LorenAshleyMcLendonMD

Neuroimmunology/Multiple Sclerosis, Child Neurology

Attending, Pediatric Demyelinating Disease and Related Neuro-inflammatory Disorders

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Dr. Loren McLendon is a child neurologist in Jacksonville, Florida. After graduating medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine, she completed her child neurology residency at Mayo Clinic Florida School of Graduate Medical Education. She completed a one-year fellowship in pediatric multiple sclerosis and related demyelinating disease at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. McLendon specializes in neuroimmunology and related demyelinating disease bringing this expert care to children in northeast Florida and surrounding areas.

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Neuroimmunology & Multiple Sclerosis, 2021 - 2022
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville)Residency, Child Neurology, 2018 - 2021
University of Florida College of Medicine JacksonvilleResidency, Pediatrics, 2016 - 2018
Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 2016

FL State Medical License 2019 - 2026
PA State Medical License 2021 - 2022
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology

Enhanced Resident Leadership Scholarship American Academy of Neurology (AAN), 2021
Resident Travel Grant to Annual Meeting American Academy of Neurology, 2019
Gold Humanism Honors Society Indiana University School of Medicine, 2016

PubMed

20 citations
Post-COVID-19 Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis in a 17-Month-Old.
Loren A. McLendon, Chethan K. Rao, Cintia Carla Da Hora, Florinda Islamovic, Fernando N. Galan
Pediatrics. 2021-06-01
67 citations
The controversial second impact syndrome: a review of the literature
Loren A. McLendon, Stephen F. Kralik, Patricia A. Grayson, Meredith R. Golomb
Pediatric Neurology. 2016-09-01
8 citations
Dramatic Response to Anti-IL-6 Receptor Therapy in Children With Life-Threatening Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein-Associated Disease.
Loren A McLendon, Claudia Gambrah-Lyles, Angela Viaene, Nina A Fainberg, Elizabeth I Landzberg
Neurology(R) Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 2023-11-01

Journal Articles

Pediatric anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis with epilepsia partialis continua.
Rao CK, McLendon LA, Galan FN, Neuroimmunology Reports, 10/8/2022
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartic Acid Receptor Encephalitis after Recurrent Herpes Simplex Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Kornbluh AB, McLendon L, Banwell B., Neuroimmunology Reports, 10/8/2022
Clinical Neuroimage: Pediatric Gliomatosis Cerebri
Nordli III DR, Rao CK, Gonzalez V, McLendon L, Galan, F., International Journal of Clinical Medical Imaging., 6/30/2022