Betsy Ostrander,
MD
Languages Spoken: English
Dr. Ostrander received her medical degree from Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, completed her Pediatric residency at RUSH Medical Center and her Pediatric Neurology training at the University of Utah. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at University of Utah and is in the Division of Pediatric Neurology at Primary Children’s Hospital.
As the director of the Fetal and Neonatal Neurology Program, Dr. Ostrander focuses on the neurological care of infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with seizures, strokes, brain malformations, hydrocephalus and other neurological issues. She is also Medical Director of the Spina Bifida Clinic at Primary Children's Hospital which is the regional multidisciplinary clinic for infants, children and adolescents with neural tube defects.
Clinical Locations
Eccles Primary Children’s Outpatient Services Building
801-213-3599
Primary Children's Hospital Outpatient Services at Riverton
801-213-3599
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Pediatrics
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
| Academic Divisions | Pediatric Neurology |
| Board Certification | American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Special Qualification in Child Neurology) |
Betsy Ostrander, MD is the director of the Neonatal Neurology Clinic and Consultation Program at University of Utah. The consultation service serves the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) at Primary Children’s Hospital, Intermountain Medical Center and University of Utah. Dr. Ostrander’s current scholarly interests include neuroprotective strategies for infants with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy as well as genetic determinants and risk factors for perinatal stroke.
Dr. Ostrander received her undergraduate education at Northeastern University and her MD from Loyola Stritch School of Medicine. She completed her postgraduate training in pediatrics and pediatric neurology at RUSH University and University of Utah. Dr. Ostrander also serves as the Medical Director of the Spina Bifida Clinic where her research includes participation in the Spina Bifida National Registry project.
Academic Locations
Eccles Primary Children’s Outpatient Services Building
801-213-3599
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Pediatrics
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
| Academic Divisions | Pediatric Neurology |
| Board Certification | American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Special Qualification in Child Neurology) |
Education History
| Residency | University of Utah/Primary Children’s Hospital Child Neurology Resident |
| Residency | Rush Children’s Hospital Pediatrics Resident |
| Professional Medical | Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine Medicine M.D. |
| Undergraduate | Northeastern University Biology, Philosophy B.A., B.S. |