Pediatric Neuroimmune & Developmental Care

Comprehensive, root-cause care for children with developmental, behavioral, immune, and neuroinflammatory concerns helping uncover underlying drivers and support healthy growth, learning, and resilience.

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What I commonly see

Children aren't simply small adults.

When a child changes, stops sleeping, refuses foods they used to love, develops tics, becomes anxious, struggles at school, or seems like a different kid overnight you usually know before anyone else does. Many families come to me after being told to wait and see, that it's behavioral, that they’ll grow out of it.

I think those concerns deserve to be taken seriously. So I start with what you noticed and when things changed, then look for the medical, environmental, and developmental factors that might explain the rest.

- PANS/PANDAS
- Sudden-onset tics, OCD, anxiety or personality changes
- Chronic strep & post-strep concerns
- Tick-borne illness (Lyme & co-infections) & post-viral illness, including long COVID
- Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) & ADHD
- Developmental delays, regression, and speech, motor or sensory disorders
- Tics & Tourette syndrome
- Anxiety disorders, mood concerns & emotional dysregulation
- Allergies, eczema & mast cell activation (MCAS)
- Recurrent infections & frequent illness
- Constipation, diarrhea & abdominal pain
- Reflux, celiac disease & SIBO
- Feeding difficulties & restrictive eating
- Nutrient deficiencies & growth concerns
- Mold & mycotoxin exposure
- Heavy metal & chemical exposure
- Environmental sensitivities

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My Approach

Children deserve the same time and attention as adults, and in my experience they rarely get it.

I start with the timeline — pregnancy, birth, early development, illnesses, antibiotics, exposures, and when things changed. In children, that "when" is often the most important clue on the chart, and it's usually the parent who noticed it first.

From there I look at the whole child: the gut, the immune system, sleep, nutrition, and how they connect to what you're seeing in behavior and development. These systems talk to each other constantly in a growing body. Then we work gradually — children's systems are sensitive, and slow beats fast almost every time.

What to know

01

You know your child.
If you've been told you're overreacting, I'd rather hear what you noticed than dismiss it. Parents are usually the first to see the change, and they're usually right that something changed.
02

This work takes time.
We're supporting a developing body, and development doesn't hurry. We measure progress over months, and we adjust as your child grows and responds.
03

The best care is collaborative.
I work alongside your pediatrician, and with neurology, GI, allergy, psychiatry, or developmental specialists when they're needed never in place of them. I'll refer you when something is outside what I do, and stay involved so your child's care stays connected.
04

I care for the family, not just the child.
This is hard on parents and siblings. Where it helps, I'm glad to work with the whole family, because children heal in the context they live in.