Colette C. Parker, MD

Colette C. Parker, MD

Division Chief

Department:
SOM-Peds-Neurology

Email:
cparker@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 984-5210

Education

National Institutes of Health/ NINDS/ Developmental Metabolic Neurology Branch, Clinical Associate, Metabolic Neurology1994
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, MD, Child Neurology1989
University of Mississippi Medical Center, MD, Pediatrics1986
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, MD1984
Mississippi College, BS, Chemistry1980

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Epilepsy, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology2016 - Present
Certification, Neurology with Special Competency in Child Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology1992 - Present
Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure1984 - Present
Certification, American Board of Pediatrics1989 - 1996

Current Positions

Associate Program Director of Child Neurology Residency Program, School of Medicine07/2024 - Present
Dr. Owen B. and Lynn M. Evans Endowed Chair of Pediatric Neurology, School of Medicine02/2023 - Present
Division Chief, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics2006 - Present
Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics2004 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Executive Vice Chair of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine07/2022 - 06/2023
Executive Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine07/2020 - 06/2022
Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine07/2017 - 06/2020
Child Neurology Residency Director, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine07/2006 - 06/2024
Associate Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics08/1996 - 06/2004
Clinical Associate, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD1991 - 1994
Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics1989 - 1991
MD, Mississippi Children's Rehabilitation Center, Jackson, MS, School of1989 - 1991
MD, Ellisville State School, Ellisville, MS1987 - 1991

Sponsored Program Funding

Extramural, UMC Pediatric Neurology Epilepsy Case Management, MSDH07/2015 - 06/2016

