Duke has been caring for children with cerebral palsy for more than 55 years.

Duke's Cerebral Palsy Clinic, located at the Lenox Baker Children's Hospital, is coordinated to provide comprehensive, interdisciplinary care and minimize the number of trips to the hospital.

Cerebral palsy services include:

• Diagnosis
• Management of orthopaedic problems
• Management of medical problems (seizure disorders, undernutrition, drooling, constipation, pain, etc.)
• Pharmacological management of spasticity, dystonia, and athetosis
• Botox injection for focal treatment of spasticity
• Evaluation for a "baclofen pump" (intrathecal continuous infusion of baclofen)
• Referral to appropriate clinics at Duke, when necessary (gastroenterology, pulmonology, ENT surgery, psychiatry, and others)
• Social work counseling about community services
• Management of behavior problems associated with cerebral palsy (pharmacological management and referral to child psychology, where necessary)

Lenox Baker and Cerebral Palsy

Lenox Baker, MD, a former professor at Duke and the first pediatric orthopaedic surgeon in North Carolina, helped to establish the North Carolina Cerebral Palsy Hospital in 1952.

The name of the hospital was subsequently changed to the Lenox Baker Children's Hospital in his honor. The hospital continues to care for children with disabilities at Duke University Medical Center.

Appointments

To make an appointment or a referral, please contact Christie Preddy, the clinic coordinator, at 919-681-5456.

Physicians

Physicians offering this service include:

• Fitch, Robert D.
  • Orthopaedics
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Chairman Office
• Fuchs, Herbert E.
  • Surgery / Neurosurgery
  • Pathology
  • Pediatrics
• Smith, Edward C.
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Neurology
  • Medicine / Medicine-Neurology
• Worley, Gordon
  • Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Rehab and Neuro Development

Locations

This service is available at:

• Lenox Baker Children's Hospital
  3000 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27705