stewart, Alejandra M., Lightner, Donita D. "Pediatric cardioembolic stroke in midaortic syndrome." Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, vol. 76, no. 11, 2018, pp. 800-801. |
Albuja AC.
"Disability in Patients with Pediatric Onset Multiple Sclerosis." Multiple Sclerosis in Children and Adolescents, edited by Omar H, Chalkley J, Nova Science Publishers, 2017.
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Villamar MF, Al-Bakri A, Haddix C, Albuja AC, Esser KA, Sunderam S, BensalemOwen M.
"Predictive Value of Autonomic Variables for Seizures in Refractory Epilepsy." Journal of clinical neurophysiology : official publication of the American Electroencephalographic Society, vol. 34, no. 3, 2017, pp. 285-86.
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Albuja, Ana C, Qaiser, Sharoon, Lightner, Donita D, Raslau, Flavius D, Zafar, Muhammad S, Bernard, Philip A, Baumann, Robert J. "Surfer’s myelopathy without surfing: a report of two pediatric patients." Spinal Cord Series and Cases, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017. |
Albuja AC, Baumann RJ.
"Acquired Brain Injury in Children." Acquired Brain Injury: Clinical Essentials for Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation Professionals, edited by Han DY, Springer, 2016.
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Cook, Aaron M., Zafar, Muhammad S., Mathias, Sally, Stewart, Alejandra M., Albuja, Ana C., Bensalem-Owen, Meriem, Kapoor, Siddharth, Baumann, Robert J. "Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Utility of Valproic Acid Administered via Continuous Infusion." CNS Drugs, vol. 30, no. 1, 2015, pp. 71-77. |
Albuja AC, Stewart AM, Baumann RJ, Cook AM, Bensalem. Owen M.
"EEG Response in Children Receiving Continuous VPA Infusion For Status Epilepticus And Breakthrough Seizures." Annals of neurology, vol. 76, no. Suppl. 18, 2014, pp. S194.
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Villamar MF, Albuja AC, Cevallos-Salas NI.
"Metabolic Syndrome Among HIV-Infected Outpatients From a Hospital In Quito, Ecuador: a Cross-Sectional Study." Revista Panamericana de Infectologia, vol. 13, no. 2, 2011, pp. 12-18.
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Year | Degree | Institution |
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2009 | MD | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador |
Clinical Fellow | University of Kentucky, child neurology | 2015-2018 | |
Resident Physician | University of Kentucky, Pediatrics | 2013-2015 |
Chief Resident, Child Neurology. University of Kentucky. 2018.
Resident of the Month. Graduate Medical Education, University of Kentucky. 2016.
Travel Award. Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center, National Neurotrauma Society. 2016.
Scholarship Recipient. The Benjamin H. Josephson, MD Fund. 2014.
Hasbro Children's Hospital
Rhode Island Hospital
Women and Infants Hospital
License | Rhode Island Department of Health | - | |
Certification | American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology With Special Qualification in Child Neurology | - |