Publications

Journal Article

Hathaway SC, RiezM, Limbo K, ParkerC, Salmomns GS, Vocklely J, Wood T, Abdul-Rahman OA. X-linked creatine transporter deficiency presenting as a mitochondrial disorder. J Child Neurol. 2010 Aug 25(8):1009-122010
Carr CW, Moreno-De-Luca D, Parker CC, Zimmerman HH, Ledbetter N, Martin CL, Dobyns WB, Abdul-Rahman OA. Chiari I Malformation, delayed gross motor skills, severe speech delay, and epileptiform discharges in a child with FOXP1 haploinsufficiency. European Journal of Human Genetics. 2010 June 23(10):10382010
C.C.Parker, O.B. Evans. Metabolic Disorders Causing Childhood Ataxia. Semin Pediatric Neuro. 2003 Sep; 10 (3):193-9.2003
G. Altarescu, S. Hills, E. Wiggs, N. Jeffries, C. Kreps, CC, Parker, RO, Brady, NW Barton, R. Schiffmann. The Efficacy of Enzyme Replacement in Patients With Chronic Neuronpathic Gaucher’s Disease. J Pediatr. 138 (4):539-47.2001
S.R.Snodgrass, V.V. Vedanarayanan, C.C. Parker, B.R. Parks. Pediatric Patients with Undetectable Anticonvulsant Blood Levels: A comparison with compliant patients. J Child Neuro. (3):164-8.2001
G. Altarescu, R. Schiffman, C.C. Parker, D.F. Moore, R.O. Brady, N.W. Barton. Comparative Efficacy of Dose Regimens in Enzyme Replacement Therapy of Type I Gaucher Disease. Blood Cells Mol Dis. (4):285-90.2000
Y. Feng, M. H. LeBlanc, E. B. LeBlanc, C.C. Parker, J.D. Fratkin, X.B. Quian, D.M. Patel, M. Huang, E.E. Smith, P.J. Vig. Desmethyl tirilazad improves neurologic function after hypoxic ischemic brain injury in piglets. Crit Care Med. (5):1431-8.2000
C.C. Parker. Managing the Lifestyle of the Child with Epilepsy. Pediatr Ann 28:254-259.1999
Parker CC. Complicated migraine syndromes and migraine variants. Pediatr Ann 26:417-421.1997
Schiffmann R, Heyes MP, Aerts JM, Dambrosia JM, Patterson MC, DeGraba T, Parker CC, Zirzow GC, Oliver K, Tedeschi G, Brady RO, Barton NW. Prospective study of neurological responses to treatment with macrophage-targeted glucocerebrosidase in patients with type 3 Gaucher's disease. Ann Neurol 42:613- 621.1997
Suzuki K, Parker CC, Pentchev PG, Katz D, Ghetti B, D’Agostino AN, Carstea ED. Neurofibrillary tangles in Niewmann-Pick disease type C. Acta Neuropathologica 89:227-38.1995
Schiffmann R, Moller JR, Trapp BD, Shih HH, Farrer RG, Katz DA, Alger JR, Parker CC, Hauer PE, Kaneski CR. Childhood ataxia with diffuse central nervous system hypomyelination. Annals of Neurology 35:331-40.1994
Grabowski GA, Barton NW, Pastores G, Dambrosia JM, Banerjee TK, McKee MA, Parker CC, Schiffmann R, Hill SC, Brady, RO. Enzyme therapy in Gaucher disease type 1: comparative efficacy of mannose-terminated glucocerebrosidase from natural and recombinant sources. Blood 84: Suppl. 1, 226a.1994
Pentchev PG, Brady RO, Blanchette-Mackie EJ, Vanier MT, Carstea ED, Parker CC, Goldin E, Roff CF. The Niemann-Pick C lesion and its relationship to the intracellular distribution and utilization of LDL cholesterol. Biochim Biophys Acta:235-243.1994
Carstea E, Polymeropoulos M, Parker CC, O’Neill R, Patterson MC, Vanier MR, Xiao H, Straub R, Roff C. Goldin U, Barton NW, Brady RO, Pentchev PG. Linkage of Niemann-Pick Type C to Chromosome 18. Proc Natl Acad Soc USA 90:2002-4.1993
Hill SC, Parker CC, Brady RO, Barton NW. MRI of Multiple Platyspondyly in Gaucher Disease: Response to Enzyme Replacement Therapy. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography 17:806-9.1993
Patterson MC, DiBisceglie AM, Higgins JJ, Abel RB, Schiffmann R, Parker CC, Argoff CE, Grewal RP, Yu K, Pentchev PG, Brady RO, Barton NW. The effect of cholesterol-lowering agents on hepatic and plasma cholesterol in Niemann-Pick, Type C. Neurology 43:61-4.1993
LeBlanc MH, Vig V, Randhawa T, Parker CC, Brown EG. Use of polyethylene glycol bound superoxide dismutase, polyethylene glycol bound catalase and nimodipine to prevent hypoxic ischemic injury to the brain of newborn pigs. Critical Care Medicine 21:252-9.1993
LeBlanc MH, Parker CC, Vig V, Smith EE, Brown EG. Fructose-1, 6-diphosphate does not ameliorate hypoxic ischemic injury to the central nervous system in the newborn pig. Critical Care Medicine 20:1309-1314.1992
Evans OB, Vig V, Parker CC. Prematurity and Early Onset Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis. Pediatr Neurol 8:51-3.1992
LeBlanc MH, Vig V, Smith B, Parker CC, Evans OB, Smith EE. MK801 does not protect against hypoxic ischemic brain injury in piglets. Stroke 22:1270-5.1991
Subramony SH, Parker CC, Evans OB, Hanson RR Mistaken diagnosis in continuous muscle fiber activity of peripheral nerve origin. Pediatric Neurol 6:257-9.1990
Pena L D.M., Yong-Hui J, Schoch K, Spillmann RC, Walley N, Stong N, Rapisardo Horn S, Sullivan JA, McConkie-Rosell A, Kansagra S, Smith EC, El-Dairi M, Bellet J, Keels MA, Jasien J, Kranz PG, Noel R, Nagaraj SK, Lark RK, Wechsler DSG, del Gaudio D, Leung ML, Hendon LG, Parker CC, Jones KL, Undiagnosed Diseases Network Members, Goldstein DB, and Shashi V. Looking beyond the exome: a phenotype-first approach to molecular diagnostic resolution in rare and undiagnosed diseases. American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. GENETICS in MEDICINE. doi:10.1038/gim.2017.1282017
Al-Ramadhani R, Ingram, J, Parker C Prenatal Diagnosis of Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma: A Case Report Journal of Child Neurology 2017, Vol. 32(9) 848-8552017
Shekhar, S, Patel, R, and Parker C Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting with Severe Papilledema in a Child: A Rare Presentation of the Disease Journal of Child Neurology 2017, Vol. 32(9) 845-8552017

