Dr. Vandana S. Shashi

As a neonatal neurologist, I specialize in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions affecting the newborn brain. I care for patients with a range of neurologic conditions, including hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, brain malformations, stroke, hemorrhage, and seizures. It is my goal to provide coordinated, longitudinal care to infants and their families throughout pregnancy, birth, and neonatal life. Dr. Lemmon is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy in Children. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy in Children, Micrognathia, Agyria Pachygyria Polymicrogyria, and Premature Infant.

I’m a pediatric neurologist and chief of pediatric neurology at Duke. My specialty is pediatric epilepsy. It’s extremely rewarding to treat a child because you are changing the life of not only the patient but also of their family. The most important thing in treating a patient is listening and forming a connection. You have to know where the patient and the family are coming from. By listening and observing, I can better understand their needs and then apply the most advanced knowledge and technologies to help them. There is a lot of patient education that goes on and it’s very important and most delightful to do that in close partnership and alliance with the family particularly in an often complex disorder like childhood epilepsy. Outside of work, I enjoy classical music, reading, biking, jogging and traveling, but what I truly enjoy most of all is taking care of patients. Dr. Mikati is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy in Children. His top areas of expertise are Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood, Epilepsy in Children, Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome, and Increased Head Circumference.

Darrell Lewis is a Neurologist and a Pediatrics provider in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Lewis is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy in Children. His top areas of expertise are Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), Status Epilepticus, Seizures, and Partial Familial Epilepsy.