Deepti Nagesh, MD
Dr. Deepti Nagesh joins Children’s Hospital Los Angeles as a pediatric neurocritical care specialist.
She obtained her medical education at the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences in India. She then went on to complete a child neurology residency at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO. Due to her interest in taking care of critically ill children, she followed this up with a fellowship in pediatric neurocritical care at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, OH and moved to the West Coast to be close to family.
Dr. Nagesh's clinical interest lies in taking care of the neurological system in a critically ill child and works with intensivists and other members of the Neurological Institute to address complex neurologic needs and concerns in the intensive care setting. She is interested in pediatric stroke, traumatic brain injury and abusive head trauma.
Education
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS); Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India
Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO; Child Neurology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; Pediatric Neurocritical Care
Accomplishments
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Neurology with special qualification in child neurology
American Academy of Neurology; Child Neurology Society; American Epilepsy Society; Neurocritical Care Society
Publications
Pediatric Iatrogenic Movement Disorders. Nagesh D, Goeden M, Coffman KA. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2018 Apr;25:113-122. doi: 10.1016/j.spen.2018.02.005. Epub 2018 Feb 12.
Electroclinical Features of Generalized Paroxysmal Fast Activity in Typical Absence Seizures. Bansal L, Vargas Collado L, Pawar K, Nagesh D, Ilyas M, Hall A, Kinnaman B, Abdelmoity A.J Clin Neurophysiol. 2019 Jan;36(1):36-44. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000535.
Research
- Pediatric neurocritical care
- Abusive head trauma
