Dr. Simon Kayyal, Neurology
Simon Kayyal, MD
is on staff at
CHOC Hospital Orange
Appointments:
Specialty:
Board Certified:
Neurology Referrals
Physicians can refer patients to CHOC through our eCeptionist Referral Portal.
Dr. Kayyal has a special interest in neonatal neurology and spends much of his time consulting in the neonatal intensive care unit and teaching nursing staff, residents, fellows and faculty about neonatal neurology. He is also involved in neonatal seizure research in the NICU.
Dr. Kayyal serves as the associate program director for the CHOC/UCI Pediatric Neurology Residency Training Program.
“My philosophy of care has always centered around diagnosing neurologic conditions as early as possible as to provide the appropriate therapeutic intervention during a critical time in brain development,” Dr. Kayyal says. “The hope is in doing so, we are able to improve neurodevelopmental outcome.”
Location
CHOC Specialists, Neurology
1201 W. La Veta Ave.
Orange, CA 92868
phone: 714-509-7601
fax: 855-246-2329
Education
- Medical School
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
- Muscular dystrophy and muscle diseases
- Neural tube defects (spina bifida, encephalocele, anencephaly)
- Neurofibromatosis
- Sleep disorders
- Spasticity
- Spina bifida
- Spinal dysraphism
- Stroke
- Tics and Tourette syndrome
- Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and other head injuries
Simon Kayyal, MD in the News
Epilepsy / Seizures
Evaluating newer medications in the treatment of neonatal seizures; predicting future epilepsy risk after neonatal seizures
CHOC aims to improve care of neonatal seizures through research into medications with fewer side effects than traditional anti-epileptics.
CHOC Pediatrica 
Neonatology / NICU
CHOC enrolls patient in international clinical trial to test anti-seizure medication in newborns
CHOC selects newborn patient as candidate for international study to test the efficacy of Lacosamide in the treatment of neonatal seizures.
CHOC Pediatrica