Julie A. Griffith, M.D., M.S., C.M.T.
Julie A. Griffith, M.D., M.S., C.M.T.

Dr. Julie A. Griffith is an internationally-known expert in the field of Learning and Behavioral disorders, with a specialization in behavioral neurology.  
Dr. Griffith sees both children and adults.  Dr. Griffith sees patients for all neurological conditions such as neurodevelopmental delay, cognitive
deficits, executive dysfunction, attention deficit, epilepsy, headaches and posttraumatic migraine and concussive syndrome.  Dr. Griffith has  focused
on seeing children with  autonomic disorders,allergies, autism, autoimmune disease, chronic fatigue, chronic infections, learning disabilities,
nutritional deficiencies, tick born disease, and neuroimmune disease.  Dr. Griffith has devoted her career to improving the lives of her patients
through a comprehensive program of nutrition, combined with an in-depth medical and educational therapy.  Dr. Griffith enjoys working with a
multidisciplinary team, as needed.  Dr. Griffith most often is the case manager for her patients, coordinating the referral to other medical specialists
(cardiologists, endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, immunologists,  infectious disease specialists, ophthalmologists, rheumatologists, etc), and
health care practitioners in other fields (clinical nutritionist, homeopathic physician, osteopathic physician), educational specialists (educational
therapists, tutors), and therapists (behavioral, physical, occupational,  speech,  and vision), as appropriate.

Areas of Specialty:        
Pediatric and Adult Neurology
Neuropsychiatry
Gut/brain/immune dysfunction
Learning and behavioral disorders

Autism
Neuroimmune   
Neurotoxicology
Nutrition
Tick born disease (also known as "Lyme disease")
Pediatric Residency: University of California, San Francisco  (1991-1993)
Neurology Residency: Harvard (Longwood Program) (1993-1996)

Fellowships:                     
Behavioral Neurology,  Harvard Boston Children’s Hospital
Penry Minifellowship in Epilepsy, 2002

Additional Training:              
Food as Medicine Graduate Course, Berkeley
Neuropathology Program -Oxford University
Child Psychiatry Program - Auckland, New Zealand
Neuroradiology - University of  California, San Diego

AMTA (American Massage Therapy Association) certified                  
MINE  (Massage Institute of New England) Graduate
(850 hour Course)

Autism:
Developed interest and began review of the literature on neuroimmune disease beginning in 1999
Lectured at UCSF and to FEAT, Sacramento beginning in 1999 (and most recently in 2009)
DAN! (Defeat Autism Now!),(
Harvard McLean Psychiatry Hospital-sponsored continuing medical education)
Think Tanks, several
Physician training -10/02,10/03, 10/04,10/05,10/06, 10/07, 10/8 and 10/09
Advanced Physician training: 10/07, 01/08 and10/09; Level I & II Practitioner
Attended first LIA (Lyme-induced autism) conference in 2007 and then each conference since, 2008 and 2009
International Think Tank, Ratna Ling, June 2008, Mendocino County
Yasko Genomics  3 hour symposium, May, 2008.
Utilized Genomics by Genova Diagnostics Lab since approximately 2006.
Teleconference monthly BAAM (Bay Area Autism Medical and other Doctors), 2008


Tick Born  disease
Attended LDA(Lyme Disease Association)/ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Disease Society) National
conferences in 2006, 2008 & 2009
ILADS member
Attended first
LIA (Lyme-induced autism) conference in 2007 and then each conference since, 2008 and 2009
ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society) member
ILADS Fellowship with Dr. Charles Ray Jones, Pediatric Tick Born Disease Specialist