Jennifer A. Lewis is a Pediatric Neurologist based in Sydney, NSW, Australia. She works with families across Sydney and looks after children with movement and brain-related conditions that can affect day to day life.
In her clinic, Jennifer often helps children who live with long-term neurological challenges. This can include cerebral palsy, especially spastic diplegia (infantile type), and spasticity that makes walking, sitting, and comfort harder. Some children also have spastic paraplegia types (including type 2 and type 7). At times, she supports families managing complex movement patterns such as drug induced dyskinesia, myoclonus-dystonia, and palatal myoclonus.
Jennifer also treats rarer neurological conditions. For example, Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome is one of the conditions that may come up in her work. She focuses on understanding how symptoms show up for each child, then looking at what options might help most with control, comfort, and function.
Her care can involve both medicine and procedures, depending on the child’s needs. Services linked to her work include rhizotomy and treatments for spasticity, along with deep brain stimulation in cases where it may be considered. She also supports decisions around surgical options such as herniated disc surgery and microdiscectomy, when appropriate for a child’s situation.
Because children’s needs change as they grow, Jennifer aims to keep care practical and step by step. She pays attention to how symptoms affect school, sleep, mobility, and daily routines. In many cases, treatment is about reducing pain or stiffness, improving movement, and helping the child get the most from everyday activities.
Jennifer’s work is focused on children and the families who care for them. She understands that appointments can be stressful, and that questions can pop up at any time. Over time, she helps families make sense of options and plan next steps with clear, realistic expectations.
