Cynthia Xinzi Wang, MD
- Pediatric Neurologist, Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages spoken: English
- Locations (1)
Biography
Cynthia Wang, M.D., is a pediatric neurologist at Children's Health℠ and an Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Wang specializes in autoimmune encephalitis, autoimmune epilepsy, anti-NMDAR encephalitis, multiple sclerosis (MS), neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), MOG antibody disease (MOGAD), optic neuritis, transverse myelitis (TM) and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM).
Dr. Wang earned her medical degree at UT Southwestern Medical School. She completed a residency in child neurology at the University of Michigan Health System and gained advanced training in autoimmune neurology as the James T. Lubin Fellow in Rare Neuroimmunological Diseases at UT Southwestern.
When not at work, Dr. Wang enjoys rock climbing, roller skating, and drawing and painting.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2011)
- Internship
- University of Michigan Hospitals (2013), Pediatrics
- Residency
- University of Michigan Hospitals (2016), Child Neurology
- Fellowship
- UT Southwestern Medical Center (2018), Neuroimmunology
- Board Certification
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology-Pediatric Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Conditions Treated
- Developmental delays in children
- Dystonia in children
- Headaches in children
- Microcephaly in children
- Migraines in children
- Multiple sclerosis (MS) in children
- Muscle weakness in children
- Neuronal migration disorders (NMDs) in children
- Paralysis in children
- Pediatric acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
- Pediatric anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
- Pediatric ataxia
- Pediatric Bell’s palsy
- Pediatric brain abscess
- Pediatric disorders of gait and movement
- Pediatric encephalopathy (encephalitis)
- Pediatric Gait abnormalities
- Pediatric head trauma
- Pediatric hypotonia (floppy muscle syndrome)
- Pediatric malformations of cortical development (MCD)
- Pediatric Myoclonus
- Pediatric tremors
- Pediatric ventriculomegaly
- Tic disorders in children
- Tourette syndrome (TS) in children
Treatments
Departments and Programs
Locations
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