Alexander Van Speybroeck, MD
Alexander Van Speybroeck MD/MPH is an attending pediatrician in the Division of General Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. He is also medical Director of the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Spina Bifida Program, and Co-Director Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Residency Program Global Health IMPACT Tract Program.
He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. He is Board Certified in Pediatrics.
Dr. Van Speybroeck has an additional pediatrics practice caring for Children with Spina Bifida, Muscular Dystrophy and Cerebral Palsy at Shriners Hospital for Children, Los Angeles. Van Speybroeck has been active in Global Health Care since 1998 serving in medical missions in Mexico, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mongolia, Viet Nam and Guatemala. Van Speybroeck has been active on a national and local level related to the care of Children with Spina Bifida as a member, lecturer and researcher for the national Spina Bifida Association and US Centers for Disease Control Center on Birth Defects.
Global Health Programs Specifically Focused on International Care of Children with developmental disabilities
Education
Boston University School of Medicine/Boston University School of Public Health
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Accomplishments
Pediatrics; American Board of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Global health, Spina Bifida Association, Muscular Dystrophy Association
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Humanism Award Nominee 2008, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles ABCD excellence Award 2007 CHLA Intern of the year 1998, Victor Stork award for future potential in pediatrics, 2001, Shriners Hospital for Children 10 year service award 2012 Recognition of Public Service awards for volunteer medical missions ministry of health, State of Sonora Mexico, Countries of Ecuador, Nicaragua, El Salvador 2002-13
Publications
Heterogeneity of Muscle Fat Infiltration in Children with Spina Bifida Tishya A. L. Wren, Ph.D. 1-2, Skorn Ponrartana, M.D. 2, Alexander Van Speybroeck, M.D. 3,Deirdre D. Ryan, M.D. 1, Jonathan M. Chia, M.S. 4, Houchun H. Hu, Ph.D. Research in Developmental Disabilities 35 (2014) 215–222 October, 2013
Research
Spina Bifida, Global health