Abstracts

Al-Ramadhani R, Ingram J, Parker C Prenatal Diagnosis of Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma: A Case Report Presented at the 42nd Annual Southern Pediatric Neurology Society Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana2017
Shekhar S, Patel R, Parker C Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting with Severe Papilledema in a Child: A Rare Presentation of the Disease Presented at the 42nd Annual Southern Pediatric Neurology Society Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana2017
Limbo K, Parker C, Vockley J, Wood T, Friez M, Salomons G, Abdul-Rahman OA. X- linked creatine transporter deficiency presenting as a mitochondrial disorder. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics,
October 10, 2006.
2006
Gustavo Luzardo-Small, Davis L, Vedanarayanan V, Sundaram M, Parker CC,
Evans OB, Lancon JA. Corpus Callosotomy in Children: A Review of 15 Cases. May, 2003 Quadrennial Meeting of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
2003
Parker CC, Bock HGO, Snodgrass SR, Vedanarayanan VV. Duchenne Muscular, Dystrophy Plus. 22nd Annual Carrell-Krusen Symposium, 2000.2000
LeBlanc MH, Feng YZ, Parker CC, Fratkin JD Deferoxamine does not affect the severity of hypoxic ischemic brain injury in the piglet. Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, 1998.1998
M.H. LeBlanc, Y.Z. Feng, C.C. Parker, J.D. Fratkin Deferoxamine does not affect the severity of Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury in the Piglet. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., Vol. 24, Part 1, p. 214: 86.6, 1998.1998
Y.Z. Feng, M.H. LeBlanc, C.C. Parker, J.D. Fratkin Desmethyl Tirilazad reduces the severity of hypoxi ischemic brain injury in the newborn piglet. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., Vol. 24, Part 1, p. 214: 86.5, 1998.1998
Feng YZ, LeBlanc MH, Parker CC, Fratkin JD Desmethyl tirilazad reduces the severity of hypoxic ischemic brain injury in the newborn piglet. Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, 1998.1998
Schiffmann R, Trapp BD, Moller JR, Kaye EM, Katz DA, Parker CC, Brady RO, Barton NW. Childhood ataxia with diffuse central nervous system hypomyelination. Ann Neurol 32: (3) 484, 1992.1992
Shih HH, Alger JR, Schiffmann R, Parker CC. Proton MR spectroscopy imaging in neuropathic lipid storage diseases. Annual meeting of the American Society of Neuroradiology, 1992.1992
Patterson MC, Higgins JJ, Abel RB, Schiffmann R, Parker CC, Argoff C, Grewal RP, Yu K, DiBisceglie A, Pentchev PG, Brady RO, Barton NW. The effect of cholesterol-lowering agents on tissue and plasma cholesterol in Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C. Neurology 42 [suppl 3]: 313, 1992.1992
LeBlanc MH, Parker CC, Vig V, Smith EE, Brown EG. Use of polyethylene glycol bound superoxide dismutase (S) and catalase (C) and Niomodipine (N) to prevent hypoxic ischemic injury to the brain of piglets. Clinical Research 38:956A, 1990. Also Pediatric Research 31:349a, 1992. Presented at the Southern Pediatric Research meeting, May 1992.1992
LeBlanc MH, Rockhold RW, Vig V, Smith B, Parker CC, Evans OB, Smith EE. MK801 and excitatory amino acid antagonist enhances hypoxic ischemic injury to the brain of the newborn pig. Clinical Research 38:60A, 1990. Also Pediatric Research 27:345A, 1990. Presented at the Southern Society for Pediatric Research meeting, February 1990. Presented at the Society for Pediatric Research meeting, May 1990.1990

