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Danielle E. Whalen, MD

Pediatric Neurology
Accepting New Patients
CHOC Children's Specialists - Main St. Neurology
505 South Main Street, Suite 350
Orange, CA 92868
1962.2 miles away
(714) 509-7982
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Medical Groups & Affiliations
Providence Affiliated Physicians, St. Joseph
Speaks: English
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CHOC Children's Specialists - Main St. Neurology

505 South Main Street, Suite 350, Orange, CA 92868

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About Danielle E. Whalen

Dr. Whalen is board certified in child neurology who treats kids and teens in Orange County.

Medical School

Albany Medical School
2016

Residency

University of California - San Diego
Pediatrics
2018

Fellowship

University of California - San Diego
Child Neurology
2021

Board Certifications
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
CHOC Children's Specialists - Main St. Neurology
505 South Main Street, Suite 350
Orange, CA 92868
CHOC Children's Specialists - 1201 La Veta Ave.
1201 West La Veta Avenue
Orange, CA 92868
Medical Groups & Affiliations
Providence Affiliated Physicians, St. Joseph

Clinical Interests

  • Abducens Nerve Disease
  • Abducens Nerve Injury
  • Abducens Nerve Palsy And Paresis
  • Abnormal Echoencephalogram
  • Abnormal Emg
  • Abnormal Head Shape
  • Abnormal Tendon Reflex
  • Abnormal Videonystagmography (Vng) Test
  • Accessory Nerve Disease
  • Accessory Nerve Injury
  • Acromegaly
  • Acute Cerebellitis (Ac)
  • Acute Flaccid Myelitis
  • Amnesia
  • Aneurysm
  • Anti Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Associated Disease
  • Anticonvulsant Toxicity
  • Anti-Nmda Receptor Encephalitis
  • Arachnoid Cyst
  • Arachnoiditis
  • Arm Weakness
  • Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Cervical Spine
  • Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Thoracic Spine
  • Athetosis
  • Auricular Neuralgia
  • Autism Testing
  • Autoimmune Encephalitis
  • Autoimmune Encephalopathy
  • Back Surgery
  • Balance Testing
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
  • Beriberi
  • Botox For Bells Palsy
  • Botox For Cerebral Palsy
  • Botox For Migraines
  • Botulinum Toxin For Movement Disorders
  • Brachial Plexopathy
  • Brachial Plexus Injury
  • Brachial Plexus Lesions
  • Brachycephaly
  • Brain And Spine Arteriovenous Malformations
  • Brain Arteriovenous Malformation
  • Brain Concussion
  • Brain Function Mapping
  • Brain Injury
  • Brain Lesions
  • Cancer Related Cognitive Disorder
  • Capacity Assessment
  • Carbidopa Levodopa Intestinal Gel Therapy
  • Carbidopa Levodopa Oral Therapy
  • Cauda Equina Syndrome
  • Causalgia
  • Causalgia Of Lower Limb
  • Causalgia Of Upper Limb
  • Central Auditory Processing Disorder (Capd)
  • Central Nervous System (Cns) Human T Lymphotropic Virus (Htlv)
  • Central Nervous System (Cns) Lyme
  • Central Nervous System (Cns) Syphilis
  • Central Nervous System Abscess
  • Central Nervous System Lupus
  • Central Sensitization
  • Cephalocele
  • Cerebellar Anomalies
  • Cerebellar Ataxia
  • Cerebellar Disease
  • Cerebral Aneurysm
  • Cerebral Anomalies
  • Cerebral Contusion
  • Cerebral Degeneration In Childhood
  • Cerebral Dysgenesis
  • Cerebral Edema
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage
  • Cerebral Heterotopia
  • Cerebral Lipidosis
  • Cerebral Microvascular Injury
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Cerebral Small Vessel Disease (Csvd)
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Abnormalities
  • Cerebrovascular Accident (Cva)
  • Cervical Spine Stress Fracture
  • Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
  • Childhood Epilepsy
