Neuroscience Center
The Neuroscience Center, ranked number 28 by U.S. News and World Report, has grown in expertise and scope. Team members specialize in providing advanced diagnosis and treatment for children with a wide range of conditions affecting the neurological system, including:
The staff in the Neuroscience Center at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin combines specialized care with current research and community outreach to provide the best care possible. The philosophy is to treat not only the illness or injury, but the whole child.
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The center combines comprehensive, multidisciplinary programs with a large number of pediatric specialists and support staff. Pediatric neurologists and neurosurgeons work together with Child Development, Neuropsychology, Genetics, rehabilitation, Speech and other areas to address the unique needs of each child. Neuroscience Center physicians also work with a dedicated team of five physician assistants and four pediatric nurse practitioners who facilitate efficient patient care by triaging referrals and communicating with referring physicians, providing direct inpatient and outpatient care and educating families.
Features of the Neuroscience Center
- Home to the largest and most advanced pediatric epilepsy monitoring unit in the region.
- Houses a state-of-the-art epilepsy monitoring unit to monitor patients 24 hours a day.
- Nationally known for the ketogenic diet program, a complex diet requiring specialized plans to control epilepsy.
Exceptional outcomes of the Neuroscience Center
- Seventy-four percent of epilepsy surgery patients are seizure-free following surgery.
- Treats a significantly higher percentage of severe patients with ventricular shunt procedures compared to peer pediatric hospitals.
- Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection rate is below 4 percent, consistently below the national average of 10 percent. Infection rates for cerebrospinal fluid shunt surgery have been consistently below the national average for more than eight years.
- Charges significantly less per day for craniotomy, spinal fusions and ventricular shunt procedures than the national average of peer pediatric hospitals.
Multidisciplinary programs include:
Neuroscience Center physicians listed in the Best Doctors in America database:
Read about some ouf our Neuroscience Center patients at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin who were diagnosed and treated for migraines, seizures, cerebral palsy and movement disorders. |
