Investiture Ceremony Program for Peter B. Crino, MD, PhD

PETER B. CRINO, MD, PHD
Peter B. Crino, MD, PhD received his B.A. from
Binghamton University (Psychology/ Philosophy),
M.D. from Yale University, and Ph.D. in
neuroscience from Boston University. He
graduated from Yale cum laude and was inducted
into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor
society. He completed medical internship at Yale-
New Haven Hospital, and neurology residency at
the University of Pennsylvania. He was a Howard
Hughes Medical Institute Physician Post-Doctoral
Fellow in Molecular Neuroscience at the
University of Pennsylvania with clinical training in
epilepsy. He is board certified in neurology by the
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and electroencephalography by the
American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology.
Dr. Crino joined the faculty of the Department of Neurology at University of
Pennsylvania in 1997, was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2004. He
served as Director of the PENN Epilepsy Center from 2007 to 2012. Dr. Crino directed
the UPENN Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Program from 1998-2012. He joined the
neurology faculty at Temple University School of Medicine in 2012 as Professor where
he served as Vice Chair for Research and Director of the Temple Comprehensive
Epilepsy Center. In addition, he was Deputy Director of the Shriners Hospital Pediatric
Research Center. Dr. Crino came to University of Maryland School of Medicine in 2016
as Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology.
Dr. Crino served as President of the Philadelphia Neurological Society (2015-2016) and
was a member of the editorial board of the Annals of Neurology (2016-2019). He is
currently Chair of the Board of Directors of the Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Alliance
and Chair of the Research and Training Council at the American Epilepsy Society. Dr.
Crino was co-founder of Cognizance Biomarkers, LLC, (2006) a biotech start-up
company. He is co-Inventor on four U.S. patents.
Dr. Crino has received multiple awards, such as the Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein
Award in Neuroscience (1999), the Fritz Dreifuss Award for Translational Research in
Epilepsy from the American Epilepsy Society (2016), and the Jacob Javits Neuroscience
Research Award (2021) from the NINDS.
In 2019, Dr. Crino received funding from the state of Maryland to direct the Clinical
Center for Adults with Neuro-Developmental Disorders (CCAND). Dr. Crino also directs
the nationally recognized Tuberous Saclerosis Complex Center of Excellence in
Maryland.
Dr. Crino’s laboratory has maintained a continuously NIH-funded research program
studying altered brain development associated with epilepsy, intellectual disability, and
autism for the past 22 years. He is currently Principal or Co-Principal Investigator on 4
NIH grants. He has authored over 170 published papers, reviews, and book chapters, and
has given over 100 invited national and international presentations. Dr. Crino is married
to the Honorable Jeanne Covert and they share 5 children Jennifer, Steven, Elizabeth,
Caroline, and Jack.

MUSICAL SELECTION
Evan Bertrand
Grateful Patient
WELCOME
Mary Pooton
Associate Dean for Development
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Anthony Lehman, MD, MSPH
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Maryland School of Medicine
REMARKS
E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA
Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, UM Baltimore
John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and
Dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine
DONOR RECOGNITION
E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA
REMARKS
Richard L. Taylor, MD & Kathryn A. Taylor
Donors
SPEAKERS
Camilo A. Gutierrez, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Neurology Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Program Director, Epilepsy Fellowship
University of Maryland School of Medicine
John R. Pollard, MD
Director, Christiana Care Epilepsy Center
Adjunct Associate Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
MEDAL PRESENTATION
E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA
REMARKS
Peter B. Crino, MD, PhD
The Dr. Richard and Kathryn Taylor Endowed Professor of Neurology
CLOSING REMARKS
Anthony Lehman, MD, MSPH

