The 20 Best Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure Doctors near Pittsburgh, PA

Camilo Garcia Gracia, MD, specializes in epilepsy neurology and is board-certified in neurology, epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Garcia Gracia completed fellowships at Cleveland Clinic, residencies at Cleveland Clinic and Universidad Javeriana and medical degree at National University of Colombia. Dr. Gracia is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Photosensitive Epilepsy, Continuous Spike-Wave During Slow Sleep Syndrome, and Landau-Kleffner Syndrome.

Alexandra Urban, MD, FAAN, FAES, is the Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs and a Professor of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC. Her contributions to the field have been recognized by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the American Epilepsy Society (AES), both of which have awarded her Fellow status. Dr. Urban is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

Anto Bagic is a Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bagic is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Memory Loss.

Marina Zaretskaya, MD, is a physician and is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She received her medical degree from the Moscow Institute of Medicine and Dentistry and completed her residency at the Clinical Emergency Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, followed by her fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Zaretskaya is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Myasthenia Gravis, Post-Traumatic Epilepsy, and Serotonin Syndrome.

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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

Vijayalakshmi Rajasekaran, MD, is a neurologist and is certified in neurology, epilepsy, and clinical neurophysiology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is associate director of the Epilepsy Fellowship and the associate director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship in the Department of Neurology. She is also an assistant professor in the Epilepsy Division in the Department of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from West Virginia University and completed her residency at West Virginia University, followed by her fellowships at Mayo Clinic and Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Rajasekaran is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Memory Loss.

James Castellano, MD, PhD, is a neurologist and is certified in neurology and epilepsy by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Castellano joined the UPMC Epilepsy Division in 2018. He is an assistant professor of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and completed his residency and fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Castellano is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Post-Traumatic Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, and Epilepsy.

Carolina Cuello, MD, specializes in neurology and is board-certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She practices at UPMC Neurological Institute-Mercy and is affiliated with UPMC Altoona, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Shadyside, UPMC Mercy, UPMC Passavant, and UPMC East. Dr. Cuello completed her medical education at Universidad de Buenos Aires, residency at Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and SUNY Upstate University, and fellowship at Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.Are you already a patient of this provider and have a MyUPMC account? Log in to MyUPMC to schedule. Dr. Cuello is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Status Epilepticus, Epilepsy, and Meningitis.

James Valeriano is a Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Valeriano is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Memory Loss.

Ajitesh Ojha, MD, specializes in neurology and is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is director of the UPMC Neurology Residency Program and is a clinical assistant professor of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Ojha completed his fellowship and residency at UPMC and completed his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University. He is an active member of the American Academy of Neurology and the Neurohospitalist Society. Dr. Ojha is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Herpes Simplex Encephalitis, Neurosarcoidosis, and Tissue Biopsy.

Madison Pilato, MD, specializes in neurology and is board-certified in neurology and clinical neurophysiology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is an an assistant professor and clinical neurologist in the Department of Neurology. Dr. Pilato completed her fellowship and residency at UPMC and medical degree at the University of Rochester. Dr. Pilato is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, Increased Intracranial Pressure, and Absence Seizure.

Parthasarathy Thirumala, MD, is a neurologist and is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is director of the Center of Clinical Neurophysiology and is a professor of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Stanley Medical School and completed his residency and fellowship at UPMC. Dr. Thirumala is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia, Stroke, Herpes Zoster Oticus, Microvascular Decompression, and Carotid Artery Surgery.

Mary A. O'Neal, MD, specializes in neurology and is board-certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. O'Neal completed her fellowship and residency at Boston University Medical Center and medical degree at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. O'neal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Migraine with Brainstem Aura, Conversion Disorder, Migraine, and Headache.

