The 20 Best Dravet Syndrome Doctors Near Me in Weymouth, MA

Rani Sarkis MD, MSc. graduated from a combined MD/MSc. program from the American University of Beirut. He then completed neurology residency at the Cleveland Clinic, a 2-year fellowship in clinical neurophysiology/epilepsy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a fellowship in behavioral neurology/neuropsychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. He evaluates patients at Brigham and Women’s and South Shore Hospital and is also director of neurophysiology education for neurology residents at BWH. His areas of expertise and research interests include epilepsy in the elderly, seizures in dementia, memory and concentration difficulties in patients with epilepsy, cognitive complications after epilepsy surgery, and autoimmune epilepsy.He has received funding from the NIH and the American Epilepsy Society Junior Investigator Award to study late onset unexplained epilepsy. Dr. Sarkis is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 18 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Sarkis is board certified in Neurology, Epilepsy, and Behavioral & Cognitive.

Swapna Putta is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Dr. Putta 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 Seizures, Memory Loss, Stroke, and Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features. Dr. Putta is board certified in Neurology and Epilepsy.

Amy Trecartin is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Dr. Trecartin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Memory Loss, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Partial Familial Epilepsy. Dr. Trecartin is board certified in Neurology and Epilepsy.

Rizkalla Mouchati is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Quincy, Massachusetts. Dr. Mouchati is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 12 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy, Memory Loss, and Seizures.

Mohamed Elgeziry is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Braintree, Massachusetts. Dr. Elgeziry 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 Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Anemia, and Charles Bonnet Syndrome. Dr. Elgeziry is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine.

Jessica Klein is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Dr. Klein is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Migraine, Tourette Syndrome, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, and Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+).

Yevgeniy Drakhlin is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Dr. Drakhlin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Boils, Kidney Stones, Sciatica, and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D).

Eugene Roe is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in South Weymouth, Massachusetts. Dr. Roe is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Autism Spectrum Disorder, Tourette Syndrome, Seizures, and Epilepsy.

Theslee Depiero is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Braintree, Massachusetts. Dr. Depiero is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. Her clinical expertise encompasses Lafora Disease, Unverricht-Lundborg Syndrome, Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy, and Dravet Syndrome.

Arthur Williams is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Braintree, Massachusetts. Dr. Williams is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 26 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Stroke, Hemiplegia, Memory Loss, and Apoplexy.

Daniel Weisholtz, MD graduated from the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York. He completed his residency in the Partners Neurology Residency Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital followed by fellowship training in clinical neurophysiology, epilepsy, and neuropsychiatry . He has research experience utilizing functional neuroimaging and electrophysiological techniques to study neuropsychiatric disorders using intracranial data in drug resistant epilepsy.Currently, Dr. Weisholtz sees patients at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital. His areas of expertise include seizure and epilepsy diagnosis and management, and psychiatric aspects of epilepsy including psychosis, depression, and anxiety. Dr. Weisholtz is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Memory Loss, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Weisholtz is board certified in Neurology and Epilepsy.

Jong Woo Lee, MD, PhD, directs the Brigham Critical Care Monitoring Program and is the Clinical Director of the Epilepsy Division. He graduated from Harvard College and obtained his medical and doctorate degrees at McGill University and the Montreal Neurological Institute before completing the Partners Neurology Residency and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship at BWH. Dr. Lee’s areas of clinical expertise and research interests include critical care EEG, status epilepticus, cardiac arrest prognostication, brain tumor associated seizures, sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, and the medical management of epilepsy. Dr. Lee is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 15 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Epilepsy, Gastrostomy, and Carotid Artery Surgery. Dr. Lee is board certified in Neurology, Epilepsy, and Clinical Neurophysiology.

Trudy Pang is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Pang is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Memory Loss, and Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features. Dr. Pang is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Francis Drislane is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Drislane is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Memory Loss, Epilepsy, Seizures, and Benign Rolandic Epilepsy. Dr. Drislane is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine.

