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    Fernando N. Galan, MD

    Pediatric Neurologist
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    ƹƵ Children's Health, Jacksonville 807 Children's Way Jacksonville, FL 32207

    Biography

    Dr. Fernando Galan is a Child Neurologist in Jacksonville, Fl. He graduated medical school and completed a Child Neurology residency at the Medical University of South Carolina. After residency, he completed two years of additional training in neurophysiology and the management of refractory epilepsy including surgical options at Nicklaus Children's Hospital (Miami, Fl). He specializes in Epilepsy and is experienced in seizures and epilepsy, refractory epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, and pediatric clinical neurophysiology.

    Fellowship

    • Clinical Neurophysiology - Nicklaus Children's Hospital, 2019

    Residency

    • Pediatric Neurology - Medical University of South Carolina, 2018
    • Pediatrics - Medical University of South Carolina Program, 2015

    Education

    • M.D. - Medical University of South Carolina, 2013

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology/Child Neurology
    • American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology/Clinical Neuropsychiatry

    • A Rare and Treatable Cause for Generalized Epilepsy: Biotinidase Deficiency; Annals of the Child Neurology Society; (2025).

    • Difficult‐to‐Treat Epilepsy With Developmental Implications; Annals of the Child Neurology Society; (2025).

    • Epilepsy of Infancy With Migrating Focal Seizures; Annals of the Child Neurology Society; (2025).

    • Factors Associated With More Medication Trials Before Surgical Evaluation and Postsurgical Outcomes in Pediatric Drug-Resistant Epilepsy; Neurology; (2025).

    • Factors Influencing the Duration From the Initiation of Surgical Evaluation to Final Intervention in Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery; Annals of the Child Neurology Society; (2025).

    • Fenfluramine's Broader Potential: A Second Notable Electroencephalogram Response in Developmental Epileptic Encephalopathy With Spike‐Wave Activation in Sleep; Annals of the Child Neurology Society; (2025).

    • Ganaxolone for the Treatment of CDKL5 Disorder and Other Neurological and Psychiatric Conditions: A Review of the Clinical Trials; Current Treatment Options in Neurology; (2025).

    • Outcomes of Early-Life Focal Cortical Dysplasia–Related Epilepsy; Neurology Clinical Practice; (2025).

    • A dramatic EEG response to fenfluramine in a patient with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy; Annals of the Child Neurology Society; (2024).

    • Breath‐holding spells: A typical case with EEG and video correlate; Epileptic Disorders; (2024).

    • Minimally Invasive Epilepsy Surgery; Neuropediatrics; (2024).

    • Portable Headband Electroencephalogram in the Detection of Absence Epilepsy; Clinical EEG and Neuroscience; (2024).

    • Radiologic Classification of Hippocampal Sclerosis in Epilepsy; American Journal of Neuroradiology; (2024).

    • Core Features Differentiate Dravet Syndrome from Febrile Seizures; The Journal of Pediatrics; (2023).

    • Pediatric epilepsy syndromes with associated developmental impairment; Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology; (2023).

    • Pediatric magnetoencephalography; Annals of the Child Neurology Society; (2023).

    • Progressive basal ganglia damage and EE‐SWAS in a patient with a VPS13D pathogenic variant; Epileptic Disorders; (2023).

    • Residency Training: A Practical Guide for Medical Students who are Planning a Future in Child Neurology; Child Neurology Open; (2023).

    • The Devil is in the Details: Understanding how Misinformation Regarding Epilepsy Manifests in TikTok Videos; Epileptic Disorders; (2023).

    • When in doubt, return to fundamentals (seizure semiology); Epileptic Disorders; (2023).

    • NEXMIFEpilepsy: An Alternative Cause of Progressive Myoclonus; Neurology; (2022).

    • A Favorable Treatment Outcome in RANBP2 and Influenza Associated Acute Necrotizing Encephalitis; Child Neurology Open; (2022).

    • A Novel Mutation in Lafora Disease and Update on Pathophysiology and Future Treatments; Child Neurology Open; (2022).

    • Clinical Neuroimage: Pediatric Gliomatosis Cerebri; International Journal of Clinical & Medical Images; (2022).

    • Fenfluramine for the Treatment of Dravet Syndrome and Lennox Gastaut Syndrome: A Review; Current Treatment Options in Neurology; (2022).

    • Pediatric anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis with epilepsia partialis continua; Neuroimmunology Reports; (2022).

    • Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus During Blinatumomab Initiation for B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; Immunotherapy; (2022).

    • Advances in Epilepsy Surgery; Pediatric Neurology; (2021).

    • Infantile Hypotonia: A Case of Spinal Muscular Atrophy With Respiratory Distress Type 1 Presenting As Infant Botulism.; Cureus; (2021).

    • Post-COVID-19 Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis in a 17-Month-Old. ; Pediatrics; (2021).

    • Cannabinoids for the Treatment of Epilepsy: a Review; Current Treatment Options in Neurology; (2020).

    • Extraocular Cranial Nerve Palsies in Children; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2015).