Sona Narula, MD

About Sona Narula, MD

Titles

Attending Physician

Certifications

Neurology – American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Awards and Honors

2014, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Poster Day Winner
2008, Dr. BH Kean Class of 1964 and 1965 Fellowship Award for International Travel
2008, Mitchell Spivak Memorial Prize in Pediatrics -Weill Cornell Medical College
2004, Phi Beta Kappa - Columbia University

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

International

2014-present, International Pediatric MS Study Group

National

2012-present, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
2011-present, Child Neurology Society
2010-present, American Academy of Neurology

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial Positions

Pediatric Emergency Care, reviewer
Neuropediatrics, reviewer

Education & training

Medical Degree

MD - Weill Cornell University, New York, NY

Internship

Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Residency

Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Neurology - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship

Multiple Sclerosis and other Neuro-inflammatory Disorders - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Team affiliations

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Publications

Publications

2021

Alexis Karlin and Sona Narula: Spinal Cord Disorders Netters Pediatrics Textbook: 2021.

2020

Jacobs D, Narula S, and Zimmerman V: Development of an Effective Age-Span Program for Women with Multiple Sclerosis: A Patient Perspective The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, Virtual Meeting: 2020.

Hardy D and Narula, S: Antibody-Mediated Inflammatory Central Nervous System Disorders of Childhood Practical Neurology 2020 (March): 50-55,2020.

Gmuca S, Hardy DI, Narula S, Stoll S, Harris J, Zhao Y, Xiao R, Weiss PF, Waldman AT, Gerber JS.: Validation of claims-based diagnoses of adult and pediatric neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and variations in diagnostic evaluation and treatment initiation Mult Scler Relat Disord 37: 101488,2020.

2019

Matesanz S, Kotch C, Perrone C, Waanders AJ, Hill B, Narula S: Expanding the MOG phenotype: Brainstem encephalitis with punctate and curvilinear enhancement. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm 6 (6): e619,2019.

Waldman AT, Yeshokumar AK, Lavery A, Liu G, Pineles SL, Repka MX, Adang L, Narula S, Liu GT.: Validation of a symptom-based questionnaire for pediatric CNS demyelinating diseases. J AAPOS 23 (3): 157, 2019.

Makhani N, Lebrun C, Siva A, Narula S, Wassmer E, Brassat D, Brenton JN, Cabre P, Carra Dallière C, de Seze J, Durand Dubief F, Inglese M, Langille M, Mathey G, Neuteboom RF, Pelletier J, Pohl D, Reich DS, Ignacio Rojas J, Shabanova V, Shapiro ED, Stone RT, Tenembaum S, Tintoré M, Uygunoglu U, Vargas W, Venkateswaren S, Vermersch P, Kantarci O, Okuda DT, Pelletier D; Observatoire Francophone de la Sclérose en Plaques (OFSEP), Société Francophone de la Sclérose en Plaques (SFSEP), the Radiologically Isolated Syndrome Consortium (RISC) and the Pediatric Radiologically Isolated Syndrome Consortium (PARIS).: Oligoclonal bands increase the specificity of MRI criteria to predict multiple sclerosis in children with radiologically isolated syndrome. Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin 20 (5): 2055217319836664,2019.

Narula S, Yeshokumar AK, Banwell B: Central Nervous System Vasculitis Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 21st edition (21): 167-169,2019.

Hill BJ, Narula S, Mian AY, Shekdar KV, Banwell B, Vossough A.: The Spectrum of MRI findings in Anti-Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody Associated CNS Demyelination in Children. Abstract for oral presentation, American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR), New Orleans, LA Abstract for oral presentation, American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR), New Orleans, LA : 2019.

2018

Szperka CL, VanderPluym J, Orr SL, Oakley CB, Qubty W, Patniyot I, Lagman-Bartolome AM, Morris C, Gautreaux J, Victorio MC, Hagler S, Narula S, Candee MS, Cleves-Bayon C, Rao R, Fryer RH, Bicknese AR, Yonker M, Hershey AD, Powers SW, Goadsby PJ, Gelfand AA.: Recommendations on the Use of Anti-CGRP Monoclonal Antibodies in Children and Adolescents. Headache 58 (10): 1658-1669,2018.

2017

Makhani N, Lebrun C, Siva A, Brassat D, Carra Dallière C, de Seze J, Du W, Durand Dubief F, Kantarci O, Langille M, Narula S, Pelletier J, Rojas JI, Shapiro ED, Stone RT, Tintoré M, Uygunoglu U, Vermersch P, Wassmer E, Okuda DT, Pelletier D. Radiologically isolated syndrome in children: Clinical and radiologic outcomes. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2017 Sep 25;4(6):e395. doi: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000395. eCollection 2017 Nov.

Marino A, Narula S, Lerman MA. First Pediatric Patient With Neuromyelitis Optica and Sjögren Syndrome Successfully Treated With Tocilizumab. Pediatr Neurol. 2017 Aug;73:e5-e6. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2017.05.015. Epub 2017 May 26.

Yeshokumar AK, Narula S, Banwell B. Pediatric multiple sclerosis. Curr Opin Neurol. 2017 Jun;30(3):216-221.

