Scott Ireland Otallah, MD
- Associate Professor, Neurology (Winston-Salem)

Scott Ireland Otallah, MD
Research Interests
- Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
- Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
- Education
- MD, University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2009
- Internship
- Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, 2010
- Residency
- Child Neurology, University of Virginia Medical Center, 2014
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Brain Injury Medicine
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Neurology (Winston-Salem)
- Departments and Affiliations
- Neurology (Winston-Salem)
Research
- Influenza-Associated Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy in US Children. , Silverman A, Walsh R, Santoro JD, Thomas K, Ballinger E, Fisher KS, Thomas AX, Appavu B, Kruer MC, Neilson D, Knoll J, Sharp AN, Edelman HE, Otallah S, Morgan A, Grzezulkowska A, Nguyen J, Rao LM, Hecht SM, Catalano L, Daigle H, Kronfol C, Wharton J, Adams D, Kalawi AZ, Kung M, Arellano JL, Smith L, Segal D, Feja K, Broomall E, Jayakar A, Arnold SR, Retallack H, Press CA, Gombolay G, McLaughlin MH, Kannan V, Thakkar K, Rezwan T, Hulfish E, Eid D, Meylor J, Peng D, Hurtado R, Nickerson T, Mandell I, Carbonell AU, Kerner-Rossi M, Jayaraman D, Davis M, Olivero R, Shah N, Osborne CM, Zhang B, Cortina C, Randolph AG, Rao S, LaRocca T, Van Haren KP, Wilson-Murphy M. JAMA. 2025 Jul;
- Neurology:Education. Patino J, Biliciler S, Chuquilin M, Eugene M,Harrison T, Kung, D, Luster J, Otallah, S, Quick, A, Rybinnik I, Safdieh, J, Schuyler, J, Soni, M, Furr Stimming, E. The Present and Future of Education in Neurology. 2024 Dec; 1; 4(3)
- Understanding Beliefs and Perceptions of Parents, Coaches, and Organizational Leaders toward Non-concussive Head Impact Exposure in Youth American Football. Urban JE, Moore JB, Faber LL, Marks ME, Holcomb TD, Miles CM, Flashman LA, Otallah SI, Stitzel JD, Foley KL. Int J Sports Sci Coach. 2025 Feb; 20(1):22-34.
- Isolated Psychiatric Symptoms in Children With Anti-N-Methyl-d Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis. Gombolay G, Brenton JN, Yang JH, Stredny CM, Kammeyer R, Fisher KS, Sandweiss AJ, Erickson TA, Kannan V, Otten C, Steriade C, Vu N, Santoro JD, Robles-Lopez K, Goodrich R, Otallah S, Arellano J, Christiana A, Morris M, Gorman MP, Kornbluh AB, Kahn I, Sepeta L, Jiang Y, Muscal E, Murray KO, Moodley M, Hardy D. Pediatr Neurol. 2024 Oct; 159:12-15.
- Local Culture and Community Through a Digital Lens: Viewpoint on Designing and Implementing a Virtual Second Look Event for Residency Applicants. Martindale JM, Carrasquillo RA, Otallah SI, Brooks AK, Denizard-Thompson N, Pharr E, Choate N, Sokolosky M, Strauss LD. JMIR Med Educ. 2023 Sep; 9:e44240.