Dr. Allison Przekop, Child Neurology
Allison Przekop, DO
is on staff at
CHOC Hospital Orange
Board Certified:
Dr. Allison Przekop is a board-certified pediatric neurologist at CHOC Hospital in Orange, CA. As an expert in pediatric neurology, Dr. Przekop cares for babies, kids and teens with a wide variety of neurologic conditions. She specializes in pediatric movement disorders including Tourette Syndrome and other tic disorders, dystonia, ataxia, chorea and spasticity.
Dr. Przekop is skilled in the use of botulinum toxin for the treatment of spasticity and dystonia and in deep brain stimulation programming. Her research interests include alternative treatments for tics and ataxia and innovative treatments for dystonia.
Dr. Przekop is a member of the Child Neurology Society, American Academy of Neurology and Movement Disorders Society.
Education
- Medical School
Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA - Residency
Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA - Fellowship
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA
- Muscular dystrophy and muscle diseases
- Neural tube defects (spina bifida, encephalocele, anencephaly)
- Neurofibromatosis
- Sleep disorders
- Spasticity
- Spina bifida
- Spinal dysraphism
- Stroke
- Tics and Tourette syndrome
- Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and other head injuries