Neurology

The Neurology Section at Nationwide Children's Hospital provides subspecialty evaluations and care for children through age 21 who have neurological disorders affecting the central nervous system, spinal cord, nerves and muscles.

The clinical research programs of the division are involved in industry-sponsored studies of medications for the treatment of headaches, epilepsy and the treatment of diabetic neuropathy. In addition, members of the division serve as consultants or co-investigators on three major National Institutes of Health-funded clinical studies of absence epilepsy, the genetics of human epilepsy and the prevention of stroke in sickle cell patients.

As a leader in the treatment of pediatric neurological disorders, a pediatric stroke clinic is now being offered – one of only a few such clinics in the country.

Services

• EEG (Routine, Extended, 1/2 Day, All Day, Overnight Long Term Monitoring, Cortical Grid Monitoring, Electrocorticography, Ambulatory EEG)

• EMG

• Evoked Potentials (Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response, Somatosensory Evoked Response, visual Evoked response)

• Intraoperative Evoked Potential Monitoring

• Ketogenic Diet

• Neurodiagnostics

Conditions

• Development Delay

• Epilepsy

• First Seizure/New Onset Epilepsy

• Guillain Barre Syndrome

• Headache/Migraine

• Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies

• Movement Disorders (dystonias, ataxias, choreoathetosis, tremors, tics)

• Muscular Dystrophy

• Myasthenia Gravis

• Neurocutaneous Syndromes

• Neurodegenerative Diseases

• Neuromuscular Diseases

• Peripheral Neuropathies

• Pseudotumor Cerebri

• Seizures

• Strokes

• Tourette Syndrome

• Tuberous Sclerosis

Pediatric Neurology Training Program

In 2009, following a comprehensive review, Nationwide Children's Child Neurology Residency Program was awarded 5-year accreditation, the longest certification period possible, by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

The ACGME is a private, non-profit council that evaluates and accredits medical residency programs in the United States. The mission of the ACGME is to improve health care by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians’ education through accreditation.

Interested in learning about our program including how to apply?