Steven Diener is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Diener is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, Xanthoma, Cirrhosis, and High Cholesterol.

Gena Romanow is a Neurologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Romanow is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Periventricular Leukomalacia, Migraine, Memory Loss, and Seizures.

Richard Babkes is a Neurologist in Ellicott City, Maryland. Dr. Babkes is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Essential Tremor, Peripheral Neuropathy, Neuralgia, and Dravet Syndrome.

Bassel Shneker is a Neurologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Shneker is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Cervical Myelopathy, Hemangioblastoma, Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET), and Brain Stem Cancer.

Sheetal Wagle is a Neurologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Wagle is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Migraine, Transient Global Amnesia, and Stroke.

James Eskew is a primary care provider, practicing in General Practice in Fulton, Maryland. Dr. Eskew is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Dementia, Hypertensive Heart Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Andrew Lazris is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Lazris is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Familial Hypertension, Dementia, and Muscle Atrophy. Dr. Lazris is currently accepting new patients.

Uma Murthy is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine and General Practice in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Murthy is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Tracheobronchomalacia, Acquired Tracheomalacia, Familial Multiple Lipomatosis, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Murthy is currently accepting new patients.

Warren Ross is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Ellicott City, Maryland. Dr. Ross is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Cerebellar Degeneration, Inborn Amino Acid Metabolism Disorder, Anemia, and High Cholesterol. Dr. Ross is currently accepting new patients.

Cheryl Leonardi is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Ellicott City, Maryland. Dr. Leonardi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Hypertensive Heart Disease, Enlarged Liver, Anemia, and Pediatric Myocarditis. Dr. Leonardi is currently accepting new patients.

Rupal Desai is a primary care provider, practicing in Neurologist in Ellicott City, Maryland. Dr. Desai is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Inborn Amino Acid Metabolism Disorder, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, Anemia, and High Cholesterol.

Diane Kepner is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Ellicott City, Maryland. Dr. Kepner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, and Infant Hyperglycemia.

Carl E. Stafstrom is a pediatric neurologist, caring for children with epilepsy. Dr. Stafstrom received his medical degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, with residencies at the University of Washington Medical Center and Tufts New England Medical Center, as well as fellowships at Harvard for neurology research and Boston Children’s Hospital in clinical neurophysiology, electroencephalography, and epilepsy. Dr. Stafstrom previously served as Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and Chief of Pediatric Neurology at American Family Children’s Hospital at UW Madison. Dr. Stafstrom is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, West Syndrome, Endovascular Embolization, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Epilepsy, Absence Seizure, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

Dr. Sarah Kelley focuses on treating children with epilepsy with an emphasis on those who continue to have seizures after trying multiple medications. Dr. Kelley is the director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit where she oversees the evaluation and management of children with difficult to control or difficult to diagnose epilepsy. She evaluates and manages patients who may be candidates for epilepsy surgery. Dr. Kelley has additional expertise in the treatment of children with electrical status epilepticus of sleep (ESES). Dr. Kelley is also very involved with teaching and education and in addition to attending in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit is one of the Attending Physicians on the Pediatric Neurology Inpatient Service. Dr. Kelley received her medical degree from SUNY at Buffalo Medical School in New York. She then went on to complete her pediatrics residency training followed by her Child Neurology training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She then completed her fellowship in clinical neurophysiology/pediatric epilepsy at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Kelley sees patients with seizures/epilepsy on Tuesday afternoons and Wednesday and Thursday mornings in the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center. Telemedicine visits with Dr. Kelley are available in some circumstances. Dr. Kelley is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are West Syndrome, Status Epilepticus, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Endovascular Embolization.

