The 20 Best Dravet Syndrome Doctors Near Me in Oakland, CA

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Last Updated: 04/28/2026

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MediFind found 50 doctor with experience in Dravet Syndrome near Oakland, CA. Of these, 43 are Experienced, 6 are Advanced and 1 are Distinguished.

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    Advanced in Dravet Syndrome
    Advanced in Dravet Syndrome

    Telegraph Care Center

    2850 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 110, 
    Berkeley, CA 
     (3.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Brian Richardson is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Berkeley, California. Dr. Richardson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 13 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Gumma, Seizures, Neurosyphilis, and Epilepsy. Dr. Richardson is board certified in Neurology - Board Certified. Dr. Richardson is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome

    Telegraph Care Center

    2850 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 120, 
    Berkeley, CA 
     (3.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Antonio Silva is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Berkeley, California. Dr. Silva is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. His clinical expertise encompasses Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Memory Loss, and Dysarthria. Dr. Silva is board certified in Neurology - Board Certified and Neuromuscular Medicine - Board Certified. Dr. Silva is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Neurology
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Neurology

    Highland Hospital

    1411 E 31st St, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (2.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Eliza Hagen is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Oakland, California. Dr. Hagen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 1 other condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Epilepsy, and Memory Loss.

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    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome

    Cep America LLC

    2100 Powell St Ste 400, 
    Emeryville, CA 
     (2.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Santoshi Billakota is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Emeryville, California. Dr. Billakota is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Epilepsy, and Partial Seizure.

    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Internal Medicine

    Telegraph Avenue Care Center

    3100 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 2000, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (1.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Shirley Tucker is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Oakland, California. Dr. Tucker is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 1 other condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Nasal Polyps, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Hypertension, and Familial Hypertension. Dr. Tucker is board certified in Internal Medicine - Board Certified.

    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome

    Van Ness Campus MOB

    1100 Van Ness Avenue, Floor 6, 
    San Francisco, CA 
     (8.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Kenneth Laxer is a Neurologist practicing medicine in San Francisco, California. Dr. Laxer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Memory Loss, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Dr. Laxer is board certified in Neurology. Dr. Laxer is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome

    Van Ness Campus MOB

    1100 Van Ness Avenue, Floor 6, 
    San Francisco, CA 
     (8.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Katherine Werbaneth is a Neurologist practicing medicine in San Francisco, California. Dr. Werbaneth is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, and Partial Familial Epilepsy. Dr. Werbaneth is board certified in Neurology. Dr. Werbaneth is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Neurology
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Neurology

    The Permanente Medical Group Inc

    1800 Harrison St Fl 7, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (0.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Kaho Wong is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Oakland, California. Dr. Wong is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. His clinical expertise encompasses Camptocormism, Seizures, Dravet Syndrome, and Memory Loss.

    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome

    Oakland Medical Center

    3701 Broadway, 1st Floor, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (1.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Siresha Chaluvadi is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Oakland, California. Dr. Chaluvadi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 1 other condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, and Epilepsy. Dr. Chaluvadi is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Neurology | Psychiatry
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Neurology | Psychiatry

    Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center - Neurology

    3701 Broadway, 1st Floor, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (1.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Lynn Zhang is a Neurologist and a Psychiatrist practicing medicine in Oakland, California. Dr. Zhang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. His clinical expertise encompasses Migraine, Memory Loss, Seizures, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Dr. Zhang is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome

    Oakland Medical Center

    3701 Broadway, 1st Floor, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (1.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Trent Hodgson is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Oakland, California. Dr. Hodgson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. His clinical expertise encompasses Lambert-Eaton Syndrome, Hemangioblastoma, Epilepsy, and Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Syndrome. Dr. Hodgson is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome

    Highland Hospital

    1411 E 31st St, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (2.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Barbara Swartz is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Oakland, California. Dr. Swartz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Benign Rolandic Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Memory Loss.

    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome

    Childrens Hospital Medical Center Ambulatory Care Pharmacy

    744 52nd St, 
    Oakland, CA 
     (2.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Roxanne Simmons is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Oakland, California. Dr. Simmons is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), Absence Seizure, Epilepsy Juvenile Absence, and Seizures.

