TEAM Resource Library Topic: Specialty Doctors

Neurology Specialists: Neurologists focus on treatment of conditions related to the nervous system such as seizures, epilepsy, sleep disorders, headaches and spasticity – movement disabilities.

Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Specialty Clinics: Neurology Clinic, Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic, Brain Tumor Clinic, Spina Bifida Clinic, Neurosurgery Clinic, Craniofacial Clinic, Headache Clinic, Pain Clinic, Head Injury Clinic, Spasticity and Movement Disability Clinic
Accepts AR Medicaid

Dr. Jean-Baptiste Le Pichon, Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Specialty: Treatment of children with Tourette syndrome, movement disorders and epilepsy
Does not accept AR Medicaid

Dr. Janet Brunstrom-Hernandez, St. Louis Children’s Neurology Services, Cerebral Palsy Clinic
Specialty: Care and treatment of children with cerebral palsy, spasticity, cerebral cortex disorders, seizures, epilepsy, cognitive disorders and other neurological disorders.
Does not accept AR Medicaid

Dr. T. S. Park, St. Louis Children’s Neurology Services, Cerebral Palsy Clinic
Specialty: treatment of children with cerebral palsy using the surgical procedure selective dorsal rhizotomy
Does not accept AR Medicaid

Orthopedic Specialists: Orthopedic doctors focus on bones, joints and muscles. Sometimes conditions are present at birth and sometimes conditions are due to injury or trauma. Services include diagnosis as well as surgery and non-operative treatment.

Dr. J. Eric Gordon, St. Louis Children’s Hospital Orthopedics, phone: 314-454-4194, website: www.stlouischildrens.org
Specialty: children’s hip and lower extremity problems, limb lengthening and orthopedic leg deformity, hip and foot congenital and developmental problems, Blount’s disease
Does not accept AR Medicaid

Dr. Ganesh Gupta, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Associates, Overland Park, Kansas
Specialty: surgery and treatment for movement disorders such as CP and pediatric stroke, treatment of movement disorders with Botulinium toxin (Botox) injections along with individually-designed therapy programs, Ponseti method for treatment of clubfoot, hip disorders, fractures and leg length discrepancies
Does not accept AR Medicaid

Dr. Richard E. McCarthy, Arkansas Children’s Hospital Orthopaedic Clinic, Little Rock, AR
Specialty: care for children with spinal deformities
Accepts AR Medicaid

Vision Specialists: Different types of vision specialists provide different types of vision treatment. An optometrist is a doctor of optometry (O.D.) who diagnoses and treats vision problems. An ophthalmologist is a doctor of medicine (M.D.) who specializes in surgery and diseases of the eye. Additionally, developmental vision therapists provide treatment programs designed to provide exercises to enhance the brain’s ability to control the following: eye alignment, eye tracking and eye teaming, eye focusing abilities, eye movements, and/or visual processing.

Optometrist and Vision Therapists
Dr. Megan Petty, Centerton Family Eye Care
Specialty: pediatric optometry and developmental vision therapy
Accepts AR Medicaid

Dr. Micah Thomason, Advanced Family Eye Care, Springdale, AR
Specialty: family optometry and developmental vision therapy
Accepts AR Medicaid

Ophthalmologists
Dr. C. Scott Atkinson, Mercy Surgery Center, Springfield, MO
Specialty: pediatric ophthalmology
Call AR Medicaid about their acceptance status

Dr. Lawrence Tyschen, St. Louis Children’s Hospital Department of Ophthalmology
Specialty: visual impairments due to CP or other disabilities
Call AR Medicaid about their acceptance status

Wellness/Food Allergy
Dr. Jeffrey Baker, phone: 479-756-3251
Specialty: general practice, alternative medicine, food allergies
Immanuel Clinic, Springdale, AR
Does not accept AR Medicaid

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