Rahiwa Gebre, MD, specializes in epilepsy neurology and is board-certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She practices at UPMC Department of Neurology and is affiliated with UPMC Mercy, UPMC Northwest, UPMC Altoona, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, UPMC Jameson, UPMC Horizon, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Passavant, UPMC Shadyside, UPMC McKeesport, and UPMC East. Dr. Gebre received her medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine and completed her residency and fellowship at at Yale University School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital. Dr. Gebre is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

Wesley T. Kerr, MD, PhD, specializes in epilepsy neurology and is board-certified in epilepsy and neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is affiliated with UPMC Presbyterian. Dr. Kerr completed his fellowship at University of Michigan Health System, residency at University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, and medical education at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Kerr's clinical interests include medication-resistant epilepsy and functional (nonepileptic) seizures, otherwise known as psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). Dr. Kerr's research interests include machine learning assisted diagnosis of functional (nonepileptic) seizures and biostatistics of clinical trials evaluating treatment response to antiseizure medications. He is a founding member of the Functional Neurological Disorder Society and a member of the American Epilepsy Society and American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Kerr is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Memory Loss, Benign Rolandic Epilepsy, and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS).

Houman Homayoun, MD, is a neurologist certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is medical director of the Deep Brain Stimulation Program and is an assistant professor of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and completed his residency at UPMC, followed by his fellowship at Rush University Medical College.Dr. Homayoun’s clinical and research interests include the management of various movement disorders with a special interest in deep brain stimulation therapy for Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society, and the Parkinson Study Group.View the full list of Dr. Homayoun’s publications on PubMed. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Homayoun%2C+H. Dr. Homayoun is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Essential Tremor, and Hemiplegia.

Josif Stakic, MD, is a neurologist certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is an assistant professor of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and completed his residency and fellowship at UPMC. Dr. Stakic’s clinical interests include using medications, natural measure strategies, and innovative injectable therapies in managing episodic and chronic headache patients.View the full list of Dr. Stakic’s publications on PubMed. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Stakic%2C+Josif. Dr. Stakic is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Migraine, Headache, Cluster Headache, and Dysarthria.

Zongqi Xia, MD, PhD, is a neurologist certified by the by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is an Associate Professor of Neurology, Biomedical Informatics, Clinical at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and completed his residency and fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Xia is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and Neurosarcoidosis.

William Welch, MD, is a neurologist and is certified in neurology and epilepsy with a special qualification in child neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is director of Epilepsy Neurostimulation at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and is an assistant professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma and completed his residency and fellowship UPMC.Dr. Welch’s clinical and research interests include the treatment of epilepsy with vagus nerve stimulation, responsive neurostimulation, and deep brain stimulation. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and is a member of the Child Neurology Society, the American Epilepsy Society, and the American Academy of Neurology.View the full list of Dr. Welch’s publications on PubMed. Dr. Welch is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. His top areas of expertise are Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), Seizures, Epilepsy, Absence Seizure, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

Yoshimi Sogawa, MD, MS, is a board-certified pediatric neurologist who serves as director for Clinical Research in the Division of Child Neurology and director of the Early Onset Epileptic Encephalopathy Clinic atUPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is also an associate professor in the Division of Child Neurology in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.Dr. Sogawa received her medical degree from Niigata University School of Medicine in Japan. She then completed her residency training in pediatrics and neurology at Schneider Children’s Hospital in Long Island, New York, and fellowship training in clinical neurophysiology (EEG) at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. She was awarded an NIH sponsored Neurological Sciences Academic Development Award (K12, NS048856) in 2009. During this period, she earned a master’s degree from the Clinical Research Training Program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.Since joining UPMC Children’s Hospital in 2012, Dr. Sogawa has assumed clinical responsibility for the majority of patients with infantile spasms, a rare and intractable epilepsy in infancy. She is conducting a longitudinal study of their developmental outcomes. Dr. Sogawa designed the Early Onset Epileptic Encephalopathies Clinic to be patient and family-centered, flexible, and comprehensive. Common neurological tests such as EEG are typically scheduled on the day of a patient’s clinic visit to minimize trips to the hospital.Dr. Sogawa has been committed to research and scholarly activity in the field of pediatric epilepsy and child neurology and has published more than twenty peer-reviewed studies, invited reviews, and book chapters. On an international level, Dr. Sogawa has served on the Task Force on Epilepsy Syndromes under the commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE), the leading international organization for epilepsy care. Dr. Sogawa has been a collaborator for several NIH funded studies and site-primary investigator for medication trials on children with epilepsy.View Dr. Sogawa's full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Sogawa is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, West Syndrome, Spasmus Nutans, and Epilepsy in Children.