    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Internal Medicine

    Office

    1250 45th St Ste 355, 
    Emeryville, CA 
     (2.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    John Russell is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Emeryville, California. Dr. Russell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. His clinical expertise encompasses Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy, Unverricht-Lundborg Syndrome, Lafora Disease, and Dravet Syndrome.

    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome

    Stanford Health Care

    5800 Hollis St, 
    Emeryville, CA 
     (2.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Olga Goldberg is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Emeryville, California. Dr. Goldberg is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Cerebellar Degeneration, Memory Loss, and Movement Disorders.

    Distinguished in Dravet Syndrome
    Distinguished in Dravet Syndrome

    Epilepsy Center

    400 Parnassus Ave., Eighth Floor, 
    San Francisco, CA 
     (10.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Tina Shih, a neurologist at the UCSF Epilepsy Center, specializes in treating epilepsy in the elderly, managing patients with drug-resistant seizures and caring for patients who have surgery for epilepsy. She also has expertise in psychiatric conditions related to epilepsy. Shih earned her medical degree at Stanford University School of Medicine and completed an internship at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. After a residency in neurology at Columbia University Medical Center, she completed a fellowship in epilepsy at the Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. Her research interests include the use of antiepileptic drugs in nursing homes as well as racial and ethnic disparities in epilepsy. Dr. Shih is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 18 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Memory Loss, Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (ADNFLE), Dravet Syndrome, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Shih is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry/Neurology-Neurology, Epilepsy and American Board Of Psychiatry/Neurology-Neurology, Neurology. Dr. Shih is currently accepting new patients.

    Advanced in Dravet Syndrome
    Advanced in Dravet Syndrome

    Office

    400 Evelyn Ave Ste 224, 
    Albany, CA 
     (6.0 miles away)
    Experience:
    44+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Diane Di Lee is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Albany, California. She has been practicing medicine for over 44 years. Dr. Di Lee is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Ulnar Nerve Dysfunction, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Dementia, and Peripheral Neuropathy.

    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Internal Medicine

    Bay Infectious Disease

    1 Country Club Plz, 
    Orinda, CA 
     (7.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Brian Candell is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Orinda, California. Dr. Candell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. His clinical expertise encompasses High Cholesterol, Swimming Pool Granuloma, Shingles, and Tracheitis.

    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome

    Gladstone Clinic Laboratory

    1650 Owens St, 
    San Francisco, CA 
     (7.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Lennart Mucke is a Neurologist practicing medicine in San Francisco, California. Dr. Mucke is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Myoclonic Epilepsy, and Memory Loss.

    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome
    Experienced in Dravet Syndrome

    Office

    153 Townsend St Ste 700, 
    San Francisco, CA 
     (7.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Marina Kasavin is a Neurologist practicing medicine in San Francisco, California. Dr. Kasavin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. Her clinical expertise encompasses Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Seizures, and Epilepsy.

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    Last Updated: 04/28/2026

    What is the definition of Dravet Syndrome?

    Dravet syndrome is the most severe of a group of conditions known as SCN1A-related seizure disorders. Symptoms include seizures which first occur in infancy that are often triggered by high temperatures (febrile seizures). In childhood, many types of seizures may occur and they may increase in frequency. Seizures may be difficult to treat. Other symptoms include loss of motor skills, intellectual disability, speech impairment, and difficulty with movement. Most cases of Dravet syndrome occur when the SCN1A gene is not working correctly. It can be inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, but most people with Dravet syndrome do not have a family history of the condition. Diagnosis is based on a clinical exam, medical history, and the results of genetic testing.

    When should I see a Dravet Syndrome doctor near Oakland, CA?

    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 a Dravet Syndrome doctor near Oakland, CA?

    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 Dravet Syndrome doctors near Oakland, CA?

    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 Dravet Syndrome doctors near Oakland, CA?

    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 a Dravet Syndrome doctor near Oakland, CA?

    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 Dravet Syndrome doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Dravet Syndrome 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 a Dravet Syndrome doctor near Oakland, CA?

    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 Dravet Syndrome 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 Dravet Syndrome 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 Dravet Syndrome doctors near Oakland, CA?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Dravet Syndrome 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 a Dravet Syndrome doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Dravet Syndrome 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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