Chelsey Ortman, M.D.

Chelsey Ortman, M.D., is a board-certified pediatric neurologist with UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children’s. She has a special interest in pediatric epilepsy, including the surgical treatment of epilepsy, as well as pediatric neurocritical care, tuberous sclerosis, global medicine, quality improvement and medical education. She provides both inpatient and outpatient care to children with neurological diseases.

Ortman completed her medical degree at Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia, and a five-year residency in child neurology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She then completed dual one-year fellowships in clinical neurophysiology and advanced pediatric epilepsy at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.

Ortman is a member of the American Epilepsy Society, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Child Neurology Society and American Academy of Neurology. She is conversational in Japanese.