Pediatric Neurology is the medical specialty of evaluating, treating and caring for infants, children,
adolescents, and in certain circumstances young adults with known or suspected problems involving
the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves or muscles. At Emory University School of Medicine,
Pediatric Neurology is taught as a clinical rotation to Medical Students in their fourth year
of training as a four week rotation that will satisfy their required Neurology Course Requirements.
All residents in Neurology must spend three months on the Pediatric Neurology service to meet basic
eligibility requirements for the Board of Neurology and Psychiatry to become Board certified in
Neurology. Pediatric Residents and Child Development may take a four week rotation on the Pediatric
Neurology service during their training. Child Psychiatry fellows rotate through the Pediatric
Neurology Clinic as part of their training. This constantly changing mix of learners who interact
with the Pediatric Neurology faculty whose responsibilities also rotate allows each individual’s
Pediatric Neurology rotation to be unique in exposure to Pediatric Neurology disease at unpredictable
volumes. The Pediatric Neurology faculty tries to ensure that the learning experience on Pediatric
Neurology is as complete as possible for the trainees level of medical education.
