About Me | Dr. Vargas Lowy
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Who I am

Professional Services

I am a pediatric neurologist licensed in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine and New York.

I have been providing outpatient, inpatient, consultation, and telemedicine services worldwide for over 5 years, which has been a gratifying experience both for my patients and myself. I treat a wide array of childhood neurological conditions such as migraines, seizures, ADHD, movement disorders, developmental delays, amongst others. Given my diverse background, I empathize with patients from any origins, and fluently speak English, French and Spanish.

I am looking forward to seeing your child!

Education and training

I completed medical school in one of the oldest universities in Europe, University of Alcalá, located near Madrid, in Spain. After an internship at the Ramon and Cajal Hospital in Madrid, I moved to America, and completed a 4-year postgraduate research fellowship in neuroimmunology, helping understand the pathophysiology of pediatric multiple sclerosis. That lead me to finally returning to the clinical arena, with two years of pediatric residency at the Women and Children Hospital of Buffalo, to finally end up completing my training in child neurology in Boston, at the Floating Hospital for Children. I am very grateful to the patients, physicians, nurses, and administrative staff that I have encountered along my path, who have helped me become the person and practitioner that I am today. I am looking forward to implementing all what I have learned, and pass along these valuable lessons to my patients.

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  • Specialty in Child Neurology: Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA - graduated in 2017. 

  • Residency in Pediatrics: Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, NY - graduated in 2014. 

  • Research Fellow in Neuroimmunology: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA - graduated in 2012. 

  • Internship in Family Medicine: Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain - completed in 2007.

  • Medical school: Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain - graduated in 2004. 

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Work experience

  • 2017-2019 Elliot Pediatric Specialists, Manchester NH

  • 2019-2021 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinics, Manchester NH & Lebanon NH

  • 2021-present Dr. Vargas Lowy Child Neurology

Peer-reviewed Publications

  • Optimal Duration of Continuous Video-Electroencephalography in Term Infants With Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy and Therapeutic Hypothermia. Naeem Mahfooz, Arie Weinstock, Bushra Afzal, Mariam Noor, David Vargas Lowy, Osman Farooq, Sarah G Finnegan, Satyan Lakshminrusimha. J Child Neurol 2017 05 23;32(6):522-527. Epub 2017 Jan 23.

  • Clinical and MRI phenotype of children with MOG antibodies. Cristina Fernandez-Carbonell, David Vargas-Lowy, Alexander Musallam, Brian Healy, Katherine McLaughlin, Kai W Wucherpfennig, Tanuja Chitnis. Mult Scler 2016 Feb 3;22(2):174-84. Epub 2015 Jun 3.

  • Increased leptin and A-FABP levels in relapsing and progressive forms of MS. Silvia Messina, David Vargas-Lowy, Alexander Musallam, Brian C Healy, Pia Kivisakk, Roopali Gandhi, Riley Bove, Taha Gholipour, Samia Khoury, Howard L Weiner, Tanuja Chitnis. BMC Neurol 2013 Nov 11;13:172. Epub 2013 Nov 11.

  • Adipokine Levels in Relapsing and Progressive Forms of Multiple Sclerosis. Messina, Silvia & Vargas-Lowy, David & Gandhi, Roopali & Kivisakk, P. & Healy, Brian & Patti, Francesco & Zappia, Mario & Khoury, Samia & Weiner, H. & Chitnis, Tanuja. (2012). (P02.077). Neurology. 78. P02.077-P02.077. 10.1212/WNL.78.1_MeetingAbstracts.P02.077. 

  • Increased Th17 response to myelin peptides in pediatric MS. David Vargas-Lowy, Pia Kivisäkk, Roopali Gandhi, Khadir Raddassi, Pejvak Soltany, Mark P Gorman, Samia J Khoury, Tanuja Chitnis. Clin Immunol 2013 Mar 28;146(3):176-84. Epub 2012 Dec 28.

  • Pathogenesis of pediatric multiple sclerosis. David Vargas-Lowy, Tanuja Chitnis. J Child Neurol 2012 Nov 5;27(11):1394-407. Epub 2012 Sep 5.

  • CD200R1 agonist attenuates mechanisms of chronic disease in a murine model of multiple sclerosis. Yingru Liu, Yoshio Bando, David Vargas-Lowy, Wassim Elyaman, Samia J Khoury, Tao Huang ,Karin Reif, Tanuja Chitnis. J Neurosci 2010 Feb;30(6):2025-38

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