Maria Stefanidou is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Stefanidou is rated as an Advanced 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 Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Epilepsy, and Memory Loss.

Milena Pavlova, MD, is a board-certified neurologist with a dual subspecialty certification in Sleep Medicine and Epilepsy. She currently serves as the Medical Director of the BWFH Sleep Testing Center, and is involved in the training of medical students, neurology residents and epilepsy fellows. She has established combined polysomnogram and electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring of patients at the Faulkner Sleep Laboratory to evaluate patients with complex sleep disorders in the setting of neurological and psychiatric conditions and collaboratively lead the establishment of the circadian clinic. She is a recipient of the BWH Distinguished clinician award.Dr. Pavlova’s reads EEGs and sleep tests daily in her clinical work and has lead research activities addressing the interactions between sleep and neurological disorders for more than a decade. Her past research projects have assessed various aspects of sleep and epilepsy with a specific focus on the circadian rhythm effects, publishing some of the first studies on the subject. This work has since been replicated in multiple different epilepsy centers, and further extended to explore the role of sleep and biological rhythms in the pathogenesis of sudden death in epilepsy patients (SUDEP) – the most devastating consequence of epilepsy.Currently, Dr. Pavlova serves as principal investigator on several research studies aiming at optimizing diagnosis using objective EEG criteria. Since hypersomnia is common among patients with depression, and antidepressant medications can affect the results of sleep tests used in the evaluation of hypersomnia (typically a multiple sleep latency test [MSLT]), she currently leads a project that specifically aims at in patients with depression, who are still taking antidepressants at the time of the test. This project established a database of MSLT/sleep/EEG test results from five Harvard-affiliated hospitals, with inclusion of comorbidities and level of sleepiness. This allows more specific analysis of correlation between specific EEG and sleep parameters and depression symptoms of the participants. Dr. Pavlova is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Memory Loss, Epilepsy, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Dr. Pavlova is board certified in Neurology, Sleep Medicine, and Epilepsy.

Dr. Mullally is the Associate Chief of Clinical Neurology at the Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital. He completed his internal medicine residency at Rutgers Affiliated Hospitals and his neurology residency at the University of Miami and the Harvard Longwood Neurology Training Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Mullally was a chief medical resident at Rutgers and chief resident in neurology at Harvard. After completing his neurology residency in 1982, Dr. Mullally opened a comprehensive headache clinic in New Jersey. In 1989, he began working at Harvard Community Health Plan (now Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates) and started the headache program which he directed until he moved to work full time at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in May of 2013. Dr. Mullally is also Director of Sports Neurology at the MGH/BWH Foxborough facility, and sees general neurology patients at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital. He has been a member of the American Headache Society since 1982, and is board certified in internal medicine, neurology and headache medicine. Dr. Mullally 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 Migraine, Headache, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, and Familial Dysautonomia. Dr. Mullally is board certified in Internal Medicine, Neurology, and Headache Medicine.

Jeffrey Bolton is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Bolton is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 49 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Epilepsy in Children, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

Barbara Dworetzky is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Dworetzky is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 17 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Transmyocardial Revascularization, and Stent Placement.

P. Emanuela Voinescu, MD, PhD, obtained her medical degree from University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania, and her doctoral degree from Harvard University, prior to completing the Partners Neurology Residency and a 2-year fellowship in clinical neurophysiology/epilepsy at BWH. Dr. Voinescu directs the Women's Epilepsy Program and focuses her clinical and research efforts on improving the care for women with epilepsy, with a special focus on pregnancy. She was the recipient of the Susan Spencer Award upon completing her fellowship With a training in molecular biology and genetic manipulations during her PhD in Dr. Joshua Sanes lab, Dr. Voinescu is expanding her clinical research into translational aspects of how sex hormones and genetic variability influence neuronal excitability and implicitly epilepsy pathophysiology, but also response to medications. Dr. Voinescu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dravet Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Partial Familial Epilepsy, and Partial Seizure. Dr. Voinescu is board certified in Neurology and Epilepsy.