Book Chapter

Evans OB, Parker CC, Haas RH, Naidu S, Moser HW, Bock HGO. Inborn Errors of Metabolism of the Nervous System. Neurology in Clinical Practice. (3rd edition), New York, Butterworth, 2000.2000
Evans OB, Parker CC, Haas R, Naidu S, Moser H, Bock HGO. Inborn Errors of Metabolism of the Nervous System, Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Marsden CD. Neurology in Clinical Practice. (2nd edition), New York, Butterworth, 1995.1995
Evans OB, Hanson RR, Bock HGO, Parker CC. Inborn Errors of Metabolism of the Nervous System, Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Marsden CD. Neurology in Clinical Practice. New York, Butterworth, 19911991
Evans OB, Subramony SH, Hanson RR, Parker CC. Neurologic Complications of Pregnancy: Effects on the Fetus and Newborn, Sweet A and Brown E. Fetal and Neonatal Effects of Maternal Disease. St. Louis, MO. Mosby Year Book. 1991.1991

Presentations

Poster Presentation, Mortality in Children with Cerebral Palsy treated with Intrathecal Baclofen Pump, American Academy of Neurology, Walter E Washington Convention Center, Washington DC04/2015
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, "A Pain in the Head", Pediatric Neuroscience Update03/2015
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Update on Pediatric Movement Disorders, Pediatric Neuroscience Update, Jackson, MS03/2015
Poster Presentation, Typical and Atypical Presentations of Neuromyelitis Optica, American Neurology Association, New Orleans10/2013
Invited Symposia, "Treatment of Lysosomal Storage Diseases", Pediatric Neurology Update, University of Alabama Birmingham02/2007
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Lysosomal Disorders - New Treatments", Tri-State Neurology Conference, Eagle Ridge Conference Center, Raymond, MS.10/2006
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Childhood Seizures", Family Practice Update, Hattiesburg, MS04/2005
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Seizure Syndromes in Childhood", Central Mississippi Pediatrics Meeting, Jackson, MS.03/2005
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Prematurity and the Central Nervous System”, Pediatric Spring Meeting, MS Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics, Hattiesburg, MS.03/2005
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Autism Update”, Pediatric Fall Meeting, MS Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi School of Medicine.09/2003
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Anticonvulsants.”, Pediatric Winter meeting, University of Mississippi School of Medicine02/1997
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Neurological Conditions and Signs in Infants at Risk for Communicative Disorders.”, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 1989 Symposium on Communicative Disorders10/1989
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The First Year of Life from a Neurological Prospective.”, Sixth Annual Pediatric Seminar - The First Year of Life, University of Mississippi School of Medicine.09/1989

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Evans Award, UMMC Department of Pediatrics2017

Professional Membership and Service

Southern Pediatric Neurology Society, Member, 42nd Annual Southern Neurology Society Meeting2017
Amercian Headache Society, Member
American Academy of Neurology, Member
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Oral board examiner, Oral Board Examiner
Child Neurology Society, Member
Professors of Child Neurology, Member
Southern Pediatric Neurology Society, Member
Child Neurology Society, Committee Member, Long Range Planning
Child Neurology Society, Committee Member, Nominating Committee

Committee Service

Pediatrics Faculty Development Advisory Group Mentor2014 - 2014
The University Hospitals and Clinics - Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Member2007 - Present
Pediatric Education Committee, Member2006 - Present
Childrens Ambulatory Leadership Committee, Member
Junior Staff Mentoring Committee, Member
UM - FACULTY SENATE, Member

Residency Training

Child Neurology Residency Program, Assoc. Program Director2024 - Present
Child Neurology Residency Program, Program Director2006 - 06/2024
Pediatrics, Attending Physician1995 - Present