Michael J. Doherty
Experienced in Epilepsy in Children
Experienced in Epilepsy in Children

Overview

Dr. Michael Doherty is a Neurologist who specializes in Epilepsy care. He joined the Swedish Neuroscience Institute in 2003 and is the Medical Director of our Epilepsy program. Dr. Doherty works closely with Swedish’s multidisciplinary epilepsy team on state of the art therapies. Specific interests include special needs populations, medication management during pregnancy, new onset seizure, hard-to-treat epilepsy and neurostimulation or surgical treatments of epilepsy. Dr. Doherty was selected by Seattle Magazine as a Top Doctor.

Dr. Doherty is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy in Children. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Memory Loss, Epilepsy, Knee Replacement, and Hip Replacement.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 332 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Tufts University School Of Medicine , 1997
Residency
University of Washington School of Medicine , 2001
Specialties
Neurology
Licenses
Psychiatry & Neurology in WA
Board Certifications
American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology
Fellowships
University of Washington Department Neurology Fellowship , 2003
University of Washington School of Medicine , 2003
Hospital Affiliations
Swedish Edmonds Hospital
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill
Swedish Issaquah
Providence Little Company Of Mary Med Ctr Torrance
Harrison Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Humana
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Locations

Swedish Neuroscience Specialists - Epilepsy
550 17th Avenue, Suite 540, Seattle, WA 98122
Other Locations
Swedish Cherry Hill
500 17th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Swedish First Hill
747 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122
Swedish Issaquah
751 Northeast Blakely Drive, Issaquah, WA 98029
Swedish Edmonds
21601 76th Avenue West, Edmonds, WA 98026

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Doherty 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.

Epilepsy
Status Epilepticus
Tuberous Sclerosis

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


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