Dr. Mentakis has one office in New Jersey where she specializes in Pediatric Neurology and Neurology. Learn more.
Pediatric neurologists provide care for disorders of the nervous system in children. When diagnosing patients, Dr. Mentakis may perform procedures such as PET scans, EMG or EEG tests or nerve conduction velocity tests, among others. She may treat conditions like epilepsy, aneurysms, behavioral and neuromuscular disorders, sleep problems, learning disabilities, and many other neurological conditions.
Abnormalities in the brain, spinal cord and other parts of the nervous system may cause neurological disorders. Dr. Irini Mentakis treats these disorders by performing or issuing tests, scans and arriving at a diagnosis. The diagnosis is crucial for creating a treatment plan for a patient, which might include medication management, various therapies, and lifestyle changes.