Department of Pediatrics

Licensure and Board Certification

• MO, Missouri Medical License
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with Child Specialization, 2011 - Pres
• American Board of Pediatrics: General Pediatrics, 2012 - Pres
• PALS Instructor, 2013 - Pres
• American Board of Pediatrics: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2014 - Pres

Honors

• Steven M Rothman Award (Outstanding Teaching by Pediatric Neurology Resident), 2010

Recent Publications view all (20)

Publication Co-Authors

Fields, Melanie

Jose A. Pineda Soto, M.D., M.S.C.I.

Monica Hulbert, M.D.

Stuart Friess, M.D.

Allan Doctor, M.D.

Avihu Z. Gazit, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Kristin Guilliams, M.D.

1. Ford AL, Ragan DK, Fellah S, Binkley MM, Fields ME, Guilliams KP, An H, Jordan LC, McKinstry RC, Lee JM, DeBaun MR. Silent infarcts in sickle cell anemia occur in the borderzone region and are associated with low cerebral blood flow. Blood. 2018. PMID:30061156 
2. Ichord R, Silverstein FS, Slomine BS, Telford R, Christensen J, Holubkov R, Dean JM, Moler FW, THAPCA Trial Group.. Neurologic outcomes in pediatric cardiac arrest survivors enrolled in the THAPCA trials. Neurology. 2018;91(2):e123-e131. PMCID:PMC6053110  PMID:29884735 
3. Fields ME, Guilliams KP, Ragan DK, Binkley MM, Eldeniz C, Chen Y, Hulbert ML, McKinstry RC, Shimony JS, Vo KD, Doctor A, An H, Ford AL, Lee JM. Regional oxygen extraction predicts border zone vulnerability to stroke in sickle cell disease. Neurology. 2018;90(13):e1134-e1142. PMCID:PMC5880632  PMID:29500287 
4. Guilliams KP, Fields ME, Ragan DK, Eldeniz C, Binkley MM, Chen Y, Comiskey LS, Doctor A, Hulbert ML, Shimony JS, Vo KD, McKinstry RC, An H, Lee JM, Ford AL. Red cell exchange transfusions lower cerebral blood flow and oxygen extraction fraction in pediatric sickle cell anemia. Blood. 2018;131(9):1012-1021. PMCID:PMC5833262  PMID:29255068 
5. Dlamini N, Wintermark M, Fullerton H, Strother S, Lee W, Bjornson B, Guilliams KP, Miller S, Kirton A, Filippi CG, Linds A, Askalan R, deVeber G. Harnessing Neuroimaging Capability in Pediatric Stroke: Proceedings of the Stroke Imaging Laboratory for Children Workshop. Pediatr Neurol. 2017;69:3-10. PMID:28259513 
6. Guilliams KP, Fields ME, Ragan DK, Chen Y, Eldeniz C, Hulbert ML, Binkley MM, Rhodes JN, Shimony JS, McKinstry RC, Vo KD, An H, Lee JM, Ford AL. Large-Vessel Vasculopathy in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Infarct Topography and Focal Atrophy. Pediatr Neurol. 2017;69:49-57. PMCID:PMC5365370  PMID:28159432 
7. Moler FW, Silverstein FS, Holubkov R, Slomine BS, Christensen JR, Nadkarni VM, Meert KL, Browning B, Pemberton VL, Page K, Gildea MR, Scholefield BR, Shankaran S, Hutchison JS, Berger JT, Ofori-Amanfo G, Newth CJ, Topjian A, Bennett KS, Koch JD, Pham N, Chanani NK, Pineda JA, Harrison R, Dalton HJ, Alten J, Schleien CL, Goodman DM, Zimmerman JJ, Bhalala US, Schwarz AJ, Porter MB, Shah S, Fink EL, McQuillen P, Wu T, Skellett S, Thomas NJ, Nowak JE, Baines PB, Pappachan J, Mathur M, Lloyd E, van der Jagt EW, Dobyns EL, Meyer MT, Sanders RC Jr, Clark AE, Dean JM, THAPCA Trial Investigators.. Therapeutic Hypothermia after In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children. N Engl J Med. 2017;376(4):318-329. PMCID:PMC5310766  PMID:28118559 
8. Fox CK, Mackay MT, Dowling MM, Pergami P, Titomanlio L, Deveber G, SIPS Investigators.. Prolonged or recurrent acute seizures after pediatric arterial ischemic stroke are associated with increasing epilepsy risk. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2017;59(1):38-44. PMID:27422813 
