Achieving the best outcome for each child starts with having an expert team. The Division of Neurology offers access to fetal and neonatal neurologists who provide innovative, individualized treatments starting through The Chicago Institute for Fetal Health at Lurie Children’s and in the neonatal intensive care units at Lurie Children’s and Prentice Women’s Hospital, all with the goal of helping newborns achieve their best outcomes.
Our program focuses on delivering state-of-the-art neonatal neurology care by bringing the latest research to the bedside through evidence-based clinical protocols, care pathways, and 24/7 consultation services.
This multifaceted program also includes an educational component for pediatric neurology residents and neurocritical care fellows, and a research portfolio focused on improving the care of fetuses, newborns and infants with neurologic disease. Our program also collaborates with neonatologists, pediatric neuroradiologists, pediatric neurosurgeons and physiatrists.
Conditions We Treat
In partnership with our nationally top-ranked neonatologists, our team consults on a number of conditions, including:
- Neonatal onset epilepsy
- Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
- Neonatal stroke
- Nervous system malformations
- Neonatal hypotonia
- Neonatal ECMO
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Neurogenetic disorders
Meet Our Team
Heba H. Akbari, MD
Attending Physician, Neurology
Tracy S. Gertler, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Neurology; Founders' Board Chair in Neurocritical Care
Andrea C. Pardo, MD
Attending Physician, Neurology; Medical Director, Ruth D. & Ken M. Davee Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program
Rachel Pauley, MD
Attending Physician, Neurology and Epilepsy Center
Laura E. Vernon, MD
Attending Physician, Neurology
Our extended team involves collaboration with colleagues in:
- Neonatology
- Neurosurgery
- Neuroradiology
- Interventional radiology
- Rehabilitation Medicine from the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
- Occupational and Physical therapy
- NICU-Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Program
- Genetics, Birth Defects and Metabolism Division
- The Chicago Institute for Fetal Health
- Neurovascular Disease and Stroke Program
Make an Appointment
Call to request a fetal neurology consultation.
Our Location
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
225 E. Chicago Ave.Chicago, Illinois 60611
312.227.4000
Neonatal Neurocritical Care Fellowship
The Neonatal Neurocritical Care (NNCC) Fellowship at Northwestern University's McGaw Medical Center is a one-year program for physicians specializing in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine or Child Neurology. Based at Lurie Children's main hospital, the fellowship provides advanced training in fetal neurology, neonatal neurocritical care, and neuromonitoring techniques. Fellows gain expertise in managing complex neurological conditions in newborns and interpreting neurophysiologic data for improved patient outcomes.
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