Division of Pediatric Neuroscience
Meet the Physicians at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Division of Pediatric Neuroscience
Romeo K. Fernandez, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
Romeo K. Fernandez, MD, is a board-certified pediatric neurologist. Dr. Fernandez practices general pediatric neurology with a special interest in pediatric epilepsy, sleep disorders and stroke.
Dr. Fernandez attended St. George's University School of Medicine in St. George, Grenada. After medical school, Dr. Fernandez had a pediatric residency at Maimonides Medical Center/Infants and Children's Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, followed by a pediatric neurology fellowship at Children's Hospital of Alabama University of Alabama-Birmingham.
Professional Affiliations
Dr. Fernandez is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Medical Association.
Publications
"Nutritional vitamin D deficiency presenting as hemi chorea."
Journal of Child Neurology- Nov 2007
Presentations
"Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Ornithine Transcarbamoylase Deficiency."
Maimonides Medical Center
"Management of Pediatric Migraines."
"First Unprovoked Seizure."
"Acute Ataxia."
The Children's Hospital of Alabama-Emergency Medicine Conferences
"Acute Ischemic Stroke in Pediatrics"
University of Alabama-Birmingham, Neurology Grand Rounds
For more information about the Pediatric Neuroscience Center, call Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital at (954) 265-2358.
For referral to a physician for your child, please call Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Physician Referral Service toll-free at (866) JDCH-DOC. We’re available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
