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Comprehensive List of GOOD Neurologists…Epileptologists…Neurosurgeons…and Pediatric Doctors | October 13, 2009
Below is a compilation by website forum members who have had positive experiences with docs over the years. This list is based on personal recommendations and, of course is purely subjective. But I thought it might be helpful for anyone looking for a good Neurologist…Epileptologist…Neurosurgeon…or Pediatric Doctor.
NOTE: The National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) provides a directory of specialized epilepsy centers in the U.S. along with other useful information about epilepsy. http://www.naeclocator.org/find.htm
Neurologists/Epileptologists
Alabama
Dr. Jennifer DeWolfe, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Dr. Edward Faught, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Dr. Robert Knowlton, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Dr. A. Lebron Paige, UAB, AL
Dr. Nasrollah Eslami, Bessemer, AL
Dr. Potts, Tuscaloosa, AL
Arizona
Dr. David Labiner, University of Arizona, AZ
California
Dr. Kristin D. Ashley, Auburn, CA
Dr. Everett Austin, Kaiser in Redwood City. Also UCSF Epilepsy Center, CA
Dr. William Marks, UCSF, CA
Dr. Robert Burgerman, Sacramento Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, CA
Dr. Rosalind Hsia, Sacramento Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, CA
Dr. Robert S. Fisher, Stanford Epilepsy Center, CA
Dr. Blondell Gage, Kaiser, Stockton, CA
Dr. Christianne Heck, USC, CA
Dr. Vincente Iragui, UCSD, CA
Dr. Kenneth Laxer, California Pacific Medical Center, CA
Dr. Martha Morrell, Chief Medical Officer of NeuroPace, Mountain View, CA
Dr. Edwin Tasch, Kaiser, Santa Clara (Permanente Medical Group), CA
Dr. Jill Trice, Choc Epilepsy Center, Orange, CA
Dr. Calvin Wheeler, Kaiser, Fremont, CA
Colorado
Dr. Patricia Fodor, Colorado Springs, CO
Connecticut
Dr. Adam Mednick, Comprehensive Neurological Management, North Haven, CT
Dr. Robert Duckrow, Yale (at least somewhere in New Haven, if not @ Yale), CT
Florida
Dr. George Dmytrenko, Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, FL
Dr. Hal Pineless, Winter Park, FL
Georgia
Dr. Donald King, Medical College of Georgia, GA
Dr. Suzette LaRoche, Emory Epilepsy Center, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Joseph Smith, Medical College of Georgia, GA
Dr. David Villasanna, Kennestone Neurology Associates, Marietta, GA
Idaho
Dr. Robert Weschler, Boise, ID
Illinois
Dr. Balabanov, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Dr. Andres Kanner, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Dr. Michael Smith, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Dr. John Ebersole, University of Chicago, IL
Indiana
Dr. Allison Weaver (somewhere in Evansville, IN)
Kansas
Dr. Fatima Rahdi, Manhattan, KS
Kentucky
Dr. Meriam Bensalem, University of Kentucky Hospital, KY
Louisiana
Dr. William Gladley, Baton Rouge, LA
Maine
Dr. Heidi L. Henninger, Maine Neurology, ME
Maryland
Dr. Francis Mwaisela, Towson Neurology Associates Towson, MD
Massachusetts
Dr. Andrew Cole, MD, Massachusetts General, Boston, MA
Dr. Dan Hoch, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Dr. G. Rees Cosgrove, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA
Dr. Catherine Phillips, UMassachusetts Medical Center, MA
Dr. Jayant Phadke, Worcester, MA
Michigan
Dr. Gregory L. Barkley, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Dr. Brien J. Smith, Henry Ford Neurology, Detroit, MI
Dr. Linda M. Selwa, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. Kerry Hulsing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. Jack Parent, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. Adriana Tanner, St. Mary’s Epilepsy Clinic, Grand Rapids, MI
Minnesota
Dr. Greg Cascino, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
Dr. Thomas Henry, MN
Dr. Frank Ritter, Minnesota Epilepsy Group, MN
Missouri
Dr. William Rosenfeld, Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO
New Hampshire
Dr. Greg Holmes, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
New Jersey
