Dr. Anjalee Galion, Pediatric Neurology

Nationally recognized as an expert in pediatric sleep disorders, Dr. Galion is at the forefront of pediatric sleep medicine research through the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke fellowship and protocol to look at novel agents to improve sleep in children with autism.

Serving as chief resident, Dr. Galion was actively involved in the residency program for CHOC child neurology training program. She was honored with the CHOC Fellow Teaching Award for her enthusiastic didactic sessions with the pediatric residents and medical students. Her interest in teaching and enthusiasm for the field of child neurology led her to pursue the position of Associate Director, Sleep Program.

Dedicated to clinical excellence, Dr. Galion is board certified in child neurology and pediatrics. She received her medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and went on to complete her pediatric residency training at the University of California San Francisco “Fresno program. She completed her pediatric neurology fellowship at UC Irvine and served a fellowship in sleep medicine at UCLA/Cedars Sinai Medical Center Program in Los Angeles.

Locations

CHOC Hospital
1201 W La Veta Ave.
Orange, CA 92868

CHOC Neuroscience Center
505 S Main St, Suite 350
Orange, CA 92868
phone: 888-770-2462
fax: 855-246-2329

Administrative Appointments

• Associate Director, Sleep Program
• Neurology, CHOC Specialists

Education

• Medical School
  New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
• Pediatric Neurology Fellowship
  Chief Resident – University of California, Irvine, CA
• Pediatric Neurology Fellowship
  University of California, Irvine, CA
• Pediatric Residency
  University of California, San Francisco, Fresno, CA
• Sleep Medicine Fellowship
  University of California, Los Angeles Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Program Veterans Administration – Greater Los Angeles, CA
• Sleep Medicine Fellowship
  University of California, Los Angeles, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Program, Veterans Administration – Greater Los Angeles, CA

Honors and Awards

• Award for Outstanding Resident Accomplishment
  Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine
• Award for Outstanding Resident Teacher
  University of California, San Francisco

Publications

Ontogeny of Insomnia. A Galion and J Martin. Encyclopedia of Sleep. Accepted for publication April 2011.

Lateralized Infarcts In Cerebral Air Embolism. A Galion, A Do, and GY Chang. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2010 Jul;17(7):943-4. Epub 2010 Apr 14.

Distribution of Serotonin Expression After Spinal Cord Injury in Lampreys. A. W. Mitra, B. Bent, C. Coleman, M. Hagan, A. Popper, N. Ude, A. H. Cohen Abstract in Society of Neuroscience Publication 2001 Poster at 2001 Society for Neuroscience Conference

Delay of intracellular calcium transients using a calcium chelator: application to high-throughput screening of the capsaicin receptor ion channel and G-protein-coupled receptors. Stephan K. Grant, Alka Bansal, Anjalee Mitra, Scott D. Feighner, Ge Dai, Gregory J. Kaczorowski, and Richard E. Middleton Anal Biochem. 2001 Jul 1;294(1):27-35.