Katherine Dobbins, MD

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Get to know Pediatric Neurologist Dr. Katherine Dobbins, who serves patients in San Antonio, Texas.

A trusted pediatric neurologist, Dr. Dobbins is in practice at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) serves as the largest and most robust military healthcare organization within the Department of Defense (DOD), providing safe, quality care to military service members, their families, veterans and civilian emergency patients as the most robust and productive healthcare organization within the Military Health System (MHS).

Educated in the United States, Dr. Dobbins earned her medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Child neurology, also known as pediatric neurology, refers to a specialized branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and management of neurological conditions in neonates (newborns), infants, children, and adolescents. The discipline of child neurology encompasses diseases and disorders of the spinal cord, brain, peripheral nervous system, autonomic nervous system, muscles, and blood vessels that affect individuals in these age groups.

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