Elizabeth A. Ng, MD, FAAP

Education

Education
MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1999
BS, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at City College of New York, City University of New York Medical School, 1996

Residency
General Pediatrics, Cohen Children’s Medical Center (formerly Schneider Children’s Hospital)/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1999-2002

Fellowship
Neuromuscular Medicine/Electrodiagnostic Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia and Cornell/Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, 2020-2021
Clinical Neurophysiology/Epilepsy, Stony Brook University Hospital/Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, 2016-2017
Child Neurology, Cohen Children’s Medical Center/Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, 2013-2016

Board Certifications

Faculty Appointment

Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Clinical Expertise

Dr. Ng is a child neurologist specializing in the treatment of pediatric and adolescent epilepsy (seizures) and neuromuscular disorders. Prior to becoming a pediatric epileptologist and neuromuscular neurologist, Dr. Ng was a practicing general pediatrician for 10 years, a gratifying and introspective period that deepened her empathy and compassion in caring for children with neurological needs. In addition to being part of the pediatric epilepsy center (EEG), the pediatric MDA/neuromuscular clinic, and the multidisciplinary brachial plexus/peripheral nerve injury clinic, Dr. Ng currently serves as the lab medical director of the pediatric electrodiagnostic (EDX) laboratory (EMG/NCS) at Connecticut Children’s. Dr. Ng’s areas of clinical expertise include:

• Epilepsy (Seizures), Refractory/Intractable Epilepsy
• Peripheral Nerve (Neuropathy), Brachial Plexopathy
• Neuromuscular Disorders/Electrodiagnostic Medicine
• Clinical Neurophysiology (Electroencephalogram/EEG, Electromyography/EMG, Nerve Conduction Study/NCS)
• Pediatric and Adolescent Headaches and Migraines, Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders (Tourette Syndrome/Tic Disorders)

Selected Publications

• Ng E, Akman H, Hirano M, Lange D. Young Woman with Asymptomatic HyperCKemia Presenting with Progressive Asymmetric Muscle Weakness: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Muscle & Nerve September 2021 Vol. 64 No. S1 (recipient of 2021 American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) Residency and Fellowship Abstract Award).

• Ng E (2019). Angelman syndrome. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Autism. Child neurology, history, and physical examination. Child neurology: summary of all guidelines. Chromosomal disorders. Degenerative diseases of childhood. Fontanel. Fragile X syndrome. Hypotonic infant/hypotonia in infancy/floppy infant. Macrocephaly. Metabolic diseases of childhood. Microcephaly. In Zaidat OO, Lerner AJ, Miles JD, Eds. The Little Black Book of Neurology, 6th Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, Inc.

• Cheng D, Patel C, Ng E, Stevens S, Patel P, Ettinger A (2019). Metabolic disorders. In Weisbrot DM, Ettinger AB, Gallimore C, Eds. Synopsis of Neurologic and Psychiatric Complications of Systemic Disease. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Additional Information

Dr. Ng sees patients in Danbury, Farmington, and Hartford and offers appointments via telemedicine.