The 20 Best Photosensitive Epilepsy Doctors Near Me in Hackensack, NJ

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Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 118 doctor with experience in Photosensitive Epilepsy near Hackensack, NJ. Of these, 107 are Experienced, 7 are Advanced, 3 are Distinguished and 1 are Elite.

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    Distinguished in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Neurology
    Distinguished in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Neurology

    Epilepsy & Neurophysiology Medical Consultants PA

    20 Prospect Ave Ste 800, 
    Hackensack, NJ 
     (0.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Salah Mesad is a Neurologist in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Mesad is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, Seizures, Photosensitive Epilepsy, and Memory Loss.

    Advanced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Advanced in Photosensitive Epilepsy

    Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group

    20 Prospect Avenue, Suite 800, 
    Hackensack, NJ 
     (0.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Asfi Rafiuddin is a Neurologist in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Rafiuddin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, Memory Loss, and Benign Rolandic Epilepsy.

    Elite in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Elite in Photosensitive Epilepsy

    Werner K Doyle M.D. PC

    223 E 34th St, 
    New York, NY 
     (10.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Jacqueline French is a Neurologist in New York, New York. Dr. French is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Absence Seizure.

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    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy

    Epilepsy & Neurophysiology Medical Consultants PA

    20 Prospect Ave Ste 800, 
    Hackensack, NJ 
     (0.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Liviu Craciun is a Neurologist in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Craciun is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Stroke.

    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Pediatric Neurology
    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Pediatric Neurology

    Hackensack University Medical Center

    30 Prospect Avenue, Pediatric Neurology, Wfan, Pc 338, 
    Hackensack, NJ 
     (0.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Felicia Gliksman is a Pediatric Neurologist in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Gliksman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Concussion, Seizures, Encephalitis, and Continuous Spike-Wave During Slow Sleep Syndrome.

    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Neurology
    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Neurology

    Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group

    20 Prospect Avenue, Suite 800, 
    Hackensack, NJ 
     (0.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Olga Segal is a Neurologist in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Segal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, Seizures, Memory Loss, and Benign Rolandic Epilepsy.

    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Neurology
    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Neurology

    Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group

    20 Prospect Avenue, Suite 800, 
    Hackensack, NJ 
     (0.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    David Bezov is a Neurologist in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Bezov is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Benign Rolandic Epilepsy, Seizures, Memory Loss, and Landau-Kleffner Syndrome.

    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy

    Neuroscience Institute

    650 From Road, Suite 506, 
    Paramus, NJ 
     (4.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Siddhartha Nadkarni is a Neurologist in Paramus, New Jersey. Dr. Nadkarni is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Partial Seizure, Partial Familial Epilepsy, and Memory Loss.

    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy

    Neuroscience Institute

    650 From Road, Suite 506, 
    Paramus, NJ 
     (4.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Robert Connors is a Neurologist in Paramus, New Jersey. Dr. Connors is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease).

    Shraddha Srinivasan
    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy

    CUIMC/Neurological Institute Of New York

    710 West 168th Street, 
    New York, NY 
     (6.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Gujarati , Hindi, Tamil
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Srinivasan completed her undergraduate studies at M.S. University of Baroda, India, receiving the Susmita Patel Memorial Gold Medal, and went on to complete a 3 year residency in Internal Medicine at the same institution. She then moved to the US, completed her neurology residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Following her residency, she completed a Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Shen then joined the faculty at Columbia University as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology in 2011. She is the director of the Vanderbilt Epilepsy Clinic at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and is very closely involved in epilepsy fellow education and training. Her areas of focus include treatment of refractory epilepsy including epilepsy surgery and neuromodulation. Dr. Srinivasan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, Partial Seizure, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Advanced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Advanced in Photosensitive Epilepsy

    Annenberg Building, 2nd Floor

    1468 Madison Ave Fl 33, 
    New York, NY 
     (8.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Lara Marcuse is a Neurologist in New York, New York. Dr. Marcuse is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    David M. Kaufman
    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy

    Montefiore Greene Medical Arts Pavilion

    3400 Bainbridge Avenue, 
    Bronx, NY 
     (8.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    David Kaufman, MD, an attending physician and Professor of Neurology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Montefiore Einstein, concentrates on the neurologic aspects of psychiatric illness and movement disorders. He provides neurology consultations for in-patients and out-patients, serves as the attending on consultation and ward rounds, and supervises neurology clinics at Montefiore Einstein. He works closely with psychiatrists and, for botulinum treatment of certain dystopias, the neuromuscular group. Dr. Kaufman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Focal Dystonia, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Movement Disorders, and Parkinson's Disease.

