The 20 Best Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy Doctors Near Me in Louisiana, US

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The 20 Best Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy Doctors in Louisiana, US

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 94 doctor with experience in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy near Louisiana, US. Of these, 76 are Experienced, 15 are Advanced and 3 are Distinguished.

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    Distinguished in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Distinguished in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Alexandria Neuro Center

    1010 Bayou Trace Dr, 
    Alexandria, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Mohamed Hajmurad is a Neurologist in Alexandria, Louisiana. Dr. Hajmurad is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy, Unverricht-Lundborg Syndrome, and Lafora Disease.

    Distinguished in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Distinguished in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Willis Knighton Neurology Bossier

    2400 Hospital Dr Ste 310, 
    Bossier City, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Sanjeevi Tivakaran is a Neurologist in Bossier City, Louisiana. Dr. Tivakaran is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome, Essential Tremor, Myasthenia Gravis, and Lafora Disease. Dr. Tivakaran is currently accepting new patients.

    Distinguished in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Distinguished in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Our Lady Of The Lake Physician Group Pain Management Ascension

    5247 Didesse Dr, 
    Baton Rouge, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Joseph Angel is a Neurologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Angel is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy, and Unverricht-Lundborg Syndrome.

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    Advanced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Advanced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Ochsner Medical Complex - The Grove

    10310 The Grove Blvd, 
    Baton Rouge, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Socrates Campusano is a Neurologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Campusano is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Benign Rolandic Epilepsy, and Memory Loss. Dr. Campusano is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Ochsner Health Center - Baptist Napoleon Medical Plaza

    2820 Napoleon Ave, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Ronald Fiore is a Neurologist in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Fiore is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Susac Syndrome, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, and Memory Loss. Dr. Fiore is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Baton Rouge Clinic A Medical Corp.

    7373 Perkins Rd, 
    Baton Rouge, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Pedro Oliveira is a Neurologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Oliveira is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Migraine with Brainstem Aura, Peripheral Neuropathy, Memory Loss, and Migraine.

    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics

    2390 W Congress St, 
    Lafayette, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Tiffany Liu is a Neurologist in Lafayette, Louisiana. Dr. Liu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features, Seizures, and Myasthenia Gravis. Dr. Liu is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Ochsner Lafayette General Neuroscience Center

    136 Hospital Dr, 
    Lafayette, LA 
    Experience:
    17+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Virginia Kellner is a Neurologist in Lafayette, Louisiana. Dr. Kellner has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Essential Tremor, Peripheral Neuropathy, and Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Dr. Kellner is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Office

    478 S Johnson St, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Piotr Olejniczak is a Neurologist in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Olejniczak is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), Memory Loss, and Epilepsy.

    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Internal Medicine

    WK Bossier Internal Medicine Diagnostic And Treatment Clinic

    2400 Hospital Dr Ste 420, 
    Bossier City, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Ariel Ton is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Bossier City, Louisiana. Dr. Ton is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Hypothyroidism, High Cholesterol, Sitosterolemia, and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). Dr. Ton is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Ochsner Specialty Health Center - Raceland

    141 Twin Oaks Drive, 
    Raceland, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Jamie Huddleston is a Neurologist in Raceland, Louisiana. Dr. Huddleston is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Headache, Migraine, and Lewy Body Dementia (LBD). Dr. Huddleston is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Internal Medicine

    WK Bossier Internal Medicine Diagnostic And Treatment Clinic

    2400 Hospital Dr Ste 420, 
    Bossier City, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Attila Balogh is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Bossier City, Louisiana. Dr. Balogh is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are High Cholesterol, Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, Xanthoma, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Balogh is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Neurology
    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Neurology

    Ochsner Health Center - O'Neal

    16777 Medical Center Dr, 
    Baton Rouge, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Arabic
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Amer Awad is a Neurologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Awad is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Seizures, Alzheimer's Disease, and Partial Familial Epilepsy. Dr. Awad is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Ochsner Health Center - Covington

    1000 Ochsner Blvd, 
    Covington, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Amy Jones was born and raised in Gulfport, Mississippi. Dr. Jones earned her medical degree from the University of Mississippi in Jackson, Mississippi. Following graduation, she completed an internal medicine internship and neurology residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She then completed a clinical neurophysiology fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, with an emphasis on epilepsy/EEG. Dr. Jones is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Ochsner Lafayette General Neuroscience Center

    136 Hospital Dr, 
    Lafayette, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Kevin Hargrave is a Neurologist in Lafayette, Louisiana. Dr. Hargrave is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Essential Tremor, and Myasthenia Gravis. Dr. Hargrave is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans

    1514 Jefferson Hwy 7th Floor, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Dr. Robin Davis, a native of South Louisiana, earned her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport in 2011 after receiving her B.S. in Neuroscience cum laude from Washington and Lee University in 2007. Dr. Davis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Headache.

    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Pediatric Neurology
    Experienced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Pediatric Neurology

    Ochsner Medical Complex - The Grove

    10310 The Grove Blvd, 
    Baton Rouge, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, French, Spanish
    Accepting New Patients

    Lalania Schexnayder is a Pediatric Neurologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Schexnayder is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Memory Loss, and Epilepsy Juvenile Absence. Dr. Schexnayder is currently accepting new patients.

    Advanced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Pediatric Neurology
    Advanced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Pediatric Neurology

    Labcorp

    500 Hall St, 
    Monroe, LA 
    Experience:
    44+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Aristoteles Angel is a Pediatric Neurologist in Monroe, Louisiana. Dr. Angel has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Microcephaly, Microcephaly with Spastic Quadriplegia, Zika Virus Disease, and Cerebral Palsy.

    Advanced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Advanced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Arshan Naalbandion & Riad Hajmurad

    1010 Bayou Trace Dr, 
    Alexandria, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Arsham Naalbandian is a Neurologist in Alexandria, Louisiana. Dr. Naalbandian is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 10, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 5, and Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 13.

    Advanced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy
    Advanced in Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Paradigm Health System

    64301 Highway 434, 
    Lacombe, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    James Houser is a Neurologist in Lacombe, Louisiana. Dr. Houser is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Essential Tremor, Migraine, Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy, and Unverricht-Lundborg Syndrome.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy?

    Progressive myoclonus epilepsy (PME) refers to a group of inherited conditions involving the central nervous system and representing more than a dozen different diseases. These diseases share certain features, including a worsening of symptoms over time and the presence of both muscle contractions (myoclonus) and seizures (epilepsy). PME is different from myoclonic epilepsy. Other features include dementia, dystonia, and trouble walking or speaking. These rare disorders often get worse over time. Many of these PME diseases begin in childhood or adolescence.

    When should I see a Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy doctor in Louisiana, US?

    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 Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy doctor in Louisiana, US?

    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 Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy doctors in Louisiana, US?

    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 Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy doctors in Louisiana, US?

    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 Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy doctor in Louisiana, US?

    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 Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Progressive Myoclonic 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 Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy doctor in Louisiana, US?

    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 Progressive Myoclonic 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 Progressive Myoclonic 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 Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy doctors in Louisiana, US?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Progressive Myoclonic 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 Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Progressive Myoclonic 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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