The 20 Best Absence Seizure Doctors Near Me in Salt Lake City, UT

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The 20 Best Absence Seizure Doctors near Salt Lake City, UT

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 18 doctor with experience in Absence Seizure near Salt Lake City, UT. Of these, 16 are Experienced and 2 are Advanced.

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18 providers found
    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Neurology
    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Neurology

    Neurology - Cnc

    175 N Medical Dr, 
    Salt Lake City, UT 
     (2.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Amir Arain is a Neurologist in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Arain is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Arain is currently accepting new patients.

    Gary Nelson
    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Neurology
    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Neurology

    Pediatric Neurology - Pch

    100 N Mario Capecchi Dr, 
    Salt Lake City, UT 
     (2.7 miles away)
    Experience:
    16+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Gary Nelson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Neurology at the University of Utah. He is a general child neurologist and sees patients with any neurological concerns. He has special interest in pediatric stroke, autoimmune and parainfectious neurological disease, quality improvement, and inpatient and critical care neurology. Dr. Nelson received his medical degree from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine after completing undergraduate training at Brigham Young University. He completed a Pediatrics residency and Pediatric Neurology fellowship at the University of Utah. He is board-certified in Neurology (with special qualification in Child Neurology) and board-eligible in Pediatrics. Dr. Nelson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Pyridoxine Deficiency, West Syndrome, Epilepsy, and Absence Seizure.

    Joshua Bonkowsky
    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Experienced in Absence Seizure

    Pediatric Nephrology - University Of Utah Hospital

    50 N Medical Dr, 
    Salt Lake City, UT 
     (2.8 miles away)
    Experience:
    28+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Josh Bonkowsky is an associate professor of Pediatric Neurology (Pediatrics) and of Neurology. He obtained his MD and PhD degrees at the University of California. His undergraduate training was at Harvard University, and his Pediatrics and Neurology/Pediatric Neurology training was at the University of Utah and Boston Children's Hospital. His clinical studies are focused on understanding clinical features of leukodystrophies and genetics of complex human neurobehavioral traits, especially language impairments. Dr. Bonkowsky's clinical research group is investigating genetics of leukodystrophies to understand the genetic and medical impacts of these disorders. The Bonkowsky Laboratory is generating disease models for high-throughput drug discovery and investigating human neurogenetic diseases, specifically diseases of basal ganglia function and white matter diseases. On sunny afternoons, Dr. Bonkowsky enjoys trail running and learning to skate ski. Dr. Bonkowsky is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are CACH Syndrome, Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), Leukodystrophy, Krabbe Disease, and Gastrostomy.

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    Betsy Ostrander
    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

    Pediatric Neurology - University Of Utah Hospital

    50 N Medical Dr, 
    Salt Lake City, UT 
     (2.8 miles away)
    Experience:
    18+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Ostrander received her medical degree from Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, completed her Pediatric residency at RUSH Medical Center and her Pediatric Neurology training at the University of Utah. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at University of Utah and is in the Division of Pediatric Neurology at Primary Children’s Hospital. As the director of the Fetal and Neonatal Neurology Program, Dr. Ostrander focuses on the neurological care of infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with seizures, strokes, brain malformations, hydrocephalus and other neurological issues. She is also Medical Director of the Spina Bifida Clinic at Primary Children's Hospital which is the regional multidisciplinary clinic for infants, children and adolescents with neural tube defects. Dr. Ostrander is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy in Children, Epilepsy, Corpus Callosum Agenesis, Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome, and Gastrostomy.

    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Experienced in Absence Seizure

    Neurology - Inc

    729 S Arapeen Dr, 
    Salt Lake City, UT 
     (3.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Blake Newman is a Neurologist in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Newman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Memory Loss, Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features, Epilepsy, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Newman is currently accepting new patients.

    Advanced in Absence Seizure
    Advanced in Absence Seizure

    Pediatric Neurology

    81 N Mario Capecchi Dr, 
    Salt Lake City, UT 
     (2.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Amanda Karamian is a Neurologist in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Karamian is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy in Children, West Syndrome, Absence Seizure, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Dr. Karamian is currently accepting new patients.

