The 20 Best Absence Seizure Doctors Near Me in Texas, US

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The 20 Best Absence Seizure Doctors in Texas, US

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 272 doctor with experience in Absence Seizure near Texas, US. Of these, 221 are Experienced, 45 are Advanced and 6 are Distinguished.

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    Atul Maheshwari
    Distinguished in Absence Seizure
    Distinguished in Absence Seizure

    Baylor College Of Medicine - Neurology

    7200 Cambridge St, 9th Floor, BCM 609-1, 
    Houston, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Atul Maheshwari, MD, is dedicated to delivering high-quality, compassionate care to Houston and nearby communities. Atul Maheshwari specializes in Neurology (Brain and Spine) and works at BCM Neurology. To make an appointment, please call (713) 798-2273. To review all accepted insurance carriers, please visit: https://www.stlukeshealth.org/patients-visitors/patients/billing-insurance/insurances-accepted. Dr. Maheshwari is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy Juvenile Absence, Epilepsy, Absence Seizure, Seizures, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Experienced in Absence Seizure

    Access TeleCare- Teleneurology

    1717 Main St, Ste 5850, 
    Dallas, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    . Dr. Syed is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, Stroke, Epilepsy, and Shoulder Arthroscopy.

    Distinguished in Absence Seizure
    Distinguished in Absence Seizure

    UT Physicians

    6410 Fannin St Ste 1014, 
    Houston, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Samden Lhatoo is a Neurologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Lhatoo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, Central Sleep Apnea, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

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    Distinguished in Absence Seizure
    Distinguished in Absence Seizure

    Texas Scottish Rite Hospital For Children

    2222 Welborn St, 
    Dallas, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Charuta Joshi is a Neurologist in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Joshi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, West Syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Distinguished in Absence Seizure
    Distinguished in Absence Seizure

    Baylor College Of Medicine

    7200 Cambridge St, 
    Houston, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Zulfi Haneef is a Neurologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Haneef is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Absence Seizure, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Karna S. Gocke
    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Family Medicine

    Texas Health Family Care

    1970 West University Drive, Ste 100, 
    Prosper, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Karna Gocke is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Prosper, Texas. Dr. Gocke is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Vitamin D Deficiency, Peripheral Neuropathy, Familial Hypertriglyceridemia, Obesity, and Intrauterine Device Insertion.

    Deepa Sirsi
    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Neurology
    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Neurology

    UT Southwestern - Neurology

    5323 Harry Hines Blvd., 
    Dallas, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Hindi, Kannada

    Deepa Sirsi is a Neurologist in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Sirsi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Epilepsy in Children, and West Syndrome.

    Dallas M. Armstrong
    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Advanced in Absence Seizure

    UT Southwestern - Dept Of Pediatric Neurology

    5323 Harry Hines Blvd, 
    Dallas, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Dallas Armstrong is a Neurologist in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Armstrong is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, West Syndrome, and Rett Syndrome.

    Sameer A. Sheth
    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Neurosurgery
    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Neurosurgery

    BCM Neurosurgery

    7200 Cambridge St, 9th Fl, Ste 9B, 
    Houston, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Sameer Sheth, MD, PhD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon in Houston, Texas. After completing his bachelor’s degree in Physics and Astronomy at Harvard University, Dr. Sheth earned both his medical degree and PhD from the University of California Los Angeles. Dr. Sheth then completed his residency and Fellowship in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, the teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. As a clinician, Dr. Sheth treats patients with disorders such as epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). He uses a combination of time-tested techniques and new minimally invasive approaches, including deep brain stimulation (DBS), laser therapy, robot-guided surgery, radiosurgery, and other neurosurgical procedures. As a researcher at Baylor College of Medicine, he develops novel therapies for neuropsychiatric disorders and studies the neurophysiological basis of how the human brain makes complex decisions. Recently, Dr. Sheth and his collaborators received an $8.5 million NIH grant to better understand the neurocircuitry of depression. Their study will look at possible causes for treatment-resistant depression and how physicians could use deep brain stimulation to treat this devastating illness. Conditions treated include Deep Brain stimulation for movement disorders and Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy. Dr. Sheth is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Epilepsy, Parkinson's Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Thalamotomy.

    Todd Patrick
    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Neurosurgery
    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Neurosurgery

    Trinity Neuroscience Institute

    910 E. Houston St., Suite 330, Suite 330, 
    Tyler, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Todd Patrick is a Neurosurgery provider in Tyler, Texas. Dr. Patrick is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, and Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures.

