Laufey Y. Sigurdardottir, MD

Pediatric Neurologist

Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida 6535 Nemours Parkway Orlando, FL 32827

Fellowship

  • Neurophysiology/Epilepsy - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2002

Residency

  • Child Neurology - Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, 2001
  • Pediatrics - University of Connecticut, 1998

Internship Residency

  • Rotating - Landspitali University Hospital of Iceland, 1996

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology/Epilepsy
  • American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology/Child Neurology

  • Neurodevelopmental and Musculoskeletal Disease
  • Neuroscience

  • Johnstone, D. L., Al-Shekaili, H. H., Tarailo-Graovac, M., Wolf, N. I., Ivy, A. S., Demarest, S., & Van Karnebeek, C. D. M. (2019). PLPHP deficiency: Clinical, genetic, biochemical, and mechanistic insights. Brain, 142(3), 542-559. doi:10.1093/brain/awy346

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  • Nelson, J. S., Longani, N., Sigurdardottir, L. Y., Maul, T. M., Wearden, P. D., & Chrysostomou, C. (2018). Pediatric ECMO after drowning: Neuroprotective strategies. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology, 50, 34-38. doi:10.1016/j.ppedcard.2018.05.004

  • Finkel, R. S., Mercuri, E., Darras, B. T., Connolly, A. M., Kuntz, N. L., Kirschner, J., & Zeng, Y. S. (2017). Nusinersen versus sham control in infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy. New England Journal of Medicine, 377(18), 1723-1732. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1702752

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