Loren A. McLendon, MD
NeurologyPrimary Office
What I'm Passionate About
My medical interests and expertise includes:
- Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis聽
- Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD)
- Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD)
- Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
- Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
- Opsoclonus-Myoclonus-Ataxia Syndrome (OMAS)
- Optic Neuritis聽
- Transverse Myelitis聽
- Autoimmune Encephalitis
Education & Training
Fellowship
- Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis and Related Neuro-Inflammatory Disorders - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2022
Residency
- Child Neurology - Mayo Clinic FL School Graduate Medical Education, 2021
- General Pediatrics - University of Florida (Jacksonville), 2018
Medical/Dental School
- M.D. - Indiana University, 2016
Board Certifications
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology/Child Neurology
Insurance Accepted
- Aetna Better Health FL Medicaid and Healthy Kids
- Aetna HMO/POS/PPO/EPO
- AmeriGroup GA MCAID HMO JAX/GA
- AmeriGroup GA PeachCare For Kids Jax/GA
- AvMed
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield Non HMO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Florida Blue Select
- Cigna PPO/EPO/HMO/POS/OPEN ACCESS
- Community Care Plan Medicaid
- Employers Health Network PPO
- Evolutions Healthcare
- First Health Aetna PPO/EPO
- Florida Community Care
- Florida Medicaid
- Georgia Medicaid/Georgia Better Health/Peachcare
- HealthSmart Health Plans PPO
- HUMANA HEALTHY HORIZONS (FKA HUMANA MEDICAID)
- Molina Healthcare Medicaid
- Multiplan PPO
- Prime Health Services PPO Specialty Florida
- Seminole Tribe of Florida
- Simply Healthcare Healthy Kids
- Simply Healthcare Medicaid HMO
- Star Healthcare Network
- Sunshine SMI/CMS 19 & 21
- Sunshine State Health Plan Medicaid
- Three Rivers Provider Network
- Tricare/Humana Military Health Services/CHAMPVA
- United Healthcare Commercial Products
- United Healthcare Community Plan Medicaid
- Volusia Health Network PPO/EPO
- Headaches
- Seizures
- Tics and Tourette Syndrome
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Efficacy of Eculizumab in Acute Refractory Pediatric Neuromyelitis Optica: A Case Report (P11-14.012); Neurology; (2024).
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Efficacy of eculizumab in acute refractory pediatric neuromyelitis optica: A case report; Neuroimmunology Reports; (2024).
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Pediatric Strokes from Iron Deficiency Anemia due to Excessive Dairy Intake: A Case Series (P5-5.001); Neurology; (2024).
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A three-year-old with central nervous system graft versus host disease: A rare cause of posthematopoietic stem cell transplant encephalopathy; Pediatric Blood and Cancer; (2023).
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Dramatic Response to Anti-IL-6 Receptor Therapy in Children with Life-Threatening Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein-Associated Disease; Neurology: Neuroimmunology and NeuroInflammation; (2023).
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Invasive Multimodality Neuromonitoring to Manage Cerebral Edema in Pediatric Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease; Critical Care Explorations; (2023).
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Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor encephalitis after recurrent herpes simplex infection: A case report and literature review; Neuroimmunology Reports; (2022).
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Pediatric anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis with epilepsia partialis continua; Neuroimmunology Reports; (2022).
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Post-COVID-19 Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis in a 17-month-old (2162); Neurology; (2021).
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Post鈥揅OVID-19 Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis in a 17-Month-Old; Pediatrics; (2021).
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The Controversial Second Impact Syndrome: A Review of the Literature; Pediatric Neurology; (2016).
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