Dr. Smith-Hicks received her MD and PhD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed her internship and residency in Pediatrics at Montefiore Medical Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and her residency in Pediatric Neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dr. Smith-Hicks also completed a Research Fellowship at Hopkins in the laboratory of Dr Paul Worley where she studied the role of the Immediate Early Gene Arc in the formation of neural networks that are involved in learning and memory. Now a faculty member of the Department of Neurology, she seeks to extend this work to understand the molecular mechanisms by which neuronal networks are formed and modified in disorders such as Downs Syndrome and Fragile X.

Dr. Smith-Hicks has a special interest in the care and diagnosis of children with developmental delays and disorders of learning and memory.

Dr. Smith-Hicks sees patients at Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center on Mondays.

Certifications:

• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology