Pediatric Neurologist - Marisa Prelack - Medical Murmurs - S01E15

Marisa Prelack is a pediatric neurologist with the Division of Neurology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, with a particular focus on the care of children with epilepsy. 

 

“[I see] absolutely crazy things. A lot of patients ask me why I went into this field and I tell them, well, I get to be a detective. I get to play with kids and I got to reassure or try to reassure parents.”

 

We talk cases. A boy with temporal lobe seizures experiencing the sensation of deja vu. A child with“Alice in Wonderland” syndrome who thinks she is shrinking. The toll that headaches can take on a child and their family. What it’s like to support a family as a child gradually loses neurologic function.