
Patricia Evans, M.D., F.A.A.N., F.A.A.P.
Ph.D. Candidate in Research Psychology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Pediatric Cognitive Development
Board certification through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
with Special certification in Pediatric Neurology
and Sub special certification in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Board Certification through the American Board of Pediatrics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ambulatory Care Pavilion; 5th Floor
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.; MC 9063
Dallas TX 75390-9063
Office: 214-456-8447
Fax: 214-456-5210
E-mail: patricia.evans@utsouthwestern.edu
Ethics/Medical Humanities Areas of Expertise/Interest:
End-of-life decision-making in children
Health care distribution equity
Informed assent and referrals in adolescents
CME Lectures:
End-of-life decision-making in children
Informed assent and referral in adolescents
Public Lectures:
End-of-life decision-making in children
Informed assent and referral in adolescents
Recent Ethics/Medical Humanities Activities:
2007 Chairperson, Section on Ethics, American Academy of Neurology
2005-present Member, Committee on Ethics, Law, and Humanities, American Academy
of Neurology
2007 Member, Committee on Sections, American Academy of Neurology
Key Publications:
Gratton E, Evans P. Frontal lobe bloodflow in children with ADHD during vigilance tasks. Poster presented at the American Academy of Neurology 2005. NIH Grant NR1.
Polzinet, Evans P. Diminished blood flow in frontal lobe bilaterally in ADHD children. Abstract presented to the American Academy of Neurology Meeting 2004.
Gratton E, Evans P. Vascular insufficiency in brain for vigilance tasks study. Presented at the American Academy of Neurology Meeting, 2005.
Evans P, Iannaccone ST. Myotonic dystrophy in twins. Abstract, J Child Neurol 1994:9(2).
Evans P, Iannaccone ST. A 15 year old Thai boy with polymyositis. Abstract, J Child Neurol 1993;8(2).
Evans P. Variation in steady state antiepileptic drug variation. Poster presented at the American Epilepsy Society, Miami FL, December 1993.
Ring DL, Evans P, Joanning S, Menendez CE. Ethanol suppresses the post-castration rise in serum lutenizing hormone in male rats. Arch Androl 1983;10:229-232