Medical Director, Pediatric Neurology
Medical Director, Valley Children’s Hospital Epilepsy Center
“Epilepsy care must be organized as interconnected centers capable of
providing a broad spectrum of services that cover the regional needs
across the socioeconomic and age spectra. This is perhaps even more
evident in Central California, where only two NAEC certified epilepsy
centers exist between Sacramento and Los Angeles. Through the USC
Epilepsy Care Consortium, the pediatric epilepsy program at Valley
Children’s Hospital partners with the program serving adults epilepsy
patients at Kern Medical as well as all of the other Consortium centers
to create a singular resource for some of the most highly-underserved
patient in our state, with the goal of providing as much of the care
as possible locally.”
Director Bio:
Dr. Cesar Santos is a highly experienced pediatric epileptologist and neurologist. He received his medical degree from Far Eastern University – Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation Institute of Medicine in Manila, Philippines. He did his internship and residency in pediatrics in New York City at St. Luke’s – Roosevelt Hospital Center. He then completed his fellowship in pediatric neurology and neurophysiology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. He is exceptionally passionate about providing outstanding epilepsy care to all children and young adults across the socioeconomic spectrum. Dr. Santos comes to Valley Children’s after a highly successful academic career at Georgetown University School of Medicine, where he was chief, Division of Child Neurology and Professor of neurology and pediatrics. He has received numerous teaching awards and published in the highest impact journals in his field. He has also received national recognition as one of “America’s Top Doctors”.