T
he first endowed professorships were established more than
500 years ago with the creation of the Lady Margaret chairs
in divinity at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. The
original endowed chairs were sponsored by Lady Margaret,
countess of Richmond, and grandmother of Henry VIII in 1502.
Subsequently, private individuals began making financial contributions
to establish other endowed professorships and chairs such as the
Lucasian Chair of Mathematics, which Sir Isaac Newton held beginning
in 1669. Professor Stephen Hawking, the internationally renowned
physicist and recipient of the 2010 US Medal of Freedom, was another
prominent holder of this endowed chair.
The honor associated with appointment to an endowed position has
remained unchanged for the last 500 years and is recognized as one of
the highest tributes that an academic institution can bestow upon its
most distinguished faculty. These endowed professorships and chairs
continue to reward exceptional scholars uninterrupted to the present
time.
The Office of Development is charged with securing private gifts to
ensure the School’s tradition of excellence is sustained through robust
research, clinical, and educational programs and initiatives. The
University of Maryland School of Medicine is fortunate to have nearly
85 endowed chairs & professorships in various stages of completion
and held by esteemed faculty members.

DR. RICHARD AND
KATHRYN TAYLOR
Dr. Richard and Kathryn Taylor both
grew up in Hagerstown, Maryland. Mrs.
Taylor is a 1971 graduate of the
University System of Maryland’s
Frostburg State University, becoming an
artist and art teacher. After finishing his
undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins
University and graduating with Phi Beta
Kappa honors, Dr. Taylor then continued
all his professional education and training
at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
While attending the School of Medicine,
he was enrolled in the very first group of students participating in the
School’s then newly established Combined Accelerated Program in
Psychiatry (CAPP), graduating in 1975 with honors. The next year, along
with his brother Ronald (class of 1973), the Drs. Taylor opened a new,
freestanding “whole body” CT scanning operation in Towson, the first of it’s
kind in the greater Baltimore metropolitan area (and just the twelfth one in
the world).
Dr. Taylor completed his neurology residency as Chief Resident in the
School’s Department of Neurology in 1978. Prior to his retirement, Dr.
Taylor served as Chief of Neurology at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital
and Chief of Neurophysiology/EEG at several other Baltimore community
hospitals. He also engaged in numerous formal clinical studies, resulting in
his authoring more than a dozen published journal articles.
Despite establishing and working at his busy group practice, Dr. Taylor has
continued his consistent volunteer involvement at UMB, including regular
medical student teaching sessions as an Adjunct Professor of Neurology,
active participation in the Medical Alumni Association (serving as its 125th
President) and many years of membership on the Dean’s Board of Visitors as
well as the UMB Foundation Board. Along with the other Taylor family
members who have also proudly graduated from the UM School of Medicine,
Dr. & Mrs. Taylor’s previous charitable support over the years has included
endowments for the Taylor Lectureship in Neuropsychiatry, the Medical
Alumni Association Presidency, Leadership Hall, and the School’s renovated
freshman lecture room area now called Taylor Lecture Hall.

EVAN BERTRAND
Evan Bertrand studies Music
Performance at Washington Adventist
University, with piano as his primary
instrument, and tuba as his secondary.
Evan has Autism and Epilepsy. Shortly
after his Autism diagnosis at age two, a
series of routine tests at Hopkins revealed
a Chiari Type I and Syrinx which was
corrected by Dr. Ben Carson. He
attended Anne Arundel County Public
Schools throughout the elementary years,
and Hannah More School for his middle
and high school years. Following Hannah More, Evan studied music at Anne
Arundel Community College for two years. During that time, Evan was
featured in a documentary called, In the Light. In the Light has been shown
at film festivals across the country. The film focuses on the power of music
in the lives of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
While Evan’s path has been one of many health challenges, he has also
celebrated many incredible victories and accomplishments. This is Evan’s
final semester at WAU – he leaves having just received the Department Chair
Award, and the love and acceptance of his fellow classmates and musicians.
He has accepted an internship at Potenza Music as a Staff Engraver, and will
occupy a Tuba Chair with the Rockville Concert Band.
Evan is so delighted to have Dr. Crino as his Neurologist. A true blessing to
have found him. But he is most excited that Dr. Crino is a fellow tubist and a
great lover of music!