  • Chorea
  • Chronic Infantile Neurologic Cutaneous And Articular Syndrome
  • Chronic Migraines
  • Chronic Post Traumatic Headache
  • Ciliary Neuralgia
  • Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder
  • Clinically Isolated Syndrome (Cis)
  • Cloverleaf Deformity
  • Cluster Headache
  • Cognitive Impairment
  • Colic
  • Concussion
  • Concussive Seizure
  • Congenital Anomalies Of The Central Nervous System
  • Congenital Ataxia
  • Congenital Brain And Spine Malformations
  • Congenital Brain Disorder
  • Congenital Cerebral Hemiatrophy
  • Congenital Cerebral Hemorrhage
  • Congenital Cerebral Hypoplasia
  • Congenital Deformity Of Nervous System
  • Congenital Hydrocephalus
  • Congenital Lesions Of The Nervous System
  • Congenital Macrocephaly
  • Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
  • Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes
  • Congenital Myopathies
  • Congenital Paralysis
  • Convulsion
  • Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
  • Cortical Dysplasia
  • Cortical Tuber
  • Corticobasal Degeneration
  • Costello Syndrome
  • Cranial Nerve Disorders
  • Cranial Nerve Injury
  • Data (Pkg) Bracelet
  • Demyelinating Disease
  • Depressed Mood
  • Development Coordination Disorder
  • Developmental Delay
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Developmental Regression
  • Diabetic Nephropathy
  • Dietary Management In Epilepsy
  • Difficulty Reading
  • Difficulty Writing
  • Diffuse Axonal Injury
  • Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis
  • Diplegia Of Upper Limbs
  • Disorder Of Balance
  • Disruptive Behavior
  • Disturbance Of Attention
  • Dizziness
  • Dopamine Responsive Dystonia
  • Down Syndrome
  • Drug Induced Acute Dystonia
  • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  • Dup15q Syndrome
  • Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Embolization
  • Dysarthria
  • Dysautonomia
  • Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor
  • Dyslexia
  • Dysphagia
  • Dyspraxia
  • Dystonia
  • Electrical Status Epilepticus In Sleep (Eses)
  • Elevated Growth Hormone
  • Encephalitis
  • Encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis (Edas)
  • Encephalomalacia
  • Encephalopathies
  • Enlarged Ventricle
  • Enuresis
  • Epidural Injection
  • Epilepsia Partialis Continua
  • Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy Medication Management
  • Epileptic Confusional State
  • Epileptic Encephalopathy With Continuous Spike And Wave During Sleep (Csws)
  • Epileptic Twilight State
  • Erb Palsy
  • Essential Tremor
  • Evaluation For Deep Brain Stimulation (Dbs)
  • Extrapyramidal Disorders
  • Fabry Disease
  • Facet Injection
  • Facet Joint Syndrome
  • Facial Asymmetry
  • Facial Nerve Palsy And Paresis
  • Facial Nerve Paralysis
  • Facial Pain
  • Facial Paresis
  • Facial Spasm
  • Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
  • Familial Ataxia
  • Familial Spinal Muscle Atrophy
  • Fasciculations
  • Febrile Convulsions
  • Febrile Infection Related Epilepsy Syndrome (Fires)
  • Filar Cyst
  • Filum Terminale Lipoma
  • Flaccid Hemiplegia
  • Focal Cerebral Arteriopathy (Fca)
  • Focal Dystonia
  • Focal Resection Surgery Brain
  • Focal Seizures
  • Forceful Blinking
  • Friedreich Ataxia
  • Functional Movement Disorders
  • Fungal Meningitis
  • Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
  • Ganglioneuroblastoma
  • Generalized Seizures
  • Genetic Dystonia
  • Gigantism
  • Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
  • Glycogen Storage Disease
  • Grand Mal Status Epilepticus
  • Guillain Barre Syndrome (Gbs)
  • Handwriting Tremor
  • Hashimoto Encephalitis
  • Hashimoto Encephalopathy
  • Head Banging
  • Head Trauma
  • Headache
  • Hemiatrophy