Datta R, Sethi V, Ly S, Waldman AT, Narual S, Dewey BE, Sati P, Reich D, Banwell F. 7T MRI Visualization of Cortical Lesions in Adolescents and Young Adults with Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis. J Neuroimaging. 2017 Aug 10. doi: 10.1111/jon.12465. [Epub ahead of print]

2016

Narula S. Pediatric multiple sclerosis: updates in epidemiology, clinical features and management. Neurodegener Dis Manag. 2016 Dec;6(6s):3-7.

Narula S, Banwell B. Pediatric Demyelination. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2016 Jun;22(3):897-915.

Gmuca S, Boos MD, Treece A, Narula S, Billinghurst L, Bhatti T, Laje P, Perman MJ, Vossough A, Harding B, Burnham J, Banwell B. Degos disease mimicking primary vasculitis of the CNS. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2016 Feb 2;3(2):e206.

Narula S. New Perspectives in Pediatric Neurology-Multiple Sclerosis. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2016 Feb;46(2):62-9. Epub 2015 Dec 5.

2015

Narula S, Banwell B. Treatment of multiple sclerosis in children and its challenges. Presse Med. 2015 Apr;44(4 Pt 2):e153-8. Epub 2015 Mar 3.

Abend NS, Bearden D, Helbig I, McGuire J, Narula S, Panzer JA, Topjian A, Dlugos DJ. Satus epilepticus and refractory status epilepticus management. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2014 Dec;21(4):263-74. Epub 2014 Dec 12. 

Narula S, Hopkins S, Banwell B. “Treatment of Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis.” Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2015 Mar;17(3):336.

Narula S, Liu GT, Avery R, Banwell B, Waldman AT. “Elevated Cerebrospinal Fluid Opening Pressure in a Pediatric Demyelinating Disease Cohort.” Pediatr Neurol. 2015 Apr;52(4):446-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2015.01.002. Epub 2015 Jan 13.

2014

Narula S, Banwell B. “Quarterly Medical Review: Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis in Children and its Challenges.” Presse Med. 2015 Apr;44(4 Pt 2):e153-8. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2014.10.018. Epub 2015 Mar 3.

Dale RC, Brilot F, Duffy LV, Twilt M, Waldman AT, Narula S, Muscal E, Deiva K, Andersen E, Eyre MR, Eleftheriou D, Brogan PA, Kneen R, Alper G, Anlar B, Wassmer E, Heineman K, Hemingway C, Riney CJ, Kornberg A, Tardieu M, Stocco A, Banwell B, Gorman MP, Benseler SM, Lim M. Utility and safety of rituximab in pediatric autoimmune and inflammatory CNS disease. Neurology. 2014;83(2):142-150.

Narula S, Waldman AT, Banwell B. “Clinical Trials in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis: Pending Landscape and Challenges.” Brain Disorders and Therapy. 2014; 3(2):117

Dale RC, Brilot F, Duffy LV, Twilt M, Waldman AT, Narula S, Muscal E, Deiva K, Anderson E, Eyre MR, Eleftherious D, Brogan PA, Kneen R, Alper G, Anlar B, Wassmer E, Heineman K, Hemingway C, Riney CJ, Kornberg A, Tardieu M, Stocco A, Banwell B, Gorman MP, Benseler SM, Lim M. “Utility and safety of rituximab in pediatric autoimmune and inflammatory CNS disease.” Neurology. 2014; 83(2):142-150.

Elias MD, Narula S, Chu A. “Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Following Meningoencephalitis: Case Report and Literature Review.” Pediatric Emergency Care. 2014; 30(4): 254-6.

Narula S. “Advances in Immunomodulatory Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis.” The Neurology Report. 2014; 17-22.

Narula S, Banwell B. “Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis.” MedLink Neurology. Originally released July 2013, revised December 2014.

2013

Narula S, Waldman A, Banwell B. “Children with MS.” MS in focus. 2013; 20-21.

Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2014

Hopkins S, Narula S, Hacohen Y, Banwell B (2014). “Multiple Sclerosis in Children.” International Neurology, 2nd edition. Lisak R and Truong D (eds). In press.

Narula S, Hopkins S, Hacohen H, and Banwell B (2014). “Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis.” International Neurology, 2nd edition. Lisak R and Truong D (eds). In press.

2012

Narula S (2012). “Neurology.” Deja Review Pediatrics 2nd edition. Davey, B (ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.

Narula S and Szperka CL (2012). “An Approach to Pediatric Headache.” Pediatric Neurocritical Care. Abend N and Helfaer M (eds.). New York, NY: Demos Medical Publishing. 

Patient experience rating

(based on 65 submissions)
  • Clear Explanation
    4.9 of 5
  • Showed Concern
    4.9 of 5
  • Included in decisions
    4.9 of 5
  • Would recommend
    4.8 of 5
  • Discussion of Proposed Treatment
    4.8 of 5
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Comments

  • She followed up after visit and I was very happy with her professionalism.
    5 of 5
    Feb 27, 2024

  • Very thorough explanation and care by doctor. She was very good and gentle with him as well
    5 of 5
    Jan 19, 2024

  • Dr. Narula addressed all of our concerns and questions. Most importantly she listened to our daughter
    5 of 5
    Dec 03, 2023

  • I recommend chop every chance I get
    5 of 5
    Nov 14, 2023

  • I recommended Dr Narula to someone this week!
    4.8 of 5
    Jul 13, 2023

  • The doctors are super sweet and nice to us and my son.
    5 of 5
    Jul 12, 2023
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