The 20 Best Encephalitis Doctors Near Me in South Carolina, US

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The 20 Best Encephalitis Doctors in South Carolina, US

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 51 doctor with experience in Encephalitis near South Carolina, US. Of these, 48 are Experienced and 3 are Advanced.

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    Sergiu Besliu
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine

    Prisma Health Neurology–Greenville

    200 Patewood Drive, Suite B350, 
    Greenville, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Sergiu Besliu is a Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine provider in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Besliu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Migraine, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Myasthenia Gravis, and Pyridoxine Deficiency. Dr. Besliu is currently accepting new patients.

    Devin J. Troyer
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Experienced in Encephalitis

    Rehabilitation And Geriatric Specialists

    2935 Colonial Drive, 
    Columbia, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Devin Troyer is a Physiatrist in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Troyer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Necrotizing Myopathy (NM), Stroke, Susac Syndrome, and Chronic Subdural Hematoma. Dr. Troyer is currently accepting new patients.

    Naresh Mullaguri
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Experienced in Encephalitis

    Prisma Health Neurology–Greenville

    200 Patewood Drive, Suite B350, 
    Greenville, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Naresh Mullaguri is a Neurologist in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Mullaguri is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Increased Intracranial Pressure, Stroke, Vasoconstriction, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy.

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    Miesty Woodburn
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Experienced in Encephalitis

    Prisma Health Neurology–Greenville

    200 Patewood Drive, Suite B350, 
    Greenville, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Miesty Woodburn is a Neurologist in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Woodburn is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. Her top areas of expertise are Encephalitis and Migraine. Dr. Woodburn is currently accepting new patients.

    W D. Westerkam
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Experienced in Encephalitis

    Rehabilitation And Geriatric Specialists

    2935 Colonial Drive, 
    Columbia, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    W Westerkam is a Physiatrist in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Westerkam is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Necrotizing Myopathy (NM), Stroke, Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis, and Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy Type 2. Dr. Westerkam is currently accepting new patients.

    Thomas C. Perry
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Experienced in Encephalitis

    Prisma Health Neurology–Greenville

    200 Patewood Drive, Suite B350, 
    Greenville, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Thomas Perry is a Neurologist in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Perry is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Peripheral Neuropathy, and Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome. Dr. Perry is currently accepting new patients.

    Renu K. Pokharna
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine

    Prisma Health Neurology – Richland

    8 Richland Medical Park Drive, Suite 420, 
    Columbia, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Renu Pokharna is a Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine provider in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Pokharna is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. Her top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), Headache, and Seizures. Dr. Pokharna is currently accepting new patients.

    Pradeep C. Bollu
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Neurology | Sleep Medicine
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Neurology | Sleep Medicine

    Prisma Health Neurology – Taylor St.

    1301 Taylor Street, Suite 7A, 
    Columbia, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Pradeep Bollu is a Neurologist and a Sleep Medicine provider in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Bollu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Restless Legs Syndrome. Dr. Bollu is currently accepting new patients.

    Yedatore S. Venkatesh
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Experienced in Encephalitis

    Prisma Health Neurology – Richland

    8 Richland Medical Park Drive, Suite 420, 
    Columbia, SC 
    Experience:
    44+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Yedatore Venkatesh is a Neurologist in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Venkatesh has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Dilated Cardiomyopathy with Hypergonadotropic Hypogonadism, Stroke, Cardiomyopathy Hypogonadism Metabolic Anomalies, Iridectomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Venkatesh is currently accepting new patients.

    Mary L. Gregory
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Pediatric Neurology
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Pediatric Neurology

    Prisma Health Pediatric Neurology – Columbia

    9 Richland Medical Park Drive, Suite 110, 
    Columbia, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Mary Gregory is a Pediatric Neurologist in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Gregory is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. Her top areas of expertise are Athetosis, Continuous Spike-Wave During Slow Sleep Syndrome, Photosensitive Epilepsy, and Seizures. Dr. Gregory is currently accepting new patients.

    Sanjeev Sivakumar
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Experienced in Encephalitis

    Prisma Health Neurology–Greenville

    200 Patewood Drive, Suite B350, 
    Greenville, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Sanjeev Sivakumar is a Neurologist in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Sivakumar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Status Epilepticus, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy.

    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Neurology
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Neurology

    Colonial Family Practice–Colonial Neurology

    385 West Wesmark Boulevard, 
    Sumter, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    John Baker is a Neurologist in Sumter, South Carolina. Dr. Baker is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Migraine, Memory Loss, Seizures, and Essential Tremor. Dr. Baker is currently accepting new patients.

    Advanced in Encephalitis
    Neurology
    Advanced in Encephalitis
    Neurology

    Abbeville Neurology

    901 W Greenwood St Ste 1, 
    Abbeville, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Glen Scott is a Neurologist in Abbeville, South Carolina. Dr. Scott is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are HTLV-1 Associated Myelopathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Spastic Paraparesis, and Myasthenia Gravis.

    Advanced in Encephalitis
    Advanced in Encephalitis

    ENT At MUSC Health East Cooper

    1600 Midtown Ave Fl 2, 
    Mount Pleasant, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Robert Wildman is a Neurologist in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Dr. Wildman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Rasmussen Encephalitis, and Gastrostomy.

    Advanced in Encephalitis
    Advanced in Encephalitis

    Complementary Cancer Care Inc.

    86 Jonathan Lucas St, 
    Charleston, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Alicia Zukas is a Neurologist in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Zukas is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. Her top areas of expertise are Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Glioma, and Brain Tumor.

    David L. Greenhouse
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Family Medicine

    Prisma Health Medical Group-Midlands

    3209 Colonial Dr, 
    Columbia, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    David Greenhouse is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Greenhouse is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), and Heart Failure. Dr. Greenhouse is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Experienced in Encephalitis

    MUSC University Hospital

    171 Ashley Ave, 
    Charleston, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Scott Lindhorst is an Oncologist in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Lindhorst is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Glioma, Brain Tumor, and Awake Craniotomy.

    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Experienced in Encephalitis

    MUSC University Hospital

    171 Ashley Ave, 
    Charleston, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    David Bachman is a Neurologist in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Bachman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Encephalitis, Stroke, Cluster Headache, Sleep Paralysis, and Stent Placement.

    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Internal Medicine

    RMC Primary Care

    1750 Village Park Dr, 
    Orangeburg, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    William Baly is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Dr. Baly is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Hypertensive Heart Disease, Enlarged Liver, and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D).

    Experienced in Encephalitis
    Experienced in Encephalitis

    McLeod Regional Medical Center

    555 E Cheves St, 
    Florence, SC 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Kimberly Monnell is a Neurologist in Florence, South Carolina. Dr. Monnell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Encephalitis. Her top areas of expertise are Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, Stroke, and Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Encephalitis?

    Encephalitis is irritation and swelling (inflammation) of the brain, most often due to infections.

    When should I see an Encephalitis doctor in South Carolina, 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 Encephalitis doctor in South Carolina, 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 Encephalitis doctors in South Carolina, 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 Encephalitis doctors in South Carolina, 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 Encephalitis doctor in South Carolina, 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 Encephalitis doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Encephalitis 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 Encephalitis doctor in South Carolina, 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 Encephalitis 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 Encephalitis 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 Encephalitis doctors in South Carolina, US?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Encephalitis 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 Encephalitis doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Encephalitis 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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