  • Hemicrania Continua
  • Hemidystonia
  • Hemifacial Microsomia
  • Hemimegalencephaly
  • Hemineglect
  • Hemiparesis
  • Hemiplegia
  • Hereditary Neuropathy With Pressure Palsies (Hnpp)
  • Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy
  • Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
  • Hiv Neuropathy
  • Hiv/Aids
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Hydromyelia
  • Hypertonia
  • Hypoglossal Nerve Disease
  • Hypoglossal Nerve Injury
  • Hypotonia
  • Increased Intracranial Pressure
  • Infantile Cerebral Palsy
  • Infantile Hemiplegia
  • Infantile Spasms
  • Infectious Neuritis
  • Intellectual Disabilities
  • Intermittent Tremor
  • Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia (Ino)
  • Intracranial Hypertension
  • Ischemic Stroke
  • Isolated Central Nervous System Vasculitis
  • Jc Virus
  • Juvenile Parkinson's Disease (Jpd)
  • Juvenile Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  • Klumpke Palsy
  • Landau Kleffner Syndrome
  • Late Effect Of Spinal Cord Injury
  • Late Effects Of Poliomyelitis
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Learning Disorders
  • Leg Numbness
  • Leg Weakness
  • Leigh's Disease
  • Lennox Gastaut Syndrome
  • Leukodystrophy
  • Leukoencephalopathy With Calcifications And Cysts
  • Lip Droop
  • Lissencephaly
  • Lobar Atrophy Of Brain
  • Locked In Syndrome
  • Loss Of Consciousness
  • Loss Of Tendon Reflex
  • Lumbar Herniated Disc
  • Lumbar Spine Epidural Steroid Injection
  • Macrocephaly
  • Major Neurocognitive Disorder
  • Mal De Debarquement Syndrome (Mdds)
  • Marcus Gunn Phenomenon
  • Maternal Neurologic Disorders
  • Medication Overuse Headache
  • Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome
  • Memory Disorders
  • Meningitis
  • Meningocele
  • Meralgia Paresthetica
  • Metabolic Brain Disorders
  • Metabolic Myopathy
  • Microcephaly
  • Migraine
  • Miller Fisher Syndrome
  • Mitochondrial Disorders
  • Moebius Syndrome
  • Motor Delay
  • Movement Disorders
  • Moyamoya
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Multisystemic Disseminated Toxoplasmosis
  • Muscle Eye Brain Disease
  • Muscle Spasticity
  • Muscle Weakness
  • Muscular Diseases
  • Muscular Disorder
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Myelitis
  • Myelitis/Myelopathy
  • Myelomeningocele
  • Myelopathy
  • Myoclonus
  • Myopathy
  • Myositis
  • Myotonia
  • Myotonia Congenita
  • Myotonic Dystrophy
  • Narcolepsy
  • Nerve Biopsy
  • Nerve Conduction Studies
  • Nerve Diseases
  • Nerve Laceration
  • Nerve Root Disorder
  • Nerve Sheath Tumor
  • Nervous System Disorders
  • Neural Tube Defects
  • Neuralgia
  • Neuralgic Amyotrophy
  • Neuritis
  • Neuro Infectious Diseases
  • Neurocognitive Disorder
  • Neurocutaneous Syndromes
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Neurogenic Dysfluency
  • Neuroinflammatory Disorders
  • Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
  • Neurologic Disorder Treatments
  • Neurological Disorders
  • Neurometabolic Disorder
  • Neuromuscular Diseases
  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Neuropathic Pain
  • Neuropathy
  • New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus (Norse)
  • New Onset Seizure
  • Niemann Pick Disease
  • Nightmares
  • Non Epileptic Event
  • Numbness
  • Olfactory Nerve Disease
  • Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy
  • Opsoclonus Myoclonus Ataxia Syndrome
  • Optic Nerve Disease
  • Optic Neuritis
  • Oromotor Dyspraxia
  • Pachygyria
  • Papilledema
  • Paralysis
  • Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration (Pcd)
  • Paraplegia
  • Parasitic Meningitis
  • Paresthesia
  • Paroxysmal Hemicrania
  • Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated With Streptococcal Infections
