Lauren Dengle Sanchez, MD
- Pediatric Neurologist, Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages spoken: English
- Locations (2)
Biography
Lauren Dengle Sanchez, M.D., is a pediatric neurologist at Children's Health and an Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in general pediatric neurology, neurofibromatosis (NF), neuro-oncology, and Tourette syndrome.
Dr. Sanchez earned her medical degree at the UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School. She then completed residencies in pediatrics and child neurology at UT Southwestern.
When she is not at work, Dr. Dengle enjoys spending time with her family, reading, working crossword puzzles, and going to escape rooms.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2009)
- Residency
- UT Southwestern Medical Center (2014), Child Neurology
- UT Southwestern Medical Center (2011), Pediatrics
- Board Certification
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology-Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Conditions Treated
- Cerebral Palsy (CP) in children
- Dystonia in children
- Headaches in children
- Microcephaly in children
- Migraines in children
- Muscle weakness in children
- Neuronal migration disorders (NMDs) in children
- Pediatric anaplastic astrocytoma
- Pediatric ataxia
- Pediatric Bell’s palsy
- Pediatric brain abscess
- Pediatric Developmental Delays
- Pediatric disorders of gait and movement
- Pediatric gait abnormalities
- Pediatric head trauma
- Pediatric hypotonia
- Pediatric malformations of cortical development (MCD)
- Pediatric Myoclonus
- Pediatric neurofibromatosis (NF)
- Pediatric tremors
- Pediatric tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)
- Pediatric ventriculomegaly
- Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma in children
- Tic disorders in children
- Tourette syndrome (TS) in children
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