Dr. Joseph H Hersh MD
Neurologist (Pediatric) | Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
571 S Floyd St Number 100 Louisville KY, 40202Rating
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About
Dr. Joseph Hersh is a child neurologist practicing in Louisville, KY. Dr. Hersh specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the nervous system in children from birth to young adulthood. With combined understanding of childhood illness and the special needs of each individual child and their family, Dr. Hersh is able to help each patient improve the status of their health. Conditions such as seizures, delayed speech, weakness or frequent headaches are treated by child neurologists.
Education and Training
Univ of Mo, Columbia Sch of Med, Columbia Mo 1974
University of Missouri / Columbia Campus 1974
Rutgers 1974
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine 1970
Board Certification
Medical GeneticsAmerican Board of Medical GeneticsABMG
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Case of partial duplication 2q3 with characteristic phenotype: rare occurrence of an unbalanced offspring resulting from a parental pericentric inversion.
- Meningococcal group Y pneumonia in an adolescent female.
- Meningococcal group Y pneumonia in an adolescent female.
- Fetal valproate syndrome and autism: additional evidence of an association.
- Investigation of illness associated with exposure to hydrogen sulfide among Pennsylvania school students.
- Craniosynostosis, telecanthus, scalp hair abnormalities, and sensorineural deafness in two sibs.
- Partial duplication 4q and deletion 1p36 in monozygotic twins with discordant phenotypes.
- Patient with terminal duplication 3q and terminal deletion 5q: comparison with the 3q duplication syndrome and distal 5q deletion syndrome.
- Chromosome 20q deletion and progression to monosomy 7 in a patient with
- Primary tuberculosis of the parotid gland treated with streptomycin.
- Natal teeth in monozygotic twins with Van der Woude syndrome.
- Health supervision for children with neurofibromatosis.
- Identification of a previously unrecognized microdeletion syndrome of 16q11.2q12.2.
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD): what medical professionals need to know.
- Partial duplication of the face: case report and review.
Treatments
- Anxiety
- Cerebral Palsy
- Learning Disabilities
- Birth Defects
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (adhd)
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