Fernando N. Galan, MD

Pediatric Neurologist

Nemours 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  • <i>NEXMIF</i>Epilepsy: An Alternative Cause of Progressive Myoclonus; Neurology; (2022).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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