When it comes to your child’s nervous system, brain or spine, every parent wants to know they have a full team of board-certified pediatric neurosurgery and child neurology specialists. In the field of neurosciences, having a multidisciplinary team that includes neurologists, neurosurgeons, plastic surgeons and rehabilitation therapists allows us to care for children from diagnosis to getting them back to being a kid again. Meet the team at Norton Children’s Neuroscience Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine.
Meet the Norton Children’s Neuroscience Institute Team
Neurosciences
Neurologists
Neurology Advanced Practice Providers
Angela Bishop, APRN
Kathryn R. Kraft, APRN
Jennifer D. Linville, APRN
Kristi J. Mattingly, APRN
Genevieve R. Mulkins, APRN
Vanessa C. Ruppe, APRN
Britt A. Schloemer, APRN
Neurosurgeons
Neurosurgery Advanced Practice Providers
Julianne Braun, APRN
Lindsay Hack, APRN
Margaret Mealey-Miles, PA-C
Charles A. Perry, APRN
Bobbi Westbrook, APRN
Joy A. Comingore, R.N., BSN, CPN
Neuropsychologist
Pediatric Neuroradiologist
Neuroscience
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