Ann Hyslop Segeren

Ann Hyslop Segeren, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology

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Stanford Medicine Children's Health Specialty Services – Sunnyvale
Stanford Medicine Children's Health Specialty Services - Sunnyvale
1195 West Fremont Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94087

“I encourage families and caregivers to ask questions. I like to listen.”

My Approach

I became a pediatric epileptologist–a specialist in epilepsy–because it is a neurological disease that can often be improved or cured. Epileptologists can now access new therapies and clinical trials and can combine traditional treatment with the latest advancements. We can make a difference in a child's quality of life with new medications, vagus nerve stimulators, responsive neurostimulation devices, diet modification, in addition to other treatments. It is most rewarding when a child discontinues or lowers medications after a surgery cures or improves the epilepsy.

Neurological diseases require treatment of the whole patient. I evaluate how a child is doing overall, including their sleep habits, appetite, mood, learning, socialization, and daily activities.

I like to make office visits less stressful. I'll sit on the floor with children and show them the electrodes that might be used during a test or let them handle an implant if they're facing surgery. This helps make a procedure less frightening. I also encourage families and caregivers to ask questions. I like to listen.

I also evaluate and share data, which provides insight and information to a child's larger clinical team. Explaining data to families can also help them make more informed decisions. For example, if I feel that a new medication may be better for a child, I support my recommendation with data.

Locations

Stanford Medicine Children's Health Specialty Services – Sunnyvale
Stanford Medicine Children's Health Specialty Services - Sunnyvale

1195 West Fremont Avenue

Sunnyvale, CA 94087

Maps, Directions & Parking

Phone : (408) 426-5590

Work and Education

Residency

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Pediatric Residency, New York, NY, 06/30/2007

Fellowship

Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL, 06/30/2011

Board Certifications

Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2010

Epilepsy, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2016

Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2019

Epilepsy, American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2015

Languages

English