Dr. JB Le Pichon is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neurology at Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Missouri. He serves as the Associate Division Director. He is titular of the Madison Lauren Sargent Endowed Professorship in Neurology and Angelman Syndrome. He is boarded in Neurology with special qualifications in Child Neurology and in Epilepsy. He completed an MD/PhD at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas. He then did a residency in Child Neurology and a fellowship in Neurophysiology Research at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. His research interests include Angelman Syndrome, epilepsy, neurocutaneous disorders, and neurogenomics. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles and three book Chapters. He is active in research and is currently a principal investigator on several studies, including a $2.2 M grant funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration geared toward developing medical homes for children with epilepsy in rural Kansas.