    Vaishnav Krishnan
    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Advanced in Absence Seizure

    Baylor College Of Medicine - Neurology

    Houston, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Dr. Vaishnav Krishnan is a board-certified physician-scientist, adult neurologist, and clinical neurophysiologist at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He holds appointments as an Associate Professor in Neurology, Neuroscience, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Baylor, and as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University. Dr. Krishnan specializes in the treatment of epilepsy and related disorders, with a particular focus on patients affected by psychiatric comorbidities such as depression, anxiety, and autism.Dr. Krishnan’s journey in medicine began with his MD-PhD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2010. Following an internship in Internal Medicine, he completed his Adult Neurology residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School in 2014, and further clinical and postdoctoral fellowships specializing in Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy there in 2016. He is a proud member of the Baylor College of Medicine’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and the Peter Kellaway Section of Clinical Neurophysiology. He is deeply committed to both direct patient care and advancing neurological understanding through research.As the Principal Investigator of the Laboratory of Epilepsy and Emotional Behavior, Dr. Krishnan's translational research program combines multimodal behavioral telemetry in mice with wearable technologies in patient volunteers. His work investigates how seizures, seizure risk, and anti-seizure treatments impact spontaneous behavior, aiming to develop new, quantifiable behavioral endpoints for epilepsy spectrum disorders. Beyond his extensive clinical practice and research, Dr. Krishnan is actively involved in medical education, formally participating in didactic teaching for medical, graduate, and undergraduate students, and overseeing courses on Epilepsy and EEG. He is board-certified in Adult Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Epilepsy Medicine by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Krishnan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Myoclonic Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Distinguished in Absence Seizure
    Distinguished in Absence Seizure

    Cook Childrens Dodson Surgery Center

    1500 Cooper St, 
    Fort Worth, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Michael Perry is a Neurologist in Fort Worth, Texas. Dr. Perry is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Myoclonic Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Distinguished in Absence Seizure
    Distinguished in Absence Seizure

    South Texas Neurology LLC

    115 Gallery Cir Ste 300, 
    San Antonio, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Praveen Thangada is a Neurologist in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Thangada is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Alzheimer's Disease, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, and Absence Seizure.

    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Neurology | Pediatrics
    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Neurology | Pediatrics

    UT Southwestern - Neurology

    5323 Harry Hines Blvd., 
    Dallas, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Rana Said is a Neurologist and a Pediatrics provider in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Said is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, West Syndrome, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Neurology
    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Neurology

    UT Physicians

    6410 Fannin St Ste 1014, 
    Houston, TX 
    Experience:
    17+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Jay Gavvala is a Neurologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Gavvala has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Epilepsy, Periventricular Heterotopia, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Neurology | Pediatrics
    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Neurology | Pediatrics

    Children's Health Specialty Center

    2350 N Stemmons Fwy, Ste 4300, 
    Dallas, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Meagan Patel is a Neurologist and a Pediatrics provider in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Patel is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Memory Loss, GAPO Syndrome, and Joubert Syndrome.

    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Advanced in Absence Seizure

    UT Southwestern - Pediatric Neurology

    5323 Harry Hines Blvd, 
    Dallas, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Kazi Majeed is a Neurologist in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Majeed is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), and Absence Seizure.

    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Advanced in Absence Seizure

    Office

    6701 Fannin St Ste 1250, 
    Houston, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    James Riviello is a Neurologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Riviello is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Status Epilepticus, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Advanced in Absence Seizure

    Access Telecare PLLC

    1717 Main St Ste 5850, 
    Dallas, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Monica Dhakar is a Neurologist in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Dhakar is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Status Epilepticus, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Epilepsy.

    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Advanced in Absence Seizure

    University Of Texas Medical Branch

    301 University Blvd, 
    Galveston, TX 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Satish Agadi is a Neurologist in Galveston, Texas. Dr. Agadi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Status Epilepticus, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Absence Seizure?

    An absence seizure is the term for a type of seizure involving staring spells. This type of seizure is a brief (usually less than 15 seconds) change in awareness due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain.

    When should I see an Absence Seizure doctor in Texas, US?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing an Absence Seizure doctor in Texas, US?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Absence Seizure doctors in Texas, US?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Absence Seizure doctors in Texas, US?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with an Absence Seizure doctor in Texas, US?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Absence Seizure doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Absence Seizure doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with an Absence Seizure doctor in Texas, US?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Absence Seizure doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Absence Seizure doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Absence Seizure doctors in Texas, US?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Absence Seizure doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find an Absence Seizure doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Absence Seizure doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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