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
801-213-3599
Fax: (801) 587-7539
Primary Children's Hospital Outpatient Services at Riverton
801-213-3599
Fax: (801) 587-7539
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) |
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.
Academic Locations
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, 2014 |
| Residency | Rush Children’s Hospital Pediatrics Resident, 2011 |
| Professional Medical | Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine Medicine M.D., 2008 |
| Undergraduate | Northeastern University Biology, Philosophy B.A., B.S., 2000 |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Hranilovich JA, Park AH, Knackstedt ED, Ostrander BE, Hedlund GL, Shi K, Bale JF Jr (2020). Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Congenital Cytomegalovirus With Failed Newborn Hearing Screen. Pediatr Neurol, 110, 55-58.
- Maitre NL, Burton VJ, Duncan AF, Iyer S, Ostrander B, Winter S, Ayala L, Burkhardt S, Gerner G, Getachew R, Jiang K, Lesher L, Perez CM, Moore-Clingenpeel M, Lam R, Lewandowski DJ, Byrne R (2020). Network Implementation of Guideline for Early Detection Decreases Age at Cerebral Palsy Diagnosis. Pediatrics, 145(5).
- McCrary H, Shi K, Newberry I, Hamilton C, Ostrander, B, OBrien E, Knackstedt E, Ling C, Miner L, Park A (2020). Outcomes from an expanded targeted early cytomegalovirus testing program. . 15(4), 189-194.
- Sherrod BA, Ho WS, Hedlund A, Kennedy A, Ostrander B, Bollo RJ (2019). A comparison of the accuracy of fetal MRI and prenatal ultrasonography at predicting lesion level and perinatal motor outcome in patients with myelomeningocele. Neurosurg Focus, 47(4), E4.
- Brunelli L, Jenkins SM, Gudgeon JM, Bleyl SB, Miller CE, Tvrdik T, Dames SA, Ostrander B, Daboub JAF, Zielinski BA, Zinkhan EK, Underhill HR, Wilson T, Bonkowsky JL, Yost CC, Botto LD, Jenkins J, Pysher TJ, Bayrak-Toydemir P, Mao R (2019). Targeted gene panel sequencing for the rapid diagnosis of acutely ill infants. Mol Genet Genomic Med, 7(7), e00796.