Pediatric Neurology

The Division of Pediatric Neurology at Children’s Hospital of Michigan provides comprehensive, evidence-based, and family-centered care for infants, children, and adolescents with neurological disorders. Based at Children’s Hospital of Michigan—a 228-bed tertiary pediatric referral center in Detroit—our program combines nationally recognized clinical expertise, advanced diagnostic capabilities, and a longstanding commitment to education and research.

Our team includes board-certified pediatric neurologists, epileptologists, neuropsychologists, advanced practice providers, genetic counselors, nurses, and allied health professionals who work collaboratively to deliver individualized care for children with a broad spectrum of neurological conditions, including epilepsy, developmental and neurogenetic disorders, neuromuscular diseases, neuroimmunologic disorders, concussion, sleep disorders, and functional neurological disorders.

Clinical services are available at multiple locations throughout southeast Michigan, including Detroit, Dearborn, Canton, Southfield, Troy, and Clinton Township. In addition to comprehensive general neurology care, we offer numerous multidisciplinary specialty programs, including Epilepsy, Neurogenetics, Neuroimmunology, Multiple Sclerosis and Demyelinating Disorders, Muscular Dystrophy, Neurofibromatosis, Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Sturge-Weber Syndrome, Brachial Plexus, Concussion, Functional Neurological Disorders, and Sleep Disorders clinics.

Children’s Hospital of Michigan provides state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic resources, including 3-Tesla MRI, positron emission tomography (PET), low-radiation CT imaging, advanced neurophysiological testing, and continuous video-EEG monitoring. Our ABRET-accredited EEG laboratory and National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) Level 4 Epilepsy Center provide the highest level of epilepsy care, including intracranial EEG monitoring, stereo-EEG, epilepsy surgery, neuromodulation, and advanced functional brain mapping.

The Division maintains dedicated inpatient pediatric neurology and neurohospitalist services and works closely with pediatric neurosurgery, neurocritical care, rehabilitation medicine, neonatology, emergency medicine and intensive care specialists. Our patients benefit from access to a tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program, and Level I Pediatric Trauma Center.

Education and academic scholarship are central to our mission. We sponsor an ACGME-accredited Child Neurology Residency Program and an ACGME-accredited Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship Program. Faculty members actively participate in the training of medical students, residents, fellows, and visiting physicians from around the world.

Our division is internationally recognized for research excellence, with continuous support from competitive federal funding agencies, including the National Institutes of Health. Faculty members have published more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters during the past decade and maintain leadership roles in pediatric epilepsy, neurophysiology, neuroimaging, neuropsychology, neurogenetics, neuromuscular medicine, and translational neuroscience. Through innovation, discovery, and collaboration, we strive to improve diagnostic accuracy, develop novel therapies, and advance outcomes for children with neurological disorders.

Aimee F. Luat, MD, serves as Division Chief of Pediatric Neurology (Email: aluat@dmc.org). Carla R. Watson, MD, serves as Director of the Child Neurology Residency Program (Email: cwatson@dmc.org). Jacqueline Taylor is the Residency Program Coordinator (Email: jtaylor@dmc.org)

 

Aimee Luat, MD

Pediatric Neurology Division Chief