Megan Abbott, MD

Publications

• Murthy H, Hoang N, Stark JC, Cui S, Pannia E, Tsoi CT, Harris S, Ceolin C, Verhaeghe L, Scholten S, Baribeau D, Summers J, Costain G, Selvanayagam T, Howe JL, Lewis MES, Brunet T, Rieger S, Rosenfeld JA, Craigen WJ, Burrage LC, Christie MR, Baldwin D, Wentzensen IM, Keren B, Cogne B, Isidor B, Afenjar A, Elshafie RM, Bastaki L, Alkanderi S, Myers KA, Demarest S, Angione K, Abbott M, Campeau PM, Dowling JJ, Mendoza-Londono R, Scherer SW, Deshwar AR, Vorstman J. Variants in DENND2B are associated with vulnerability for neurodevelopmental impairment, psychosis and catatonia. Brain. 2025 Jul 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 40717498
• Garris J, Abbott M, Axeen E, Tochen L, Schreiber JM. Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Concomitant Movement Disorders in Genetic Epilepsies. Epilepsy Curr. 2025 Dec;25(6):378-388. PubMed PMID: 40534755
• Abbott M, Angione K, Stringfellow M, Malik K, Saenz M, McCourt E, Silveira L, Miele A, Benke TA, Demarest S. Cortical Visual Impairment Across a Range of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Clinical Characterization, Diagnostic Tool Evaluation, and Association with Developmental Outcomes. J Child Neurol. 2025 Aug 6;:8830738251361698. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 40767165
• Abbott M, Bender KJ, Brunklaus A, Demarest S, Egan S, Haviland I, et al. SCN2A-Related Disorders. George, Jr. AL, ed. Elements in Genetics in Epilepsy. Cambridge University Press; 2025.
• Perinelli MG, Abbott M, Balagura G, Riva A, Amadori E, Verrotti A, Demarest S, Striano P. Prevalence of cerebral visual impairment in developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies: a systematic review protocol. Syst Rev. 2024 Aug 31;13(1):223. PubMed PMID: 39217383
• Abbott MJ, Knupp KG. SCN8A modified Delphi commentary. Epilepsia. 2024 Aug;65(8):2339-2340. PubMed PMID: 38943498
• Abbott M, Angione K, Forbes E, Stoecker M, Saenz M, Neul JL, Marsh ED, Skinner SA, Percy AK, Benke TA. Rett syndrome diagnostic odyssey: Limitations of NextGen sequencing. Am J Med Genet A. 2024 Oct;194(10):e63725. PubMed PMID: 38775384
• Brock DC, Abbott M, Reed L, Kammeyer R, Gibbons M, Angione K, Bernard TJ, Gaskell A, Demarest S. Epilepsy panels in clinical practice: Yield, variants of uncertain significance, and treatment implications. Epilepsy Res. 2023 Jul;193:107167. PubMed PMID: 37230012
• Abbott M, Jain M, Pferdehirt R, Chen Y, Tran A, Duz MB, Seven M, Gibbs RA, Muzny D, Lee B, Marom R, Burrage LC. Neonatal fractures as a presenting feature of LMOD3-associated congenital myopathy. Am J Med Genet A. 2017 Oct;173(10):2789-2794. PubMed PMID: 28815944
• Abbott M, Angione K, et.al. Survey of Epilepsy Presentations in 8p-Related Disorders. Epilepsy Research. 2025. Accepted, In Press.

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234