Dr. Eric Gellar, St. Barnabas, NJ
Dr. Wei Ma, New Jersey Neuroscience Institute at JFK Medical Center, Edison, NJ
Nevada
Dr. Samir Bangalore, Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV
New York
Dr. Orrin Devinsky, NYU Comp Epilepsy Center, NY
Dr. Werner Doyle, NYU, NY
Dr. Daniel Luciano, NYU, NY
Dr. Carl Bazil, Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York City, NY
Dr. Lawrence J. Hirsch, Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York City, NY
Dr. Steven Karceski, Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York City, NY
Dr. Alison Pack, Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York City, NY
Dr. Stanley R. Resor, Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, NY
Dr. Mark Gudesblatt, South Shore Neurological Associates, Long Island, NY
Dr. Cynthia L. Harden, Cornell-Weill Medical Center, NY
Dr. Jeffrey T. Kessler, North Shore University Hospital, Great Neck, NY
Dr. Jody Stackman, Cayuga Neurologic Services in Ithaca, Cortland, NY
North Carolina
Dr. John DeToledo, Wake Forest Medical Center, NC
Dr. Laura Jozewicz, Raleigh, NC
Dr. James Parrott, Neuroscience and Spine Institute, Charlotte, NC
Dr. Sheila Smalls, Forest City, NC
Ohio
Dr. William Carroll, Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH
Dr. Jean Cibula, Mt. Carmel Healthcare, Columbus, OH
Dr. Miles E. Drake, Ohio State University OH
Dr. David Ficker, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Privitera, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Dr. Robert Simkins, Wallace Kettering Neuro-Science Center, Kettering, OH
Oklahoma
Dr. Michael Karathanos, Tulsa, OK
Oregon
Dr. W. Brewster Smith, Oregon Comprehensive Epilepsy Center/OHS, OR
Dr. Norman So, Oregon Epilepsy Clinic, Portland, OR
Pennsylvania
Dr. Jacqueline French, University of Pennsylvania Epilepsy Center, PA
Dr. Paul L. Schraeder, Albert Einstein, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Michael Sperling, Thomas Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Joyce Liporace, Media, PA
Dr. Roderick Hines, Neurological Associates of Lancaster, PA
Dr. Timothy Martin, Neurological Associates of Lancaster PA
Dr. Shobha Asthana and Belle Vernon, Lemont Furnance, PA
South Dakota
Dr. Kathryn Florio, Sioux Falls, SD
Tennessee
Dr. Bola Adamolekun, Semmes-Murphy Neurological Clinic-Memphis, TN
Dr. Andre Lagrange, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN
Dr. Julie Jacques, Morristown, TN
Texas
Dr. Stasha Gominak, Tyler, TX
Dr. Robert Leroy, Medical City, Dallas, TX
Dr. Michael Newmark, Houston, TX
Dr. Padraig O’Suilleabhain, UT Southwestern Aston Center, Dallas, TX
Dr. Jeremy Slater, Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at UT, TX
Dr. Paul Van Ness, Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Virginia
Dr. Jane Fountain, PhD, UVA geneticist, VA
Dr. Mark Quigg, UVA, VA
Dr. Donald Taylor, Saint Mary’s Hospital, Richmond, VA
Washington
Dr. Lisa Caylor, Swedish Epilepsy Center, Seattle, WA
Dr. Michael Elliot, Virgina Mason, Seattle, WA
Dr. Nicholas Poolos, Harborview Epilepsy Ctr, Seattle, WA
Dr. David Vossler, Washington Neuroscience Institute, WA
Dr. Alan Wilensky, M.D., Ph.D., University of Washington’s Epilepsy Center, WA
Washington D.C.
Dr. Samuel Potolicchio, GW Medical Faculty Associates, Washington D.C.
Wisconsin
Dr. Greg Fischer, Gundersen Luthern Clinic, LaCrosse, WI
Canada
Dr. Marika J. Hohol, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
Pediatric Recommendations
Arizona
Dr. Kevin Chapman (Pediatric Epileptologist/Neurologist), Barrows Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ
California
Dr. Nutik, Kaiser-Redwood City, CA
Dr. Joyce Wu, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital Division of Pediatric Neurology, CA
Conneticut
Francine Testa, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Georgia
Dr. Robert Flamini, Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Illinois
Dr. Marianne Larsen, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Indiana
Dr. Vicenta Salanova, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN
Maryland
Dr. Naidu, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD.
