First Fellow in Pediatric Epilepsy Earns National Award

In 2015, longtime donor Judi Rees created an endowed fellowship in pediatric epilepsy in honor of her granddaughter Maggie. The endowment enables Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and the Stanford School of Medicine to train the next generation of pediatric specialists. 

One such young investigator is Fiona Baumer, MD, who came to Stanford in 2015 for epilepsy training as the first Maggie Adalyn Otto Endowed Fellow for Pediatric Epilepsy. Baumer then joined the Stanford neurology faculty in 2016. 

Recently, Baumer received the prestigious Philip R. Dodge Young Investigator Award from the Child Neurology Society, which is presented annually to one accomplished early-stage investigator. 

“Congratulations to Dr. Baumer!” says Judi. “I am thrilled to see these young researchers flourishing and contributing to epilepsy research nationwide.” 

Judi has further supported training by launching the Maggie Adalyn Otto Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Palliative Care, in memory of Maggie. Endowed fellowships, like Judi’s, are integral to our hospital, educating early-stage researchers so that they can solve pressing issues related to child health. 

Thank you, Judi, for supporting our award-winning faculty at Stanford! 

This article originally appeared in the Fall 2024 issue of the Packard Children’s News.