University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview Position(s)
Neuropsychologist

Other Related Positions Currently Held
Professor, Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Minnesota

Director of Pediatric Neuropsychology, Division of Pediatric Neurology, University of Minnesota

Sees Patients At
- University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview
- Pediatric Specialty Clinic (Minneapolis)

Clinical Interests
Pediatric Neuropsychology

Education
Medical School
University of Minnesota (Clinical Psychology)

Site of Fellowship
National Children's Medical Center

Research Interest(s)
Childhood Dementia in Chronic Diseases Affecting the Central Nervous System

The Effect of Neurotoxic Exposure and Other Factors on Cognitive Development of High Risk Children (Neurobiological Effects of Poverty)

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Selected Recent Publications
Charnas, L., Ziegler, R., Shapiro, E.,   Pediatric chronic disease. In M. Rizzo & P. Eslinger (Eds.). Principles and Practice of Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology, Saunders/ Churchill Livingstone/Mosby  In press.

Grewal, S., Shapiro, E., Krivit, W., Charnas, L., Lockman, L., Delaney, K., Davies, S., Wenger, D., Rimmel, F., Abel, S.,  Grovas, A.,  Orchard, P., Wagner, J., and Peters, C., Effective treatment of alpha-mannosidosis by allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant.  In press.

Grewal, S., Shapiro, E., Charnas, L. Orchard, P. and Peters, C.  Continued neurocognitive development and prevention of cardiopulmonary complications after successful BMT for I-cell disease: a long-term follow-up report.  Bone Marrow Transplantation,32, 957-960.

Shapiro, E., Krivit, W., Lockman, L., Jambaqué, I., Peters, C., Cowan, M., Harris, R., Blanche, S., Bordigoni, P., Loes, D., Ziegler, R.,  Crittenden, M., Ris, D., Berg, B., Cox, C., Moser, H.,  Fischer, A., and Aubourg, P. (2000).  Long-term beneficial effect of bone marrow transplantation for childhood onset  cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy.   Lancet.  356, 713-718.

Shapiro, E. and Balthazor, M.  Metabolic and neurodegenerative disorders of childhood.   In Taylor, G., Ris, D., and Yeates, K.(2000). Pediatric Neuropsychology:  Research, Theory and Practice.  Guilford Press.  Pp. 171-205.

Krivit, W., Shapiro, E., Peters, C., Wagner, J., Cornu, G., Kurtzberg, J., Wenger, D., Kolodny, E., Vanier, M., Loes, D., Dusenbery, K., and Lockman, L. (1998) Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy.  New England Journal of Medicine, 338, 1119-1126.

Peters, C., Shapiro, E. and Krivit, W.  (1998).  Neuropsychological development in children with Hurler syndrome following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.  (Invited editorial).  Pediatric Transplantation, 9:250-253.

Charnas, L., Ziegler, R., Shapiro, E.,   Pediatric chronic disease. In M. Rizzo & P. Eslinger (Eds.). Principles and Practice of Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology, Saunders/ Churchill Livingstone/Mosby  In press.

Grewal, S., Shapiro, E., Krivit, W., Charnas, L., Lockman, L., Delaney, K., Davies, S., Wenger, D., Rimmel, F., Abel, S.,  Grovas, A.,  Orchard, P., Wagner, J., and Peters, C., Effective treatment of alpha-mannosidosis by allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant.  In press.

Grewal, S., Shapiro, E., Charnas, L. Orchard, P. and Peters, C.  Continued neurocognitive development and prevention of cardiopulmonary complications after successful BMT for I-cell disease: a long-term follow-up report.  Bone Marrow Transplantation,32, 957-960.

Shapiro, E., Krivit, W., Lockman, L., Jambaqué, I., Peters, C., Cowan, M., Harris, R., Blanche, S., Bordigoni, P., Loes, D., Ziegler, R.,  Crittenden, M., Ris, D., Berg, B., Cox, C., Moser, H.,  Fischer, A., and Aubourg, P. (2000).  Long-term beneficial effect of bone marrow transplantation for childhood onset  cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy.   Lancet.  356, 713-718.

Shapiro, E. and Balthazor, M.  Metabolic and neurodegenerative disorders of childhood.   In Taylor, G., Ris, D., and Yeates, K.(2000). Pediatric Neuropsychology:  Research, Theory and Practice.  Guilford Press.  Pp. 171-205.

Krivit, W., Shapiro, E., Peters, C., Wagner, J., Cornu, G., Kurtzberg, J., Wenger, D., Kolodny, E., Vanier, M., Loes, D., Dusenbery, K., and Lockman, L. (1998) Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy.  New England Journal of Medicine, 338, 1119-1126.

Peters, C., Shapiro, E. and Krivit, W.  (1998).  Neuropsychological development in children with Hurler syndrome following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.  (Invited editorial).  Pediatric Transplantation, 9:250-253.

Gurney, J., Fritz, M., Ness, K., Sievers, P., Newschaffer, C., Shapiro, E.   An analysis of prevalence trends of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Minnesota. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 622-627.

Corbett, B., Khan, K., Czapansky-Beilman, D., Brady, N., Dropik, P., Zelinsky-Goldman, D., Delaney, K., Sharp, H., Mueller, I., Shapiro, E., Ziegler, R. (2000). A double blind, placebo-controlled crossover study investigating the effect of porcine secretin on autistic children.  Clinical Pediatrics, 327-331.