Laufey Yr Sigurdardottir, MD
NeurologyPrimary Office
Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida
Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida
6535 Nemours Parkway
Orlando, FL 32827
Appointment:
(407) 650-7715
Other Offices
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Nemours Children's Health, Downtown Orlando Nemours Children's Health, Downtown Orlando 1717 S. Orange Ave. Orlando, FL 32806 Appointment: (407) 650-7715
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Nemours Children's Health, Winter Garden Nemours Children's Health, Winter Garden 2020 Daniels Road Suite B Winter Garden, FL 34787 Appointment: (407) 650-7715
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Nemours Children's Health, Lakeland Nemours Children's Health, Lakeland 1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd. Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center, Suite A Lakeland, FL 33803 Appointment: (407) 650-7715
Get to Know Me
Medicine seems to run in my family. My father trained as a physician in Iceland, and my childhood was split between the US and Reykjavik, Iceland. At first, I wanted to be a veterinarian, but once in medical school I had my heart set on Pediatrics from the start.Why I Treat Children
I love kids. With eight children of my own I have realized that every child is unique and that there is no one right way to parent. Parents can be certain that I will be upfront with them regarding their child’s illness. I treat people the way I want to be treated when I step into a physician’s office with one of my kids.How I Try to Make A Difference
I try to listen more than I speak and learn from others at every opportunity. To me the treatment of a child is a collaboration between the child, his/her parents and the physician and team at Nemours. Together we will find the best solution, always.Education & Training
Fellowship
- Neurophysiology/Epilepsy - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2002
Residency
- Child Neurology - Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, 2001
- Pediatrics - University of Connecticut, 1998
Internship Residency
- Rotating - Landspitali University Hospital of Iceland, 1996
Medical/Dental School
- MD - University of Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, 1993
Board Certifications
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology/Epilepsy
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology/Child Neurology
Insurance Accepted
- Accountable Health Plans PPO
- Aetna Better Health FL Medicaid and Healthy Kids
- Aetna HMO/POS/PPO/EPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas Florida (FKA Prestige Health Choice)
- AvMed
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield Non HMO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Florida Blue Select
- Cigna & Great West HMO/POS Open Access
- Cigna & Great West PPO/EPO
- Community Care Plan Medicaid
- Employers Health Network PPO
- Evolutions Healthcare
- First Health Aetna PPO/EPO
- Florida Medicaid
- Health First Health Plans
- Molina Healthcare Medicaid
- Multiplan PPO
- Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO ORL
- Prime Health Services PPO Specialty Florida
- Seminole Tribe of Florida
- Simply Healthcare Healthy Kids
- Simply Healthcare Medicaid HMO
- Star Healthcare Network
- Sunshine SMI/CMS 19 & 21
- Sunshine State Health Plan Medicaid
- Three Rivers Provider Network
- Tricare/Humana Military Health Services
- United Healthcare Commercial Products
- United Healthcare Community Plan Medicaid HMO
- Volusia Health Network PPO/EPO
- Epilepsy
- Headaches
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myotonic Dystrophy
- Neuromuscular Disorders
- Pediatric Movement Disorders
- Seizures
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Tics and Tourette Syndrome
Medical Interests
- Autism
- Behavioral difficulties
- Congenital malformations
- Neonatal care
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Johnstone, D. L., Al-Shekaili, H. H., Tarailo-Graovac, M., Wolf, N. I., Ivy, A. S., Demarest, S., & Van Karnebeek, C. D. M. (2019). PLPHP deficiency: Clinical, genetic, biochemical, and mechanistic insights. Brain, 142(3), 542-559. doi:10.1093/brain/awy346
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Nelson, J. S., Longani, N., Sigurdardottir, L. Y., Maul, T. M., Wearden, P. D., & Chrysostomou, C. (2018). Pediatric ECMO after drowning: Neuroprotective strategies. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology, 50, 34-38. doi:10.1016/j.ppedcard.2018.05.004
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Finkel, R. S., Mercuri, E., Darras, B. T., Connolly, A. M., Kuntz, N. L., Kirschner, J., & Zeng, Y. S. (2017). Nusinersen versus sham control in infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy. New England Journal of Medicine, 377(18), 1723-1732. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1702752
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