Pediatrics

Pediatric Neurology

About Pediatric Neurology at Ochsner LSU Health

Ochsner LSU Health provides your child with exceptional neurological care. Pediatric neurologists at Ochsner LSU Health make life-changing improvements in children with neurological disorders, so you can rest assured that your child is in the most capable hands.

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Advanced Care for Pediatric Patients with Neurological Conditions

The Ochsner LSU Health - Neurology Center is equipped with the technology and resources needed to provide your child with neurological care for the full range of conditions.

Ochsner LSU Health - Neurology Center is the only institution in the community with a fully equipped and staffed long-term video electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring program for both adults and children. Ochsner LSU Health also provides access to the highest level of epilepsy care. Ochsner LSU Health's Epilepsy Center is one of three epilepsy centers in Louisiana to be accredited by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers, and it is the only Level 4 epilepsy center in the tristate area. To earn a Level 4 distinction means that Ochsner LSU Health's Epilepsy Center provides a higher level of care by offering more complex forms of intensive nervous system function monitoring and effective treatment of medical, neuropsychological and psychosocial conditions. Ochsner LSU Health's partnership with the neurosurgical department allows Ochsner LSU Health to offer surgical removal of the epileptic focus in the brain.

Ochsner LSU Health's unrivaled team evaluates and treats patients with:

Headaches
Seizure disorders, such as epilepsy
Tics and other movement disorders
Developmental concerns
Cerebral palsy, which involves difficulties with balance, movement and posture
Sleep disorders
Neuromuscular disorders, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), and muscular dystrophies including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
Pediatric stroke
Demyelinating disorders, which are conditions that damage the protective layer around optic nerves and nerves in the brain and spinal cord
Autoimmune diseases of the Central Nervous System (CNS), such as multiple sclerosis

Ochsner LSU Health has a full array of neurodiagnostic capabilities like:

CT scans to quickly provide internal images of the body to help diagnose conditions.
MRIs to get a detailed image of the inside of the body that helps direct treatment.
Routine EEGs to measure brain activity, and help diagnose brain disorders.
Long-term video and portable EEG studies to help identify epilepsy syndrome and seizure type.
Sleep studies to evaluate, analyze and treat sleep disorders.
Electromyograms (EMGs) and Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV) studies to monitor how a child’s nerves and muscles are working.
Single photon emission tomography scans to show brain activity related to blood flow.
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans to view metabolic abnormalities in the brain.
Neuropsychological testing to evaluate a child’s thinking, behavior and social-emotional functioning.
Testing for genetic and metabolic disorders to help diagnose and treat all types of genetic conditions and metabolic disorders.

Our Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) clinic gathers on the last Wednesday of every month, where we examine patients with neuromuscular disorders. Infusion and intrathecal therapies, which provide treatment solutions directly to affected areas, are offered for patients with neuromuscular disorders.

When you choose Ochsner LSU Health for pediatric neurology, you get the support of the entire Ochsner network. If your child requires treatment across multiple subspecialties, our team has the ability to work with a wide range of specialists, including those at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans.

Epilepsy Center

We are one of a few centers in the nation with a Level 4-accredited Epilepsy Surgery program through the National Association of Epilepsy Centers: the highest level of epilepsy care.

Level 4 accreditation requires complex neurodiagnostic testing, including evaluation with intracranially implanted electrodes. Our Epilepsy team is board-certified in Clinical Neurophysiology and/or Epilepsy. Each year, we perform an average of 1,330 EEG studies, 330 long-term video EEGs and 930 sleep studies.