Gordon Worley, MD

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• Neurological Disorders

Department / Division:
Pediatrics / Neurodevelopment

Address:
DUMC 3120
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-684-3173

Office Telephone:
919-684-3173

Fax Telephone:
919-684-2532

• MD, Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts), 1973

• Pediatrics, Yale-New Haven Hospital (Connecticut), 1973-1975
• Pediatrics, Brompton Hospital, London, 1975-1976
• Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, London, 1976-1977
• Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1977-1978

• Developmental Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston (Massachusetts), 1978-1979
• General and Developmental Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, 1979-1981

Clinical Interests:
Evaluation and treatment of children with developmental disabilities both congenital and acquired including cerebral palsy, spina bifida, head trauma, Down syndrome, spinal cord injury, retardation, and pervasive developmental disorder (autism)

Research Interests:
Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics is the branch of Pediatrics that specializes in the management of the medical problems of children with physical  disabilities.  The principal diagnoses of childen treated are: Cerebral Palsy,Spina Bifida,Down syndrome,and autism.  Research pertains to clinical problems of children with these conditions and to genetic factors contributing to condition causation or influencing condition severity.  

Representative Publications:
Jha A, Lammertse DP, Coll JR, Charlifue S, Coughlin CT, Whiteneck GG, Worley G. Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele and outcomes of traumatic spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med. 2008;31(2):171-6. (2008) Abstract

Lark RK, Williams CL, Stadler D, Simpson SL, Henderson RC, Samson-Fang L, Worley G. Serum prealbumin and albumin concentrations do not reflect nutritional state in children with cerebral palsy. J Pediatr. 2005 Nov;147(5):695-7. (2005) Abstract

Worley G, Shbarou R, Heffner AN, Belsito KM, Capone GT, Kishnani PS. New onset focal weakness in children with Down syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2004 Jul 1;128A(1):15-8. (2004) Abstract

Worley G, Witsell DL, Hulka GF. Laryngeal dystonia causing inspiratory stridor in children with cerebral palsy. Laryngoscope. 2003 Dec;113(12):2192-5. (2003) Abstract

Worley G, Houlihan CM, Herman-Giddens ME, O'Donnell ME, Conaway M, Stallings VA, Chumlea WC, Henderson RC, Fung EB, Rosenbaum PL, Samson-Fang L, Liptak GS, Calvert RE, Stevenson RD. Secondary sexual characteristics in children with cerebral palsy and moderate to severe motor impairment: a cross-sectional survey. Pediatrics. 2002 Nov;110(5):897-902. (2002) Abstract

Worley G, Wiener JS, George TM, Fuchs HE, Mackey JF, Fitch RD, Oldham KT. Acute abdominal symptoms and signs in children and young adults with spina bifida: ten years' experience. J Pediatr Surg. 2001 Sep;36(9):1381-6. (2001) Abstract

Worley G, Schuster JM, Oakes WJ. Survival at 5 years of a cohort of newborn infants with myelomeningocele. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1996 Sep;38(9):816-22. (1996) Abstract

Worley G, Erwin CE, Goldstein RF, Provenzale JM, and Ware RE. Delayed development of sensorineural hearing loss after neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: a case report with brain magnetic resonance imaging. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology (In press). (1996)

Sandler AD, Worley G, Leroy EC, Stanley SD, Kalman S. Sexual function and erection capability among young men with spina bifida. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1996 Sep;38(9):823-9. (1996) Abstract

Sandler AD, Worley G, Leroy EC, Stanley SD, and Kalman S. Sexual knowledge and experience among young man with spina bifida. European J Pediatric Surgery 4, suppl I:35-40, 1995. (1995)

Worley G, Sturner RS, Green J, Frothingham TE. An association between brachycephaly and middle ear effusion in children. Clinical Anatomy 7:84-89, 1994. (1994)

Worley G, Erwin CW, Schuster JM, Park Y, Boyko OB, Griebel ML, Weidman ER, Radtke RA, and Oakes WJ: Neonatal brainstem auditory evoked potentials in infants with meningomyelocele and the subsequent development of Chiari-II malformation-related brainstem dysfunction. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 36:707-715, 1994. (1994)

Worley G, Rosenfeld LR, Lipscomb J. Financial counseling for families of children with chronic disabilities. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 33:679-689, 1991. (1991)

Worley G, Lipman B, Gewolb IH, Green JA, Schmechel DE, Roe CR, Gross SJ. Creatine-kinase brain isoenzyme: Relationship of cerebrospinal fluid concentration to the neurologic condition of newborns and cellular localizaton in the human brain. Pediatrics 76:15-21, 1985. (1985)

Worley G, Green JA, Frothingham TE, Sturner RA, Walls KW, Paklnis VA, Ellis GS: Toxocara canis infection: Clinical and epidemiological associations with seropositivity in kindergarten children. Journal of Infectious Diseases 149:591-597, 1984. (1984)