Wilmot Bonnet, M.D.

Biography

Wilmot Bonnet, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in pediatric ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, acquired brain injury, and neurologic complications of neurovascular disease, including Sturge-Weber syndrome.

Dr. Bonnet earned his medical degree at the UT Health Science Center at Houston. He completed residencies in pediatrics and child neurology at UT Southwestern, where he also gained advanced training through a fellowship in vascular neurology. He was the first trainee to complete the combined adult and pediatric vascular neurology fellowship, which he helped build at UT Southwestern.

Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in child neurology, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2020.

Dr. Bonnet serves on the UT Southwestern Child Neurology Residency Recruitment Committee and the Vascular Neurology Recruitment Committee, and he is a member of the UT Southwestern/Children's Health Center for Cerebrovascular Disease in Children. He is also a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the Child Neurology Society, the American Heart Association, and the International Pediatric Stroke Organization.

His research interests include pediatric stroke, imaging in stroke recovery, and large vessel occlusion in the pediatric population. He has delivered numerous presentations and published several academic articles related to his areas of expertise.

Personal Note

Dr. Bonnet writes, “I am passionate about my specialty because my older brother had a hemorrhagic stroke as a child complicated by epilepsy and learning difficulties, and I feel so lucky to be able to help children like him. I love being able to help optimize my patients’ ability to grow and develop and reach their ultimate potential."