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Clinics & Locations
Clinics & Locations
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Explore our network of care for kids, from the tiniest to teens and young adults.
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Extraordinary kid care

Our specialists handle conditions ranging from the common to the most rare.
Medical Professionals
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Contacts and resources to get your patients to our pediatric specialists
Why Choose Us?
Why Choose Us?
Best in Northern CA

We're ranked #1 in pediatric cancer, heart surgery, cardiology & more.

Alyssa Nylander

Alyssa Nylander

Alyssa Nylander

MD, PhD

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Board Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry/Neurology-Neurology, Neurology
Residencies

UCSF School of Medicine -GME, Neurology
Internship

UCSF School of Medicine -GME, Internal Medicine
Degree

MD, Yale University School of Medicine

Selected research

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Anti-CD320 Autoantibodies and Central Nervous System Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Idiopathic Myelopathy.
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences
January 2026
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Anti-CD320 Autoantibodies and Central Nervous System Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Idiopathic Myelopathy.
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences
January 2026
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Association of Menopause With Functional Outcomes and Disease Biomarkers in Women With Multiple Sclerosis.
Neurology
December 2024
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