Featured Physician

(From the April 2025 issue of MedStat) 

Emily C. de los Reyes, MD, is an attending pediatric neurologist at Nationwide Children’s and professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Neurology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. de los Reyes, who joined Nationwide Children’s in 2003, is board-certified in child neurology, neurodevelopmental disabilities and epilepsy. She serves as director of the Nationwide Children’s Batten Disease Center and was instrumental in attaining the Batten Disease Support and Research Association Center of Excellence designation. She is also co-director of the Rett Syndrome Center of Excellence and the lead specialist of the Neurodevelopmental Clinic. Additionally, she serves as the Neurology subspecialty chair of the Autism Treatment Network at Nationwide Children’s.

Her research interests include rare disorders, such as Batten disease, Rett syndrome, autism and La Crosse encephalitis. She has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international organizations on these topics, among others in the field of pediatric neurology. Dr. de los Reyes is a member of the Child Neurology Society, serves on the executive committee of the Southern Pediatric Neurology Society and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Child Neurology.