Sean Pittock, MD
Enriched profileConsultant, Department of Neurology; Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science; Director, Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology · Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Sean Pittock is Consultant, Department of Neurology; Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science; Director, Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. OpenAlex indexes 762 publications with 53,222 citations (h-index 113); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 4 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Neurology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 16 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Sean Pittock, MD, is Consultant, Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The public record shows 762 publications with 53,222 citations (h-index 113), centered on Epilepsy. It also documents an investigator role on 4 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 12 companies, 1 NIH-funded awards (2010–2014).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Annals of neurology
- Top research focus: Epilepsy
- 4 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 12 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 89 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
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Updated 16 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 4 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Acute Optic Neuritis Network: an International Study That Invesitages Subjects With a First-ever Episode of Acute Inflammation of the Optic Nerve
Sponsor: Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a cooperation between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecul
- IVIG in Patients With VGKC Ab Associated Autoimmune Epilepsy
Sponsor: Mayo Clinic
Industry payments
Updated 16 Oct 2026
12 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year202517 payments$38,371openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- UCB SAProgram year20251 payment
- F. Hoffmann-La Roche AGProgram year20253 payments
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Nervous system
100%Potassium Channel Blocker100%Firdapse100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
Updated 16 Oct 2026
1 NIH research award on record, funded 2010–2014 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- CNS Demyelinating Autoimmunity Targeting Water Channel Complexes
Mayo Clinic Rochester
FY2014$334,688R01NS065829 - CNS Demyelinating Autoimmunity Targeting Water Channel Complexes
Mayo Clinic Rochester
FY2013$326,237R01NS065829 - CNS Demyelinating Autoimmunity Targeting Water Channel Complexes
Mayo Clinic Rochester
FY2012$338,069R01NS065829
Publications
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- TRUE-MOGAD Score: A Novel Scoring System to Identify MOGAD Among Positive MOG-IgG Test Results.
Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation
Article2026
Online presence
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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Background & recognition
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →aealliance.org ↗
- MB (Bachelor of Medicine)
University College Dublin, National University of Ireland
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- Board Certified
Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABMS)
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →aealliance.org ↗
- Director
Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology, Mayo Clinic (Marilyn A. Park and Moon S. Park, M.D., Director)
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Neuroimmunology Laboratory, Mayo Clinic
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Section for Autoimmune Neurology, American Academy of Neurology
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Awards & honors
honors on the public record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →mayo.edu ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →mayo.edu ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →mayo.edu ↗
- Harold Miller Prize
Irish Neurological Association
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →mayo.edu ↗ - Grass Foundation Award in Neuroscience
American Neurological Association
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Joint appointment
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic
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Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance
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Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- Prof. Sean Pittock Outlines a Bold New Era for Autoimmune Neurology
From Discovery to Targeted Immune Reset
2025verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →wfneurology.org ↗ - NeuroVoices: Sean Pittock
MD, on Improving Treatment Optimization, Clinical Pipeline of NMOSD (NeurologyLive video interview)
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MD (NeurologyLive video interview)
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