Philip N. Britton is a Pediatric Neurologist based in Westmead, NSW. You’ll usually find him at the Corner Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street area, working with kids and families who need help when the nervous system is affected.
This kind of care can start when a child is unwell and things get serious fast. In many cases, the work involves children with seizures or suspected brain or nerve conditions. Some kids come in after fevers and infections, while others are referred for ongoing concerns like seizures that keep coming back.
He also looks after children with conditions linked to inflammation in the brain and nervous system, such as encephalitis and meningitis. At times, this can involve viruses and bacteria, and sometimes the situation includes complications from chest infections as well.
Philip works with children who have been affected by illnesses like chickenpox, COVID-19, parainfluenza, pneumonia, sepsis, and influenza. There are also cases that involve specific infections such as herpes simplex encephalitis, bacterial meningitis, pneumococcal meningitis, tuberculous meningitis, and MRSA. In some children, issues like long haul COVID and MIS-C can play a part in how they’re feeling and how the body is coping.
Neurologic symptoms can show up in lots of ways. This includes absence seizures, generalised tonic-clonic seizures, and genetic-type seizure syndromes such as GEFS+. He also supports children with rarer problems, including anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and other autoimmune conditions, where the nervous system is under attack and treatment needs to be planned carefully.
Some patients need help with movement and muscle control problems, including cerebral palsy and spastic diplegia. Others may be dealing with myelitis or vasculitis, where nerves or blood vessels are affected.
When it comes to training and research, there isn’t any extra detail listed here about education history or publications. Clinical trial info also isn’t listed. Still, the focus stays very practical: understanding what’s going on, working through the symptoms, and helping children get the right next steps.
