Pediatric Neurology Expert
In Active Clinical Practice and Academic Faculty

Board Certification

Diplomat, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology

Professional Experience

Pediatric Neurologist
Central Michigan University College of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Saginaw, MI
March 2025 to Present

Pediatric Neurologist
University of Illinois College of Medicine-Peoria
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Peoria, IL
August 2024 to Present

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital
Corewell Health (Spectrum Health)
Grand Rapids, MI
August 2020 to July 2024

Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development
Michigan State University-College of Human Medicine
East Lansing, MI
August 2020 to July 2024

Bronson Neuroscience Center
Kalamazoo, MI
September 2017 to July 2020

Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
December 2017 to July 2020

Clinical Faculty & Assistant Professor
University of Illinois College of Medicine-Peoria
Peoria, IL
August 2016 to August 2017

Integrated Health Associates, PC
Ann Arbor, MI
February 2009 to August 2016

Huron Valley Neurology, PLC
Ann Arbor, MI
July 2007 to February 2009

Michigan Multispecialty Physicians, PC
Ann Arbor, MI
July 2004 to June 2007

Current Licensure

Michigan
Illinois

Education

Michigan State University
College of Human Medicine
M.D., 1999
Alpha Omega Alpha

University of Michigan
College of Literature, Science and Arts
B.S., Biology, 1995

Post Graduate Residency/Fellowship

University of Michigan Medical Center
Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology
Neurology/Pediatric Neurology Fellowship
2001 to 2004

University of Wisconsin
Department of Pediatrics
Pediatric Residency
1999 to 2001

Professional Affiliations

Child Neurology society
American Academy of Neurology

Publications

1. Efficacy and tolerability of zolmitriptan nasal spray for the treatment of acute migraine in adolescents: Results of a randomized, double-blind, multi-center, parallel-group study (TEENZ). Winner P, Farkas V, Stillová H, Woodruff B, Liss C, Lillieborg S, Raines S; TEENZ Study Group. Headache. 2016 Jul;56(7):1107-19. doi:10.1111/head.12859. Epub 2016 Jun 22.
2. Differences in characteristics among new pediatric neurology patients: the effect of a newly established private pediatric neurology practice. Van Cleave J, Woodruff B, Freed GL. Ambul Pediatr. 2008 Mar-Apr;8(2):104-8. doi:10.1016/j.ambp.2007.11.001.
3. Colonic leiomyoma in a 12-year-old patient with tuberous sclerosis: a case report and brief review. Woodruff BE, Mack K. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2001 Apr;32(4):499-500.