Our comprehensive team of pediatric neurologists and neurosurgeons work together to provide a tailored approach to meet the needs of every child. We see more than 4,500 young patients a year and offer treatment options for a full spectrum of neurological diseases.
- 4H Leukodystrophy
- Aicardi-Goutieres
- Brachial plexus and peripheral nerve injuries
- Brain and spinal cord tumors
- Brain abscess
- Carotid occlusive disease
- Cerebral aneurysms
- Cerebral hemorrhage
- Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis (CSVT)
- Cerebral vascular malformations
- Chiari malformation
- Concussion and brain injury
- Congenital anomalies
- Craniofacial anomalies
- Craniosynostosis
- Encephalitis in children
- Epilepsy
- Facial pain
- Fainting (Syncope)
- Freidreich’s ataxia
- Guillain-Barre syndrome in children
- Hemorrhagic stroke
- Hydrocephalus
- Hypomyelination with atrophy of the basal ganglia and cerebellum (H-ABC)
- Leukodystrophy
- Microcephaly
- Movement disorders
- Moyamoya disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Muscular dystrophy
- Myastenia gravis
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neurovascular lesions
- Optic neuritis
- Rett syndrome
- Skull base tumors
- Spina bifida
- Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
- Stroke
- Synostosis and plagiocephaly
- Tuberous sclerosis
- Trinucleotide repeats: Fragile X syndrome
- Tourette’s disorder
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Vascular lesions
- Vascular malformations of the spine
By providing the most up-to-date treatment options, we offer a variety of services for the entire spectrum of neurological diseases, including:
- Acute care pediatrics
- Angioplasty
- Deep brain stimulation
- Diagnostic neuroradiology
- Electrophysiology
- Endoscopic neurosurgery
- Interventional neuroradiology
- Intracranial endoscopy
- Minimally invasive neurosurgery
- Minimally invasive spine surgery
- Pediatric intensive care
- Stereotactic neurosurgery
- Vascular neurosurgery
Some children and adolescents with neurological conditions also have behavioral or learning problems that may require psychiatric care. Our pediatric neurologists work side-by-side with University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital child psychiatrists and psychologists to address a wide range of problems that affect learning and behavior. Testing is available to assess a child's intellectual functioning, language skills, motor abilities, and other cognitive and behavioral functions. Individual and group therapy, as well as prescription medicines may be recommended.