9. Meert KL, Telford R, Holubkov R, Slomine BS, Christensen JR, Dean JM, Moler FW, Therapeutic Hypothermia after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest (THAPCA) Trial Investigators.. Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Characteristics and Their Association With Survival and Neurobehavioral Outcome. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016;17(12):e543-e550. PMCID:PMC5138073  PMID:27679965 
10. Silverstein FS, Slomine BS, Christensen J, Holubkov R, Page K, Dean JM, Moler FW, Therapeutic Hypothermia to Improve Survival After Cardiac Arrest Trial Group.. Functional Outcome Trajectories After Out-of-Hospital Pediatric Cardiac Arrest. Crit Care Med. 2016;44(12):e1165-e1174. PMCID:PMC5129173  PMID:27509385 
11. Hall EM, Leonard J, Smith JL, Guilliams KP, Binkley M, Fallon RJ, Hulbert ML. Reduction in Overt and Silent Stroke Recurrence Rate Following Cerebral Revascularization Surgery in Children with Sickle Cell Disease and Severe Cerebral Vasculopathy. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016;63(8):1431-7. PMCID:PMC5443666  PMID:27106860 
12. Moler FW, Hutchison JS, Nadkarni VM, Silverstein FS, Meert KL, Holubkov R, Page K, Slomine BS, Christensen JR, Dean JM, Therapeutic Hypothermia After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Out-of-Hospital Trial Investigators.. Targeted Temperature Management After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Due To Drowning: Outcomes and Complications. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016;17(8):712-20. PMCID:PMC5123789  PMID:27362855 
13. Guilliams K, Wainwright MS. Pathophysiology and Management of Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Children. J Child Neurol. 2016;31(1):35-45. PMID:25512361 
14. Gross H, Guilliams KP, Sung G. Emergency Neurological Life Support: Acute Ischemic Stroke. Neurocrit Care. 2015;23 Suppl 2:S94-102. PMID:26438453 
15. Moler FW, Silverstein FS, Holubkov R, Slomine BS, Christensen JR, Nadkarni VM, Meert KL, Clark AE, Browning B, Pemberton VL, Page K, Shankaran S, Hutchison JS, Newth CJ, Bennett KS, Berger JT, Topjian A, Pineda JA, Koch JD, Schleien CL, Dalton HJ, Ofori-Amanfo G, Goodman DM, Fink EL, McQuillen P, Zimmerman JJ, Thomas NJ, van der Jagt EW, Porter MB, Meyer MT, Harrison R, Pham N, Schwarz AJ, Nowak JE, Alten J, Wheeler DS, Bhalala US, Lidsky K, Lloyd E, Mathur M, Shah S, Wu T, Theodorou AA, Sanders RC Jr, Dean JM, THAPCA Trial Investigators.. Therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in children. N Engl J Med. 2015;372(20):1898-908. PMCID:PMC4470472  PMID:25913022 
16. Guilliams KP, Fields ME, Hulbert ML. Higher-than-expected prevalence of silent cerebral infarcts in children with hemoglobin SC disease. Blood. 2015;125(2):416-7. PMID:25573975 
17. Sinclair AJ, Fox CK, Ichord RN, Almond CS, Bernard TJ, Beslow LA, Chan AK, Cheung M, deVeber G, Dowling MM, Friedman N, Giglia TM, Guilliams KP, Humpl T, Licht DJ, Mackay MT, Jordan LC. Stroke in children with cardiac disease: report from the International Pediatric Stroke Study Group Symposium. Pediatr Neurol. 2015;52(1):5-15. PMCID:PMC4936915  PMID:25532775 
18. Guilliams K, Rosen M, Buttram S, Zempel J, Pineda J, Miller B, Shoykhet M. Hypothermia for pediatric refractory status epilepticus. Epilepsia. 2013;54(9):1586-94. PMCID:PMC3975144  PMID:23906244 
19. Sejvar JJ, Kakooza AM, Foltz JL, Makumbi I, Atai-Omoruto AD, Malimbo M, Ndyomugyenyi R, Alexander LN, Abang B, Downing RG, Ehrenberg A, Guilliams K, Helmers S, Melstrom P, Olara D, Perlman S, Ratto J, Trevathan E, Winkler AS, Dowell SF, Lwamafa D. Clinical, neurological, and electrophysiological features of nodding syndrome in Kitgum, Uganda: an observational case series. Lancet Neurol. 2013;12(2):166-74. PMID:23305742 
20. Winchester DE, Guilliams K. A purpuric rash and mononeuritis multiplex. Am Fam Physician. 2008;77(4):501-2. PMID:18326170