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Sarah McKeown Ruggiero is a Genetic Counselor who specializes in the genetics of epilepsy and related neurodevelopmental disorders. She has a long-standing interest in neurodevelopmental disorders, and she worked as a research scientist within multiple laboratories exploring the pathobiology of neurodevelopmental disorders before becoming a Genetic Counselor. She is a Genetic Counselor at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where she works within the Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative (ENGIN) and the Center for Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (ENDD). Sarah’s research is particularly focused on genes involved in neuronal synaptic function, specifically STXBP1-related disorder. She has an MS in Genetic Counseling from Arcadia University, as well as a BS in Neuroscience and BA in English from the University of Delaware.