The Neuroimmune Psychiatric Disorders (NIPD) Clinic provides care for children, adolescents, and young adults with complex neurological and psychiatric disorders following an infection, in association with an immune disorder, or other medical conditions. Our team of providers works with a diverse group of specialties to help give our patients comprehensive care.
New patients
Currently, we are only able to provide consultation for patients who live in northern New England (New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts). If you or your child should be seen in the NIPD Clinic, please have your primary care provider send a referral to our clinic.
Please refer to the following sections on this page:
Conditions we treat
We evaluate and treat the following conditions:
- Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder (PANS)
- Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infection (PANDAS)
- Post-infectious neuropsychiatric or neuroinflammatory conditions in adolescents and adults
- Neuropsychiatric illnesses associated with autoimmune conditions such as:
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Lupus
Our services
We focus on helping patients, their families, and physicians understand these complex conditions. Currently, we are only able to provide consultation for patients who live in northern New England (New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts).
Our team provides:
- Comprehensive evaluation
- Consultation
As part of their evaluation or treatment, your child may see providers from one or more of these specialties:
- Child and adolescent psychiatry
- Pediatric immunology
- Pediatric nephrology and integrative medicine
- Our consulting pediatric nephrologist: Matthew Hand, DO
- Pediatric neurology
- Pediatric rheumatology
- Our consulting pediatric rheumatologist: Daniel Albert, MD
Additional resources
PANS/PANDAS Physicians Network
PANS/PANDAS Physicians Network provides evidence-informed clinical guidance, diagnostic and treatment resources, research, education, and a practitioner directory to help healthcare professionals recognize, evaluate, and effectively treat PANS and PANDAS.
The Alex Manfull Fund
The Alex Manfull Fund supports awareness, education, and research to further understand the incidence, etiology, and best treatment of post-infectious neuroimmune disorders (aka PANDAS, PANS, and autoimmune encephalitis) with an emphasis on their manifestation in adolescents and young adults.
Neuroimmune Foundation
Neuroimmune Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of people with PANS/PANDAS, autoimmune encephalitis, and related neuroimmune and inflammatory brain disorders through clinician education, research, advocacy, clinical resources, and support for patients and families.
Pace Foundation
Pace Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to improving the diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life of children with pediatric autoimmune neurological disorders, including PANS/PANDAS, through advocacy, education, research, and support for patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
Stanford Immune Behavioral Health (IBH) / PANS Program
Stanford Immune Behavioral Health (IBH) / PANS Program is a multidisciplinary clinical and research program dedicated to understanding, diagnosing, and treating PANS and related neuropsychiatric conditions by investigating how infections, inflammation, and immune-system abnormalities affect brain and psychiatric health.
NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health)
NIMH provides an authoritative overview of PANS and PANDAS, including their symptoms, possible immune and infectious causes, diagnostic criteria, treatment options, prognosis, and current areas of research and uncertainty.
Research
We focus on improving diagnosis and treatment for patients with neuroinflammatory conditions. Our program includes ongoing clinical, epidemiological, and basic science research into tests and treatments. We are part of the PANS Research Network, as well as the CPAE Clinics of Excellence Network.
Referrals and appointments
If you are a health care professional: To make sure the child you are referring is seen in the NIPD Clinic, please make sure you include NIPD as part of the referral.
Our team
NIPD clinic team
NIPD nursing team
- Angel Silva, RN, Clinic
- Cathrine Nania, RN, Research