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Kristen Arredondo, MD

Appointments: 1-512-628-1855
Fax: 1-512-380-7544
Dell Med Bio Directory: Kristen Arredondo, MD

Education

Baylor College of Medicine, MD


Residency/Fellowship

Internship, Pediatrics, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine

Residency, Pediatric Neurology, Children’s Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Fellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, Children’s Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Biography and Education

Clinical Biography

Kristen Arredondo, MD, is a board-certified pediatric neurologist in the Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Center within UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children’s, a clinical partnership between Dell Children’s Medical Center and UT Health Austin. She specializes in medically refractory epilepsy, neurostimulation, and tuberous sclerosis management. Additionally, Dr. Arredondo is an assistant professor in the Dell Medical School of Neurology and a courtesy assistant professor in the Dell Medical School Department of Pediatrics at The University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Arredondo earned her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. She completed an internship in pediatrics at Texas Children’s Hospital and both a residency in pediatric neurology and a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at Children’s Health.

Dr. Arredondo formerly severed as medical faculty at Ohio State University College of Medicine and a surgical epileptologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She currently serves on a committee developing educational podcasts for the Child Neurology Society. Her research interests include thalamic EEG and practice trends in epilepsy presurgical evaluation and surgical management in the United States. She is an active member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, and the American Epilepsy Society.

Dr. Arredondo is a pediatric neurologist with UT Health Austin.

Specializations

  • Drug-resistant epilepsy
  • Pediatric epilepsy
  • Surgical epilepsy evaluation
  • Tuberous sclerosis

Board Certification

  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology

Locations

Locations

  • UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children’s - Epilepsy Center
    Dell Children's Specialty Pavilion
    4910 Mueller Blvd.
    Austin, TX 78723
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  • UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children’s - Epilepsy Center - North
    Dell Children’s North Medical Office Building
    9010 N. Lake Creek Parkway Building 2, Suite 300
    Austin, TX 78717
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