Pediatric Neuropsychiatry

Aaron J. Hauptman, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Dr. Aaron J. Hauptman is a pediatric and adult neuropsychiatrist. He works with individuals and their families struggling with the emotional, behavioral and cognitive impacts of neurodevelopmental disabilities, neurological disorders and pediatric acquired brain injuries. He is Director of Education and Training, and Associate Director of Neuropsychiatry, at the Center for Developmental Behavioral Health at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. He is also an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he has been a perennial award-winning lecturer. In addition, Dr. Hauptman is Associate Training Director of the Developmental Neuropsychiatry Scholars Program at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, a one-of-a-kind multidisciplinary pediatric neuropsychiatry training program.
Dr. Hauptman’s work and teaching focus on integrating an understanding of localization-based brain function and neurodevelopment into psychiatric formulation and treatment. This is grounded in his training in general adult psychiatry, child/adolescent psychiatry and neuropsychiatry/behavioral neurology. He works with patients and their families struggling with neuropsychiatric sequelae of conditions such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy syndromes, and neuro-genetic conditions and is especially focused in his practice on the care of individuals with pediatric neurodegenerative diseases.
Jay A. Salpekar, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Dr. Jay Salpekar is an internationally renowned pediatric neuropsychiatrist and Director of Neuropsychiatry at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. He is also an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Salpekar has A.B. and M.D. degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and completed an internship and residency in general psychiatry at Barnes Hospital. He then completed a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the Yale University Child Study Center. Dr. Salpekar is a fellow of the American Neuropsychiatric Association and of the American Epilepsy Society and a distinguished fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He recently completed a term as medical staff president at the Kennedy Krieger Institute.
Dr. Salpekar has held multiple leadership positions in the American Neuropsychiatric Association and in the American Epilepsy Society. He is also active in the International League Against Epilepsy, advocating for comprehensive neuropsychiatric treatment in pediatric epilepsy. He has been an editorial reviewer for over two dozen medical journals and is on the editorial board of four medical journals spanning neuropsychiatry, pediatrics, psychiatry and neurology. He is widely sought for publishing editorials and commentary discussing modern paradigms for neuropsychiatry. Dr. Salpekar has been an academic physician and scholar for over two decades and has been a principal investigator in national and international clinical research collaborations in neuropsychiatry. Current research efforts include testing novel treatments addressing psychiatric conditions associated with epilepsy.