Scott Demarest, MD, MSc

Dr. Scott Demarest is the Chief Precision Medicine Officer at Children’s Hospital Colorado’s Precision Medicine Institute. He is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology at the University of Colorado. His clinical practice and research focus on the evaluation and treatment of neurogenetic epilepsies. This includes clinical trials for novel therapeutics, natural history studies and the development of improved outcome measures. As the CPMO, he supports the clinical implementation of cutting-edge diagnostic and therapeutic approaches across the CHCO system of care to improve patient outcomes. He also serves as the co-director of the neurology complex drug program, medical director of the Batten and Neurogenetic Multi-disciplinary Clinics , and the director for the International CDKL5 Clinical Research Network.