Pediatrics

The mission of the Division of Pediatric Neurology is to achieve national prominence in education, research, and patient care. To accomplish this mission, the Division has developed multidisciplinary programs in epilepsy, sleep disorders, neuromuscular disorders, movement disorders, autism, neuro-oncology, and cognitive neurology. The Division is committed to training young physicians and scientists to provide care for children with respect and compassion, and conduct research in the context of patient treatment. 

To better understand and improve the treatment of pediatric neurological problems, our faculty participate in National Institutes of Health and foundation funded basic and clinical research projects. Active areas of research include closed-loop seizure prevention, brain machine interface, newborn brain monitoring, epileptogenesis, gene therapy, learning and language disorders, sleep disorders, epilepsy ketogenic diet therapy, nerve regeneration, and novel brain imaging research. Through these efforts, we continue to refine the latest techniques and technology, and to discover new neurodiagnostic methods and therapies for children.