Khalil Husari, M.D., is a neurologist with expertise in epilepsy, electroencephalography (EEG), and neurophysiology. He specializes in treating patients with seizures and epilepsy, presurgical evaluation for and the management of drug-resistant epilepsy, and the acute and chronic management of patients with status epilepticus. Additionally, he specializes in intraoperative neuromonitoring and is the director of the Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (IONM) Unit. Dr. Husari earned his medical degree from the University of Jordan School of Medicine, then completed his residency in neurology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where he served as a chief resident during his final year. Dr. Husari continued his training as an epilepsy fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Husari is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Status Epilepticus, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Osteotomy.

Dr. Tanya J. W. McDonald focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy and seizures. Her specific interests include dietary therapies for adults with epilepsy, evaluations for seizure surgery and epilepsy in women (including considerations during pregnancy). Her research focuses on the impact of ketogenic diets like the modified Atkins diets, on cardiovascular health measures in adults with epilepsy. Dr. McDonald completed her undergraduate studies at Emory University and received her medical and doctoral degrees from Cornell University. She trained in neurology and epilepsy at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Mcdonald is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Status Epilepticus.

Dr. Sara Mixter is Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise are internal medicine, pediatrics, and primary care for adults with developmental disabilities and other complex childhood-onset conditions. She is the director of the Hopkins PACT (Pediatric-informed Adult Care and Transition) Clinic. Dr. Mixter is also the medical director of the Pediatric Complex Care Collaborative (PC3) for the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Dr. Mixter received her A.B. from Harvard College. She earned her M.D. from Harvard Medical School and M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her residency at Johns Hopkins as part of the inaugural group of trainees in the Urban Health Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. Her research interests include transitions of care for adolescents with special healthcare needs and education for residents and medical students, especially in primary care and complex care. Dr. Mixter has served as the Assistant Chief of Service for the Longcope firm of the Osler Medical Housestaff Training Program (2015-16), as well as Assistant Program Director for Ambulatory Education (2014-15). Dr. Mixter is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Cerebral Palsy, Gastroparesis, Orbital Cellulitis, and Sickle Cell Disease.

Neurologist Michelle C. Johansen specializes in prevention and treatment of stroke. She is the inaugural Guy McKhann Associate Professor of Neurology — the title was established in honor of the founder of the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology. Dr. Johansen’s research and clinical interests focus on stroke etiology and vascular contributions to cognitive decline. She studies the intersection between the brain and the heart, specifically how changes in the heart’s structure and function point toward the cause of stroke and impact brain health, including cognition. She received the American Stroke Association’s Vascular Cognitive Impairment Award for her work showing that myocardial infarction is associated with acute and progressive decline in cognition, the American Academy of Neurology’s A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award and the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology’s Clinical Faculty Brain Award for excellence in teaching. She has received multiple grants to fund her research from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the National Institute on Aging and the American Heart Association. Dr. Johansen’s work has been published in many high-ranking medical journals such as The Journal of the American Medical Association, and she has been interviewed as an expert for news outlets such as CNN and Medical News Today, as well as for webinars and podcasts. She is a member of the American Neurological Association and chair of its Education Innovation Committee, and she is a fellow of the American Heart Association. She received her medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia, where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, and she earned a postdoctoral degree in clinical investigation from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Johansen completed a medicine internship and neurology residency at the University of Virginia, followed by a clinical fellowship in cerebrovascular neurology at Johns Hopkins. She joined the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology faculty in 2017. The Johansen Lab: johansenlab.org Videos Johns Hopkins Medicine A Woman's Journey Executive Women's Briefing 2021 Neurology: Junior Faculty Spotlight. Dr. Johansen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Stroke, Dementia, Apoplexy, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, and Thrombectomy.

Dr. Nathan Crone focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of seizures and epilepsy, including the surgical treatment of epilepsy. He is also one of the attending physicians in the Epilepsy monitoring unit. Dr. Crone''s research interests include the real-time mapping of brain function to reduce the possibility of impacting brain function during surgery for epilepsy. He received his medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine. He then completed his residency in neurology at the University of Chicago and fellowships in epilepsy and cognitive neurology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Crone is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), and Deep Brain Stimulation.