Dr. Alexander H Hoon
Pediatrician
707 N Broadway Tower-100 Baltimore MD, 21205About
Dr. Alexander Hoon is a pediatrician practicing in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Hoon is a doctor who specializes in the health care of children. As a pedicatrician, Dr. Hoon diagnoses and treats infections, injuries, diseases and other disorders in children. Pediatricians typically work with infants, children, teenagers and young adults up to age 21. They practice medical care as well as preventative health care. Dr. Hoon can oversee and manage the physical, mental and emotional health of their patients.
Education and Training
University of Pittsburgh / Main Campus 1978
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 1978
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Trihexyphenidyl in posthemorrhagic dystonia: motor and language effects.
- Pachygyria in Weaver syndrome.
- Possible mechanisms in infants for selective basal ganglia damage from asphyxia, kernicterus, or mitochondrial encephalopathies.
- Oral baclofen in cerebral palsy: possible seizure potentiation?
- Neuroimaging in cerebral palsy.
- The mesial-temporal lobe and autism: case report and review.
- Neuroimaging in cerebral palsy: Patterns of brain dysgenesis and injury.
- Cerebral palsy.
- Diffusion tensor imaging in children with periventricular leukomalacia: variability of injuries to white matter tracts.
- The challenge of cerebral palsy classification: the ELGAN study.
- Neuroimaging: connecting the pixels.
- Peak inspiratory pressure requirements in infants born weighing less than 750 g.
- Inclusion--in whose best interest? How pediatricians can effectively advocate for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
- Severe auditory processing disorder secondary to viral meningoencephalitis.
- Undecussated superior cerebellar peduncles and absence of the dorsal transverse pontine fibers: a new axonal guidance disorder?
Treatments
- Cerebral Palsy
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