  • Pediatric Epilepsy
  • Peripheral Autonomic Neuropathy
  • Peripheral Nerve Injury
  • Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Periventricular Leukomalacia
  • Peroneal Muscular Atrophy
  • Peroneal Nerve Injury
  • Pervasive Developmental Delay
  • Petit Mal Status
  • Phelan Mcdermid Syndrome
  • Pial Synangiosis
  • Pica
  • Pierre Robin Sequence
  • Pituitary Cancer
  • Plagiocephaly
  • Plantar Nerve Lesions
  • Poliodystrophia Cerebri
  • Poliomyelitis
  • Polymicrogyria
  • Positional Vertigo
  • Post Concussion Syndrome
  • Post Traumatic Amnesia
  • Post Traumatic Headache
  • Post Traumatic Seizures
  • Primary Exercise Headache
  • Primary Progressive Aphasia
  • Primary Stabbing Headache
  • Primary Thunderclap Headache
  • Problems With Smell And Taste
  • Progressive Muscular Atrophy
  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
  • Provisional Tic Disorder
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri
  • Psychogenic Non Epileptic Seizures
  • Quadriplegia
  • Radiculopathy
  • Radiographic Isolated Syndrome
  • Rapid Onset Obesity With Hypothalamic Dysregulation Hypoventilation And Autonomic Dysregulation (Rohhad)
  • Rasmussen Syndrome
  • Rathke Cleft Cysts
  • Reflex Neurovascular Dystrophy
  • Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
  • Regressive Autism
  • Restless Legs Syndrome
  • Retinal Vasculopathy With Cerebral Leukoencephalopathy (Rvcl)
  • Rett Syndrome
  • Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (Rcvs)
  • Schizencephaly
  • Schwannomatosis
  • Segmental Dystonia
  • Sensory Impairment
  • Sensory Integration Disorder
  • Sensory Problem With Head
  • Sensory Problem With Neck And Trunk
  • Sensory Problems With Limbs
  • Sinus Stenosis
  • Sleep Related Headache
  • Slurred Speech
  • Solitary Sclerosis
  • Spasmus Nutans
  • Spastic Infantile Paralysis
  • Spasticity
  • Spasticity Management
  • Speech Delay
  • Speech Disorder
  • Spina Bifida
  • Spinal Cord Diseases
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  • Spinal Schwannoma
  • Spine Arteriovenous Malformation (Avm)
  • Spinocerebellar Degeneration
  • Spinocerebellar Diseases
  • Sports Related Concussion
  • Sports Related Concussion Testing
  • Sports Related Head Injury
  • Sports Related Spinal Cord Injury
  • Staring
  • Status Epilepticus
  • Stereotypic Movement Disorder
  • Stroke Related Spasticity
  • Sturge Weber Syndrome
  • Subdural Hematoma
  • Subdural Hemorrhage
  • Subdural Hygroma
  • Sudanophilic Cerebral Sclerosis
  • Supraorbital Neuralgia
  • Syringobulbia
  • Syringomyelia
  • Tay Sachs Disease
  • Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
  • Tension Headache
  • Tetany
  • Tetraplegia
  • Tic Disorders
  • Tingling
  • Tonic Clonic Seizure
  • Torsion Dystonia
  • Torticollis
  • Tourette Syndrome
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Transient Limb Paralysis
  • Transverse Myelitis
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Tremor
  • Trigeminal Nerve Injection
  • Trigeminal Nerve Injury
  • Trigeminal Nerve Palsy And Paresis
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia
  • Trochlear Nerve Injury
  • Tuberous Sclerosis
  • Twitching
  • Unable To Grip
  • Unsteady Gait
  • Vagal Nerve Disorders
  • Vagus Nerve Disease
  • Vascular Malformations Of The Brain
  • Vascular Malformations Of The Spine
  • Vasomotor Symptoms
  • Vein Of Galen Malformation
  • Ventriculomegaly
  • Vertigo
  • Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential Testing
  • Viral Meningitis
  • Visual Evoked Potentials (Vep) Test
  • Visual Information Processing
  • Von Hippel Lindau Disease
  • White Matter Injury
  • Williams Syndrome
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