Dr. Clare Skora, Child Neurology

As a pediatric neurologist and epilepsy specialist, Dr. Clare Skora primarily evaluates and cares for children with seizures, particularly refractory seizures (ones which medications fail to adequately control). Her clinical and research interests include epilepsy surgery, ketogenic diet, neuromodulation, telemedicine and tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). She has extensive experience working with medically underserved populations and strives to improve access to high-level comprehensive epilepsy care in Orange County. Dr. Skora is board certified in pediatric neurology, clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy. She is the medical director of the CHOC Ketogenic Diet Clinic.

Dr. Skora completed her undergraduate studies at Washington University in Saint Louis, majoring in Neurobiology and Spanish. Prior to attending medical school, she taught English to university students in Santiago, Chile. She completed medical school at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. She completed her pediatric and child neurology residencies at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She also completed a subspecialty fellowship in pediatric clinical neurophysiology with a focus on pediatric epilepsy at CHOC and UC Irvine. She is a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, Alpha Omega Alpha, the American Epilepsy Society, the American Academy of Neurology and the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium.

Dr. Skora sees patients and has outpatient clinics at CHOC Orange as well as CHOC at Mission Hospital.

Location

CHOC Specialists, Neurology
1201 W. La Veta Ave.
Orange, CA 92868
phone: 714-509-7601
fax: 855-246-2329

CHOC Health Center, Mission Viejo
26691 Plaza
Suite 130
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
phone: 877-841-4276
fax: 714-509-9311

Education

• Medical School
  FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Miami, FL
• Pediatrics Residency
  Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
• Child Neurology Residency
  Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
• Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship
  UC Irvine/CHOC, Orange, CA