Meghan O’Neill

Meghan O’Neill, MD, FAAP, is a neurodevelopmental disabilities physician in the division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and the Division of Child Neurology at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. O’Neill founded and directs the Lurie Children’s Hospital Down Syndrome Clinic. She completed medical training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, pediatrics training at Lurie Children’s Hospital, and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities fellowship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. O’Neill specializes in the comprehensive care of individuals with intellectual disability, autism, learning disabilities, ADHD, cerebral palsy, and various neurogenetic disorders. Dr. O’Neill’s academic work focuses on characterization of co-occurring neurologic, developmental, and behavioral conditions among children with Down syndrome with an aim to identify effective interventions and therapeutic strategies. Additionally, she co-directs the Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics rotation for Lurie general pediatric residents