The 20 Best Epilepsy Doctors in The United States

Michael Sperling is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Sperling is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. He is also highly rated in 25 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Absence Seizure, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Sperling is board certified in Neurology. Dr. Sperling is currently accepting new patients.

Imad Najm is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Najm is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. He is also highly rated in 28 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Cortical Dysplasia, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Najm is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2013.

Lara Jehi is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Jehi is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. She is also highly rated in 25 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Partial Familial Epilepsy, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Jehi is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2016.

Dr. Gonzalez-Martinez, a board-certified neurosurgeon subspecialized in epilepsy and functional neurosurgery, is a world-renowned pioneer in novel surgical methods for treating medically refractory epilepsy such as stereo-electroencephalography (SEEG), SEEG-guided laser ablative procedures, neuromodulatory interventions, and robot-guided surgeries, bringing for the first time innovative surgical procedures and less invasive interventions to the United States and other countries. Dr. Martinez is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. He is also highly rated in 13 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Seizures, Absence Seizure, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Martinez is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Martinez is currently accepting new patients.

Vineet Punia is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Punia is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. He is also highly rated in 30 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Photosensitive Epilepsy. Dr. Punia is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2016.

Page Pennell, MD, FAES, is a neurologist certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is Henry B. Higman Professor of Neurology and chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from the University of Florida College of Medicine and completed her residency and fellowship at the University of Michigan Health System.Dr. Pennell is an expert in the management of women with epilepsy during pregnancy. Her research studies focus on improving mother and child outcomes in pregnant women with epilepsy, and the effects of hormones on seizures. She has served as President of the American Epilepsy Society and on the Board of Directors for several organizations, including the American Epilepsy Society and the Epilepsy Foundation.View the full list of Dr. Pennell's publications on PubMed. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Pennell+P&cauthor_id=31782407. Dr. Pennell is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. She is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Dr. Pennell is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Pennell is currently accepting new patients.

Andreas Alexopoulos is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Alexopoulos is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. He is also highly rated in 30 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Cortical Dysplasia, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Dr. Alexopoulos is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2011.

Ashwini Sharan is a Neurologist and a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Sharan is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. He is also highly rated in 26 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Parkinson's Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Spinal Fusion. Dr. Sharan is board certified in Neurological Surgery. Dr. Sharan is currently accepting new patients.

With over 15 years of experience in the field of electroencephalography, epilepsy diagnosis, and the management of people with drug-resistant epilepsy, I serve as the Director of the Duke Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. My responsibilities also encompass overseeing the Analytical Neurophysiology Lab, which focuses on advancing the field of neurophysiology to more accurately localize epileptic foci in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, employing state-of-the art signal analysis techniques integrated with artificial intelligence. The ultimate aim of this endeavor is to optimize treatment efficacy through individually tailored approaches, thereby enhancing the quality of life in people with epilepsy. Central to my approach is the concerted effort to assemble a highly collaborative team to achieve the best possible outcome for each patient. To do so, I also strive to integrate the latest innovative developments in the field into patient care, ensuring the highest treatment standards in our field. Dr. Frauscher is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. She is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Restless Legs Syndrome, Seizures, REM Behavior Disorder, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

The maturation of GABAA receptor-mediated signaling from depolarizing to inhibitory is an age-related process controlled by cation chloride cotransporters, such as KCC2. As a result, GABA exerts dual functions, being an important neurotrophic factor during early development and the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter of the mature central nervous system. In our laboratory we have been investigating the age and mechanisms through which early life stressors and seizures may disrupt the normal patterns of brain development, by disrupting the neurotrophic effects of GABA. We are also studying methods to reverse these adverse processes. Furthermore, we are very interested in understanding how epileptogenesis proceeds in the developing brain and what is the specific role of GABAA receptors in this process. Dr. Galanopoulou is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. She is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses West Syndrome, Spasmus Nutans, Post-Traumatic Epilepsy, and Epilepsy.

