Teresa Serna-Fonseca, Nurse Practitioner
Teresa Serna-Fonseca, NP
is on staff at
CHOC Hospital Orange
Appointments:
Specialty:
Neurology Referrals
Physicians can refer patients to CHOC through our eCeptionist Referral Portal.
Teresa Serna is a board-certified Pediatric Neurology Nurse Practitioner at CHOC Hospital in Orange, CA. Teresa cares for babies, kids and teens with a wide variety of neurologic conditions. She specializes in epilepsy, ketogenic diet, neuromodulation for epilepsy and movement disorders, and botulinum treatments for dystonia and hypertonicity.
Teresa’s current research interests are in neuromodulation for the treatment of epilepsy and neuro-movement disorders.
Location
CHOC Specialists, Neurology
1201 W. La Veta Ave
Orange, CA 92868
CHOC Center for Children’s Health
Building: Joe C. Wen & Family Center for Advanced Care, UCI Health – Irvine
19200 Jamboree Rd., Suite 2000
Irvine, CA 92612
Education
- Medical School
Loma Linda University School of Nursing, 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