Ron Thibert, DO, MsPH

Dr. Thibert received his Masters degree in Epidemiology from the University of Massachusetts School of Public Health and his medical degree from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. He did his General Pediatric training in the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, MI, and then completed a Child Neurology residency at the Floating Hospital for Children and Children’s Hospital Boston in Boston, MA. He then completed a two-year fellowship in Pediatric Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Thibert is now on staff in the Pediatric Epilepsy Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital for Children where he is the Co-Director of the Angelman Syndrome Clinic, coordinates the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program, and is a faculty member at Harvard Medical School. His current research projects include a retrospective study assessing the natural history and treatment options for epilepsy in Angelman syndrome, a prospective study assessing the efficacy of the Low Glycemic Index Treatment for seizures in Angelman syndrome, and another study assessing the significance of EEG findings in Angelman syndrome.