Dr. Cummings completed the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Funded MD/PhD program in neuroscience with a focus on fundamental mechanisms of epilepsy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. As child neurology resident at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, he performed clinical research in Tourette Syndrome and developmental cognitive neurology.
As a faculty member in pediatrics and Director, Pediatric Stroke Program, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Dr. Cummings has set care standards and provided education to medical students, residents, fellows and faculty in evaluation and management of pediatric stroke.  Dr. Cummings has served as site investigator for multiple NIH studies of pediatric stroke including Thrombolysis in Pediatric Stroke Study, Vascular Effects of Infection in Stroke II, and StrokeNet.  He serves on the editorial boards of Pediatric Neurology and the Annals of the Child Neurology Society.  He received Top Doctors Award, Pittsburgh Magazine for 2021 and 2022.
His clinical interests include pediatric brain attack and stroke, spells and epilepsy, developmental delay and cognitive disorders.

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Director, Pediatric Stroke Program, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Director, Clinical Research, Division of Child Neurology

Director, Pediatric Neurology Residency Curriculum