Medical Murmurs Podcast

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Physician Interviews and Stories. Emergency Physician Dr. Paris Lovett chats with other doctors about their lives and their work in medicine. Storytelling and discussion for a general audience, plus special episodes for medical students.
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Pediatric Neurologist - Marisa Prelack - Medical Murmurs - S01E15
Episode 15
Monday, 9 November, 2020

Marisa Prelack is a pediatric neurologist with the Division of Neurology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, with a particular focus on the care of children with epilepsy. “[I see] absolutely crazy things. A lot of patients ask me why I went into this field and I tell them, well, I get to be a detective. I get to play with kids and I got to reassure or try to reassure parents.” We talk cases. A boy with temporal lobe seizures experiencing the sensation of deja vu. A child with“Alice in Wonderland” syndrome who thinks she is shrinking. The toll that headaches can take on a child and their family. What it’s like to support a family as a child gradually loses neurologic function.