Dr. Sean T. Hwang
Overview
Sean T. Hwang, MD joined the Northwell Health System in 2008 and is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell. He is the Director of the Continuous EEG Monitoring Program at North Shore University Hospital and the Program Director of the ACGME-approved adult Epilepsy Fellowship Program.
Dr. Hwang earned his MD from Tufts University and completed his residency in neurology at Stanford University Medical Center before completing a two-year fellowship in EEG and Epilepsy at Columbia University Medical Center.
Dr. Hwang specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of seizures, the interpretation of neurophysiologic studies, operative planning for epilepsy surgery, and performing functional cortical mapping. Dr. Hwang's research interests also involve studying the interaction between epilepsy and behavior. Dr. Hwang has been a primary investigator and co-investigator in several clinical studies involving the development of new epilepsy medications, evaluating new technologies for epilepsy, and evaluating outcomes in children born to women with epilepsy.
Dr. Hwang is responsible for the training of Epilepsy fellows and the formulation of their curriculum. His duties at North Shore Hospital also include the supervision and instruction of general neurology residents, as well as participating in the education of medical students. He has received departmental teaching honors on two occasions.
Dr. Hwang is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, the American Epilepsy Society, and the Long Island Epilepsy Foundation Professional Advisory Board. He received the Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island Professional Leadership Award in 2017 for his commitment and dedication to his colleagues and patients. Dr. Hwang was voted one of Castle Connelly's Top Doctors in 2025.
Dr. Hwang has triple board certification from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology, Epilepsy, and Clinical Neurophysiology.
Dr. Hwang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Subdural Hematoma. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Epilepsy, Memory Loss, and Gastrostomy.
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Locations
611 Northern Boulevard, Suite 150, Great Neck, NY 11021
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Hwang has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
State Of New York Comptrollers Office
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St Josephs Medical Group PC
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Practice Associates Medical Group
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Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- EpilepsyDr. Hwang isDistinguished. Learn about Epilepsy.
- Generalized Tonic-Clonic SeizureDr. Hwang isDistinguished. Learn about Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.
- Memory LossDr. Hwang isDistinguished. Learn about Memory Loss.
- SeizuresDr. Hwang isDistinguished. Learn about Seizures.
- Advanced
- Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features
- Conversion DisorderDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Conversion Disorder.
- Dravet SyndromeDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Dravet Syndrome.
- EncephalitisDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Encephalitis.
- Lafora DiseaseDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Lafora Disease.
- Progressive Myoclonic EpilepsyDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy.
- Experienced
- Anti-NMDA Receptor EncephalitisDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis.
- ApoplexyDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Autism Spectrum DisorderDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (ADNFLE)
- Brain Stem CancerDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Brain Stem Cancer.
- Brain TumorDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Brain Tumor.