Catherine Ann Mcdermut Helgason

Dr. Catherine Ann Mcdermut Helgason M.D. is a Neurology expert witness from Illinois. She has medical practitioner’s licenses from the states of Minnesota and Illinois. She is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She completed her High School Diploma from University of Chicago Laboratory Schools Chicago, IL in 1965 and B.A. in Romance Languages and Literature from University of Chicago at Chicago, IL in 1969. She earned her M.D. in 1978 from University of Iceland Hospital (Landspitalinn) at Reykjavik, Iceland. She further pursued her residency in Residency in Neurology and fellowship in Cerebrovascular Diseases from University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics at Chicago, IL and Michael Reese Hospital at Chicago, IL. She also completed her Fellowship in Electroencephalography and Evoked Potentials and Master of Liberal Arts from Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital and University of Chicago at Chicago, IL. Currently, she is Professor of Neurology Director of Cerebrovascular Services Department of Neurology in University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. She is also an Hospital Attending Staff in University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital and Clinics, Chicago, IL. She is a member of American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Epilepsy Society. She has numerous publications to her credit. She also knows French and Icelandic in addition to English.