Jack M. Parent, M.D., is a professor of neurology, director of the Neurodevelopment and Regeneration Laboratory, and co-director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center in the University of Michigan Medical School.His current research interests include neural stem cell transplantation to treat brain injury and neurodegeneration, and the modification of adult neural stem cells to promote brain repair after stroke or prevent epilepsy.Dr. Parent earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, with distinction, in human biology from Stanford University and his medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine. He completed a medical internship and neurology residency at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he was selected chief resident. He stayed at UCSF for clinical fellowship training in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology, and postdoctoral training in neuroscience research.An internationally recognized research leader in the fields of neural stem cell biology, regeneration after brain injury and epilepsy, Dr. Parent established the Neurodevelopment and Regeneration Laboratory at the U-M in 2000.Dr. Parent is a member of the Epilepsy Foundation of America Research Council, the Medical Advisory Board of the Global Ischemia Foundation, the Independent Science Review Panel of the New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research, and the National Scientific Advisory Council of the American Federation for Aging Research. He also serves as an associate editor of Neuroscience Letters, and is on the editorial boards of Experimental Neurology and Epilepsy Currents.He has received several awards for his research, including a Junior Investigator Award from the American Epilepsy Society, a Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars in Aging Award, a Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award from the American Academy of Neurology, and a Grass Foundation Award in Neuroscience from the American Neurological Association. Dr. Parent is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. He is also highly rated in 13 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Myoclonic Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures, and Dravet Syndrome. Dr. Parent is board certified in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology.

John Pollard is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Wilmington, Delaware. Dr. Pollard is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. He is also highly rated in 24 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Memory Loss.

Juan Bulacio is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Bulacio is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Seizures, Encephalocele, and Absence Seizure.

Dr. Gregory Krauss focuses on the evaluation and treatment of seizures and epilepsy. He has a particular interest in treating medically-resistant epilepsy, evaluating unexplained seizure-like episodes, treating seizures associated with tumor and systemic illnesses and family planning counseling for patients with epilepsy. Dr. Krauss also evaluates patients who have failed standard medical therapies for possible treatment with epilepsy surgery, investigational medications or vagal nerve stimulation. Dr. Gregory Krauss received his medical degree from Oregon Health Sciences University. He then completed an internship in medicine at Greenwich Hospital. He went on to complete both a residency in neurology and a fellowship in epilepsy and electrophysiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Krauss currently sees patients at The Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center in Baltimore on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Dr. Krauss is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Epilepsy, and Photosensitive Epilepsy. Dr. Krauss is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Leonardo Bonilha is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Bonilha is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. He is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Seizures, Stroke, Thrombectomy, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Bonilha is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Bonilha is currently accepting new patients.

Nicholas Abend is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Abend is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Status Epilepticus, Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, and Epilepsy. Dr. Abend is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology - Pediatric Neurology.

Catherine Chu is the director of the Division of Pediatric Neurology and the John M. Freeman Pediatric Epilepsy Center in the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology, as well as the vice president of child neurology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. As a child neurologist, epileptologist and clinical neurophysiologist, Dr. Chu cares for children diagnosed with epilepsy and disorders of the nervous system (neurophysiology). She specializes in electroencephalogram (also known as EEG) analysis, seizure localization, surgical planning and neuromodulation for adult and pediatric patients with difficult to control epilepsy. She is nationally and internationally recognized for her work identifying causes of and treatment options for cognitive dysfunction and seizures in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Chu’s team specializes in identifying and developing tools to detect and understand brain rhythms that support complex cognitive functions throughout development, including how these rhythms are disrupted by seizures and neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Chu earned her medical degree and a master’s degree in social anthropology from Harvard University. She completed an internship in pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital, and then a residency in neurology and child neurology at Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. After completing two fellowships at Massachusetts General, one in epilepsy and another in clinical neurophysiology, Dr. Chu earned a master’s degree in medical science, focused on clinical investigation, from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chu is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. She is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Benign Rolandic Epilepsy, Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Chu is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Dileep Nair is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He has been practicing medicine for over 40 years. Dr. Nair is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. He is also highly rated in 26 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Nair is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2013.

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 Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. 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.

I enjoy patient advocate group activities as well as swimming and hiking. Dr. Chung is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Dr. Chung is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology and American Board Of Clinical Neurophysiology. Dr. Chung is currently accepting new patients.