Christine BULTEAU

Medical Doctor, Psy Ph D, Child Neuropsychologist

PRESENT POSITIONS

2000: Pediatric Neurologist – Pediatric Neurosurgery Department – Rothschild Foundation Hospital–-Paris –France EPIRARE Consortium – member of EPICARE European Reference Network

2011: Head of Neuropsychological Assessment Program for Epilepsy Surgery – Pediatric Neurosurgery Department – Rothschild Foundation Hospital–- Paris – France

  • 2019: Associated member at the Memory, Brain and Cognition Laboratory (MC2Lab, EA 7536), University of Paris, Institute of Psychology, F-92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France

 

RESEARCH THEMATIC : Developmental Neuropsychology, Hemispheric specialization, language and memory

 

INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL POSITIONS

Since 2019: Member of Executive Board of the French League Against Epilepsy (LFCE)

2014 – 2017: Member of the Surgical Commission Therapy (ILAE)

Since 2003: Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Task Force (ILAE) and U-Task Force (ILAE)

 

POST-GRADUATE TEACHING

Since 2010: Workshop or Teaching course on Pediatric Epilepsy surgery (ILAE and European network)

Since 2009:  Developmental Neuropsychology – Paris Descartes University (Master Course)

Since 2007:  Pediatric Neurology Course and Pediatric Epilepsy Course in France (National degrees)

 

PAST POSITIONS AND HONORS

2009– 2019: Pediatric Neurologist Management of the neuropsychological team – Robert Debré Hospital –

2010: Awards – Price Chamaillard – French Fondation for Epilepsy Research (15 000 Euros) 

2005- 2018 : Members of the Developmental Neuropsychological Team – Inserm U663 “Epilepsy and Brain Plasticity” – Necker –Enfants Malades Hospital – Paris – France. 

2004 – 2006: Coordination of Research supported by Health Ministery –Inserm (105 000 Euros) : Study of Cognitive impairment in epileptic children aged from 3 to 16 years old on quality of life and schooling. 

1996 – 2001: Creation of a Multidisciplinary consultation for the coverage (care) of the children with brain tumour (Institut Gustave Roussy – Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades – France) 

1995–2000: Pediatric Neurologist – Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Hospital – Neuropediatric Department Paris

 

Profil académique & recherche

Enseignements

Master de Neuropsychologie, Institut de Psychologie

Thèmes de recherche
  • Neuropsychologie du développement
  • Spécialisation hémisphérique
  • Langage et mémoire
Projets, recherches en cours

– HALF-BRAIN : Évaluation multimodale du fonctionnement neurocognitif et de la réorganisation cérébrale anatomique après hémisphérotomie chez des patients présentant une encéphalite de Rasmussen

– Devenir post-opératoire des patients opérés d’épilepsie frontale

– PI étude PEPSI : Etude prospective sur l’efficacité sur les crises d’épilepsie chez les patients opérés de chirurgie à l’Hôpital Fondation Adolphe de  Rothschild (75019)

Responsabilités (scientifiques, administratives, enseignement)
  • Praticien titulaire hospitalier
  • Responsable du programme d’évaluation neuropsychologique péri-chirurgicale dans le contexte de la chirurgie des épilepsies du nourrisson et de l’enfant à l’Hôpital Fondation Adolphe de  Rothschild (75019)
  • Membre du bureau du conseil d’administration de la Ligue Française Contre l’Epilepsie
  • Enseignement international (ILAE)  dans le contexte de la chirurgie de l’épilepsie des enfants
Contrat de recherche

Aucun

Publications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

The hidden face of hemispherectomy: Visuo-spatial and visuo-perceptive processing after left or right functional hemispherectomy in 40 children. Pinabiaux C, Save-Pédebos J, Dorfmüller G, Jambaqué I, Bulteau C.Epilepsy Behav. 2022 Sep;134:108821. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2022.108821.

Cognitive outcome after left functional hemispherectomy on dominant hemisphere in patients with Rasmussen encephalitis: beyond the myth of aphasia. Patient series. Borne A, Perrone-Bertolotti M, Jambaqué I, Castaignède C, Dorfmüller G, Ferrand-Sorbets S, Baciu M, Bulteau C.J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2022 Nov 28;4(22):CASE22410. doi: 10.3171/CASE22410.

Vertical hemispherotomy for drug-resistant epilepsy: Toward confirmation of the HOPS study.

Bourdillon P, Bulteau C, Dorfmüller G, Ferrand-Sorbets S. Epilepsia. 2021 Dec;62(12):3150-3151. doi: 10.1111/epi.17111.

Memory dysfunctions. Piolino P, Bulteau C, Jambaqué I.Handb Clin Neurol. 2020;174:93-110. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-64148-9.00008-9.

The vulnerability of the immature brain. Bulteau C. Handb Clin Neurol. 2020;173:89-97. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-64150-2.00010-1.


Language plasticity after hemispherotomy of the dominant hemisphere in 3 patients: Implication of non-linguistic networks.
Bulteau C, Jambaqué I, Chiron C, Rodrigo S, Dorfmüller G, Dulac O, Hertz-Pannier L, Noulhiane M. Epilepsy Behav. 2017 Apr;69:86-94. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.01.004.

Language recovery after left hemispherotomy for Rasmussen encephalitis.  Bulteau C, Grosmaitre C, Save-Pédebos J, Leunen D, Delalande O, Dorfmüller G, Dulac O, Jambaqué I. Epilepsy Behav. 2015 Dec;53:51-7. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.07.044.

Exceptional verbal intelligence after hemispherotomy in a child with Rasmussen encephalitis. Grosmaitre C, Jambaqué I, Dorfmuller G, Rodrigo S, Ville D, Delalande O, Bulteau C. Neurocase. 2015;21(2):144-7. doi: 10.1080/13554794.2013.878724.

The development of pragmatic skills in children after hemispherotomy: Contribution from left and right hemispheres. Save-Pédebos J, Pinabiaux C, Dorfmuller G, Sorbets SF, Delalande O, Jambaqué I, Bulteau C. Epilepsy Behav. 2016 Feb;55:139-45. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.12.013.Reading impairment in an adolescent with temporo-occipital epilepsy. Pre- and post-surgical evaluation.

Grosmaitre C, Auclair L, Dorfmuller G, Leunen D, Delalande O, Folhen M, Bulteau C, Jambaqué I. Neurocase. 2014;20(1):87-99. doi: 10.1080/13554794.2012.732088.

The development of pragmatic skills in children after hemispherotomy: Contribution from left and right hemispheres. Save-Pédebos J, Pinabiaux C, Dorfmuller G, Sorbets SF, Delalande O, Jambaqué I, Bulteau C. Epilepsy Behav. 2016 Feb;55:139-45. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.12.013.

Language recovery after left hemispherotomy for Rasmussen encephalitis.

Bulteau C, Grosmaitre C, Save-Pédebos J, Leunen D, Delalande O, Dorfmüller G, Dulac O, Jambaqué I. Epilepsy Behav. 2015 Dec;53:51-7. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.07.044.

Impaired emotional memory recognition after early temporal lobe epilepsy surgery: the fearful face exception? Pinabiaux C, Bulteau C, Fohlen M, Dorfmüller G, Chiron C, Hertz-Pannier L, Delalande O, Jambaqué I. Cortex. 2013 May;49(5):1386-93. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.06.008.

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