    Kyle Hobbs
    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Neurology
    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Neurology

    Int Neurosciences-Inpatient

    5171 S Cottonwood St Ste 810, 
    Murray, UT 
     (7.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Kyle Hobbs is a Neurologist in Murray, Utah. Dr. Hobbs is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Subdural Hematoma, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Hobbs is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Experienced in Absence Seizure

    Office

    175 N Medical Dr, 
    Salt Lake City, UT 
     (2.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Felippe Borlot is a Neurologist in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Borlot is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Myoclonic Epilepsy, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Neurosurgery
    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Neurosurgery

    University Of Utah Department Of Neurosurgery-Clinical Neuro

    175 N Medical Dr, 
    Salt Lake City, UT 
     (2.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Robert Rennert is a Neurosurgery provider in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Rennert is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Moyamoya Disease, Meningioma, Brain Tumor, Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery, and Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery. Dr. Rennert is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Experienced in Absence Seizure

    Primary Childrens Rehab

    100 N Mario Capecchi Dr, 
    Salt Lake City, UT 
     (2.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Robert Bollo is a Neurologist in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Bollo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Epidural Hematoma, Seizures, Epilepsy, Rhizotomy, and Posterior Fossa Decompression. Dr. Bollo is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Experienced in Absence Seizure

    Pediatric Neurology - Pch

    100 N Mario Capecchi Dr, 
    Salt Lake City, UT 
     (2.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Jennifer Keene is a Neurologist in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Keene is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Absence Seizure, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Hypotonia. Dr. Keene is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Neurosurgery
    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Neurosurgery

    Primary Children's Hospital

    100 N Mario Capecchi Dr, 
    Salt Lake City, UT 
     (2.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Vijay Ravindra is a Neurosurgery provider in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Ravindra is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Chiari Malformation, Chiari Malformation Type 2, Epidural Hematoma, Rhizotomy, and Spinal Fusion.

    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Neurosurgery
    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Neurosurgery
    100 N Mario Capecchi Dr, 
    Salt Lake City, UT 
     (2.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Nebras Warsi is a Neurosurgery provider in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Warsi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Rhizotomy, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Experienced in Absence Seizure

    Pediatric Neurology - University Of Utah Hospital

    50 N Medical Dr, 
    Salt Lake City, UT 
     (2.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Clint Nelson is a Neurologist in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Nelson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Absence Seizure, Epilepsy Juvenile Absence, Increased Head Circumference, and Memory Loss. Dr. Nelson is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Experienced in Absence Seizure

    Neurology - Inc

    729 S Arapeen Dr, 
    Salt Lake City, UT 
     (3.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Angela Peters is a Neurologist in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Peters is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Memory Loss, Partial Familial Epilepsy, Partial Seizure, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Peters is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Neurosurgery
    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Neurosurgery

    Neurosurgical Associates LLC

    5171 S Cottonwood St Ste 950, 
    Murray, UT 
     (7.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Paul House is a Neurosurgery provider in Murray, Utah. Dr. House is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Essential Tremor, Parkinson's Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. House is currently accepting new patients.

    Matthew Sweney
    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Experienced in Absence Seizure

    Ambulatory Neurological Services LLC

    8541 S Redwood Rd Ste A1, 
    West Jordan, UT 
     (12.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Matthew Sweney is a Neurologist in West Jordan, Utah. Dr. Sweney is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS). Dr. Sweney is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Absence Seizure
    Internal Medicine

    Granger Medical Clinic

    999 E Murray Holladay Rd Ste 201, 
    Salt Lake City, UT 
     (7.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Matthew Hansen is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Hansen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Absence Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy Juvenile Absence, Absence Seizure, Cirrhosis, and Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia.

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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 near Salt Lake City, UT?

    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 near Salt Lake City, UT?

    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 near Salt Lake City, UT?

    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 near Salt Lake City, UT?

    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 near Salt Lake City, UT?

    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 near Salt Lake City, UT?

    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 near Salt Lake City, UT?

    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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