    Distinguished in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Neurology
    Distinguished in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Neurology

    Office

    10 Union Sq E Frnt 5H, 
    New York, NY 
     (11.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Kyusang Lee is a Neurologist in New York, New York. Dr. Lee is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Memory Loss, Epilepsy, and Landau-Kleffner Syndrome.

    Distinguished in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Distinguished in Photosensitive Epilepsy

    NYC Medical And Neurodiagnostic PC

    6318 Austin St, 
    Rego Park, NY 
     (14.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Dmitriy Kolesnik is a Neurologist in Rego Park, New York. Dr. Kolesnik is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Peripheral Neuropathy, Neuralgia, Vertigo, and Landau-Kleffner Syndrome.

    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy

    Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group

    20 Prospect Avenue, Suite 800, 
    Hackensack, NJ 
     (0.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Erkam Zengin is a Neurologist in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Zengin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Memory Loss, and Benign Rolandic Epilepsy.

    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Family Medicine

    Behavioral Health Group LLC

    757 Teaneck Rd, 
    Teaneck, NJ 
     (2.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Anna Lavotshkin is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Teaneck, New Jersey. Dr. Lavotshkin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, Xanthoma, and Hip Replacement.

    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy

    Healthcare Central PA

    615 Main Ave, 
    Passaic, NJ 
     (4.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Kishan Patel is a Neurologist in Passaic, New Jersey. Dr. Patel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Susac Syndrome, Tension Headache, and Partial Familial Epilepsy.

    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Neurosurgery
    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Neurosurgery

    New Jersey Brain And Spine PC

    650 From Rd, Suite 220, 
    Paramus, NJ 
     (5.3 miles away)
    Experience:
    44+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Robert Goodman is a Neurosurgery provider in Paramus, New Jersey. Dr. Goodman has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Partial Seizure, Epilepsy, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Goodman is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Neurosurgery | General Surgery
    Experienced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Neurosurgery | General Surgery

    Advanced Neurosurgery Associates

    201 Route 17, Suite 501, 
    Rutherford, NJ 
     (5.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Arno Fried is a General Surgeon and a Neurosurgery provider in Rutherford, New Jersey. Dr. Fried is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Hydrocephalus, Posterior Fossa Tumor, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Glioma, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Fried is currently accepting new patients.

    Hyunmi Choi
    Advanced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Neurology
    Advanced in Photosensitive Epilepsy
    Neurology

    CUIMC/Neurological Institute Of New York

    710 West 168th Street, 
    New York, NY 
     (6.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Dr. Hyunmi Choi is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and a board-certified epilepsy specialist with over 25 years of experience. She provides expert care in adult epilepsy and serves as an oversight neurologist for the intraoperative neuromonitoring service at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.Dr. Choi graduated Cum Laude from the SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse. She completed both her neurology residency and fellowship in epilepsy/clinical neurophysiology at Columbia University Medical Center. She later earned a Master's in Biostatistics to support her research on patient-centered outcomes in epilepsy.Her NIH-funded research focuses on how vascular risk factors contribute to the link between late-onset epilepsy and subsequent stroke or dementia. She has been recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor annually since 2015. Dr. Choi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Photosensitive Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, and Carotid Artery Surgery.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Photosensitive Epilepsy?

    A rare reflex epilepsy characterized by seizures and photoparoxysmal responses triggered by flashing or flickering lights, or patterns. Exact nature of the stimulus and seizure type are variable. The disorder mainly presents in childhood and adolescence and can either occur as an isolated condition, or be associated to other epilepsy syndromes.

    When should I see a Photosensitive Epilepsy doctor near Hackensack, NJ?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing a Photosensitive Epilepsy doctor near Hackensack, NJ?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Photosensitive Epilepsy doctors near Hackensack, NJ?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Photosensitive Epilepsy doctors near Hackensack, NJ?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with a Photosensitive Epilepsy doctor near Hackensack, NJ?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Photosensitive Epilepsy doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Photosensitive Epilepsy doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with a Photosensitive Epilepsy doctor near Hackensack, NJ?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Photosensitive Epilepsy doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Photosensitive Epilepsy doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Photosensitive Epilepsy doctors near Hackensack, NJ?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Photosensitive Epilepsy doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find a Photosensitive Epilepsy doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Photosensitive Epilepsy doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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