About Brian L. Appavu, MD
Dr. Brian Appavu is an assistant professor of neurology and child health at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and an ICU neurologist and epileptologist at Phoenix Children's Hospital. He is one of an extremely select group of neurologists in the country who are board-certified in child neurology, epilepsy and neurosonology. Dr. Appavu champions the utilization of advanced physiologic techniques such as continuous electroencephalography and transcranial doppler ultrasound to provide advanced physiologic multimodal neuromonitoring and deliver the best neurologic care for critically ill children.
Dr. Appavu is also passionate about pediatric neurocritical care education, providing monthly educational lectures to residents and fellows and running an advanced nursing neurocritical care course. Dr. Appavu was voted by the Barrow Neurological Institute residents as the 2018 Child Neurology Teacher of the Year.
Dr. Appavu grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, IL and received his Bachelor of Science in biochemistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his medical degree at Medical College of Wisconsin and did his child neurology residency at the Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital. He completed a clinical neurophysiology fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center in New York.
Dr. Appavu currently lives in Mesa, AZ with his wife Michelle who is an English professor and author, and their Portuguese water dog, Fawkes. Outside of work, Dr. Appavu enjoys hiking in the East Valley and jazz drumming.
Medical School / Education
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Internship
Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
Residency
(Child Neurology) Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
Fellowship
(Clinical Neurophysiology) Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology, Subspecialty-Epilepsy, Neurocritical Care
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Pediatric Neurocritical Care
Epilepsy
ICU EEG Monitoring
ICU Multimodal Monitoring
Neurosonology
Pediatric Stroke
Academic Affiliations
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology and Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
Professional Affiliations
Child Neurology Society
Neurocritical Care Society
American Epilepsy Society
American Academy of Neurology
American Society of Neuroimaging
Appavu B, Riviello JJR. Electroencephalographic Patterns in Neurocritical Care - Pathologic Contributors or Epiphenomena? Neurocritical Care. 2018 Aug; 29(1):9-19. PMID: 28660340
Appavu B, Fox J, Little R, Kerrigan JF, Obeid M. Seizures Induced by Exiting Water: A Unique Form of Reflex Epilepsy. Neurologist. 2017 Sep 22. PMID 28859025
Appavu B, Guido-Estrada N, Lindstrom K, Grebe T, Kerrigan JF, Troester M. Electroclinical Phenotypes and Outcomes in TBC1D24-Related Epilepsy. Epileptic Disorders. 2016 Aug 8. PMID: 27502353
Appavu B, Vanatta L, Condie J, Kerrigan J, Jarrar R. Ketogenic Diet Treatment for Pediatric Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus. Seizure. 2016 Oct;41:62-65. PMID: 27475280
Appavu B, Ashby D, Condie J. Manifestation of West Nile Encephalitis in Infancy. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 Dec;4(4):e166-8. PMID: 26501475
Appavu B, Mangum T, Obeid M. Glucose 1 Transporter Deficiency: a Treatable Cause of Epileptic Myoclonus. Pediatric Neurology. 2015 Oct;53(4):364-6. PMID: 26385057
Arsenieva D, Appavu BL, Mazock GH, Jeffery CJ. Crystal structure of phosphoglucose isomearse from Trypanosoma brucei complexed with glucose-6-phosphate at 1.6 A resolution. Proteins. 2009 Jan;74(1):72-80. PMID: 18561188
WEBINARS
Appavu B (2018) Electroencephalographic Patterns in Neurocritical Care. Brain Matters Lecture Series. URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9y3F2dym5k&t=1298s
Rating & Reviews
Dr Appavu was very kind and professional on the call. He listened to my daughter's concerns and answered our questions in a polite manner. He is a fantastic provider in neurology. thank you for having him on this team.