Pediatric neurology is the study and treatment of disorders of the nervous system in infants, children and adolescents. A pediatric neurologist is a physician who diagnoses and treats nervous system disorders of the brain, spinal cord and nerves. This specialist deals with children’s problems related to brain disease, disorders of the brain and the spinal cord, nerves and blood vessels that provide circulation to these organs. A neurologist also treats specific diseases such as Bell’s palsy, cerebellar ataxia and meningitis.
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 976 practicing pediatric neurologists. Broken out by state, pediatric neurology doctor density in Alabama is 19, in Alaska is 1, in Arizona is 19, in Arkansas is 4, in California is 130, in Colorado is 22, in Connecticut is 21, in Delaware is 10, in District of Columbia is 25, in Florida is 63, in Georgia is 25, in Hawaii is 7, in Idaho is 2, in Illinois is 43, in Indiana is 15, in Iowa is 7, in Kansas is 2, in Kentucky is 8, in Louisiana is 14, in Maine is 3, in Maryland is 34, in Massachusetts is 71, in Michigan is 33, in Minnesota is 33, in Mississippi is 3, in Missouri is 37, in Montana is 2, in Nebraska is 6, in Nevada is 5, in New Hampshire is 5, in New Jersey is 50, in New Mexico is 9, in New York is 118, in North Carolina is 30, in North Dakota is 1, in Ohio is 58, in Oklahoma is 9, in Oregon is 11, in Pennsylvania is 50, in Rhode Island is 4, in South Carolina is 9, in South Dakota is 2, in Tennessee is 19, in Texas is 81, in Utah is 8, in Vermont is 4, in Virginia is 28, in Washington is 18, in West Virginia is 7, and in Wisconsin is 25.
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