Dr. William R Leahy, Greenbelt, MD
Massachusetts
Dr. Adjani, UMassachusetts Medical Center, MA
Dr. Ronald Thibert, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Frances E. Jensen, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Dr. Blaise Bourgeois, Children’s Hospital of Boston, MA
Dr. Laurie Douglass, Boston, MA
Michigan
Dr. Harry Chugani, Detroit Children’s Hospital, Detroit, MI
Dr. Eileen McCormick, Michigan Institute for Neurological Disorders (MIND), Farmington Hills, MI
Minnesota
Dr. Mary Dunn, St. Paul Children’s, St. Paul, MN
Missouri
Dr. David Callahan, St. Luke’s Hospital, West Chesterfield, MO
Dr. Richard Torkelson, Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, MO
New Jersey
Dr. Steven Kugler, Robert Wood Johnson, NJ
Dr. Wollack, Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
New York
Dr. Claudia Chiriboga, Columbia Presbyterian, NY
Dr. Gail Solomon, NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, NY
North Carolina
Dr. Darrell V. Lewis, Duke Children’s, NC
Ohio
Dr. Kerry Crone, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Pennsylvania
Dr. Khurana, St. Christopher’s Hospital Philadelphia, PA
Tennessee
Dr. Barbara Olsen, Pediatric Neurology Associates, Nashville, TN
Dr. James Wheless, Le Bonheur Hospital, Memphis, TN
Texas
Dr. Anthony Riela, Texas Child Neurology, Plano, TX
Dr. Angus Wilfong, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
Dr. Imad T. Jarjour, Houston, TX
Virginia
Dr. Pearl, Fairfax, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Pearl, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
Wisconsin
Dr. Kurt Hecox, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, WI
Dr. S. Anne Joseph, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, WI
Dr. Mary Zupanc, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Neurosurgeon Recommendations
California
Dr. Michael Appuzo, USC, CA
Dr. Charles Liu, USC, CA
Connecticut
Dr. Dennis Spencer, Yale New Haven Hospital, CT
Florida
Dr. Kirk Jobe, Bayfront Medical Center & Suncoast Medical Clinic, FL
Georgia
Dr. Robert Gross, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Roger Hudgins, Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital, GA
Illinois
Dr. Richard Byrne, Rush University, IL
Massachusetts
Dr. Joseph Madsen, Children’s Hospital of Boston, MA
Dr. Emad Nader Eskandar, Massachusetts General, MA
Michigan
Dr. Oren Sagher, University of Michigan, MI
Minnesota
Dr. Richard Marsh, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
New York
Dr. Robert Goodman, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, NY
Dr. Guy McKhann, Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, NY
Dr. Theodore Schwartz, Cornell, NY
Ohio
Dr. William Bingaman, Cleveland Clinic, OH
Pennsylvania
Dr. Michael J. O’Conner, Jefferson University Hospital, PA
Tennessee
Dr. Boop, Le Bonheur Hospital, Memphis, TN
Texas
Dr. Nitin Tandon, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX
Dr. Yosher, Baylor Clinic, Houston, TX
Virginia
Dr. Mark Shaffrey, UVA, VA
Wisconsin
Dr. Jeff Ojemann, University of Washington, WI
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This is a great website. Thank you
Ginny
Comment by Ginny Miller — November 18, 2009 @ 2:09 am
Thanks for the compliment…
Comment by Phylis Feiner Johnson — November 18, 2009 @ 3:05 am
My son had his first seizure around 4 months old. The doctor who have treated him diagnosed it as Febrile and told us he will outgrow it through supervised medications. The doctor prescribed Diapp a suppository used every time he has a fever. With good timing it works just fine and prevents seizures. He was in his 2nd grade in Elementary School when the doctors changed their diagnose to epilepsy and prescribe him to take Serenica R everyday. Although already diagnosed as Epilepsy they still couldn`t find anything wrong from his CAT scan or EEG. Is it possible that its still just Febrile seizures?
Comment by Worried mom — February 23, 2010 @ 3:36 pm
That’s a tricky one, Worried Mom…
Febrile seizures occur most commonly in infants and young children.
They typically strike when a child is between 6 months and 5 years old, but they most often occur during the toddler years. They may recur during childhood but are usually outgrown.
EEGs alone are often not sufficient to make a definite diagnosis of epilepsy. Because, they are not sensitive enough to distinguish many disorders which cause epileptic seizures. Especially those deep in the brain.
So, it’s a toss up. It could still be an hang over from febrile seizures, or it could have developed into epilepsy.
It’s hard to tell. I would suggest a second opinion, or even a third. And be sure to bring your son’s history and test results with you.
Good luck.
Comment by Phylis Feiner Johnson — February 23, 2010 @ 9:51 pm
Would you by chance have any recommendations of neurologist or epileptologist in Ontario, Canada? Great idea. I am specifically able to visit Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Toronto, Kitchener, London. These cities are all in Ontario, Canada. If not, then I may choose to travel to Michigan as I see you have several in Ann Arbor and one in Grand Rapids. Thank you for this service. I am 66 by the way and after 45 years on dilantin I am having difficulty regulating my blood level since I had the H1N1 vaccine last November. I thank you for sending me the website for the H1N1 Monovalent Immunization Consent from Lafayette, Louisiana, which specifically stated it would affect the dilantin blood levels.
Comment by Diane Heggart — June 22, 2010 @ 4:04 am
Glad the website helped. I don’t know how you’ve survived that many years on Dilantin. It made me a walking zombie, my hair fell out AND I got galloping gum rot.
Anyway I was able to find a recommendation from the eforum list in Ontario:
Dr. Marika J. Hohol, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
I hope this works out for you. Let me know how you do…
Comment by Phylis Feiner Johnson — June 22, 2010 @ 6:01 am