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
John Juneau, DO
Neurology Advanced Practice Providers
Kathryn R. Kraft, APRN
Neurosurgeons
Neurosurgery Advanced Practice Providers
Lindsay Hack, APRN
Bobbi Westbrook, APRN
Joy A. Comingore, R.N., BSN, CPN
Neuropsychologist
Pediatric Neuroradiologist
Neuro-Oncologists
Radiation Oncologist
Neuroscience
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