The 20 Best Rasmussen Encephalitis Doctors Near Me in Palo Alto, CA

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Last Updated: 04/28/2026

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MediFind found 92 doctor with experience in Rasmussen Encephalitis near Palo Alto, CA. Of these, 80 are Experienced and 12 are Advanced.

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    Advanced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Advanced in Rasmussen Encephalitis

    Outpatient Neurologic Rehabilitation Program

    213 Quarry Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Safwan Jaradeh is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Jaradeh is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. He is also highly rated in 33 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Familial Dysautonomia, Orthostatic Hypotension, Low Blood Pressure, and Dopamine Beta-Hydroxylase Deficiency.

    Advanced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Advanced in Rasmussen Encephalitis

    Stanford Rehabilitation Clinic

    730 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    William Gallentine is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Gallentine is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. He is also highly rated in 37 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), Seizures, Status Epilepticus, and Absence Seizure.

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Neurology
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Neurology

    Outpatient Neurologic Rehabilitation Program

    213 Quarry Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.4 miles away)
    Experience:
    17+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Lucas Kipp is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. He has been practicing medicine for over 17 years. Dr. Kipp is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. He is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Transverse Myelitis, Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease, and Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS).

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    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Neurology
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Neurology

    Stanford Rehabilitation Clinic

    730 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Jenna Klotz is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Klotz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. She is also highly rated in 34 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Dysferlinopathy, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Seizures, and Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+).

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Pediatric Cardiology
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Pediatric Cardiology

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto,, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Heather Giacone is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Palo Alto,, California. Dr. Giacone is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. She is also highly rated in 54 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Williams Syndrome, Tetralogy of Fallot, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Situs Inversus, and Pacemaker Implantation.

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Pediatric Cardiology
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Pediatric Cardiology

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Mark Chubb is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Chubb is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. He is also highly rated in 49 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Tetralogy of Fallot, Williams Syndrome, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Situs Inversus, and Pacemaker Implantation.

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Pediatrics
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Pediatrics

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Andy Wen is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Wen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. His clinical expertise encompasses Rasmussen Encephalitis, Cerebral Hypoxia, Liver Failure, and Infantile Pyloric Stenosis.

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Azadeh Fayazi is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Fayazi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. Her clinical expertise encompasses Pertussis, Rasmussen Encephalitis, Cerebral Hypoxia, and Infantile Pyloric Stenosis.

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Saraswati Kache is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Kache is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. Her clinical expertise encompasses Rasmussen Encephalitis, Liver Failure, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection, Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia, and Adenoidectomy.

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Timothy Cornell is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Cornell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. His clinical expertise encompasses Hepatoblastoma, Congenital Unilateral Pulmonary Hypoplasia, Rasmussen Encephalitis, Adenoidectomy, and Gastrostomy.

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Daniel Tawfik is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Tawfik is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. He is also highly rated in 1 other condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Infantile Pneumothorax, Rasmussen Encephalitis, Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD), and Newborn Jaundice.

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Pediatrics
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Pediatrics

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Kevin Kuo is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Kuo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. His clinical expertise encompasses Rasmussen Encephalitis, Cerebral Hypoxia, Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG), and Liver Failure.

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Pediatric Cardiology
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Pediatric Cardiology

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto,, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    William Goodyer is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Palo Alto,, California. Dr. Goodyer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. He is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Tetralogy of Fallot, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, and Congenital Heart Block.

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Pediatrics
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Pediatrics

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Peggy Han is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Han is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. Her clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Cerebral Hypoxia, Rasmussen Encephalitis, Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG), and Adenoidectomy.

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Pediatrics
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Pediatrics

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Marc Berg is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Berg is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. His clinical expertise encompasses Hepatoblastoma, Croup, Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT), Rasmussen Encephalitis, and Adenoidectomy.

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Kanwaljeet Anand is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Anand is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. He is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Acute Pain, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Premature Infant, Arteriovenous Malformation, and Adenoidectomy.

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Pediatrics
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Pediatrics

    Office

    770 Welch Rd Ste 435, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Experience:
    17+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Eunice Koh is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. She has been practicing medicine for over 17 years. Dr. Koh is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hepatoblastoma, Rasmussen Encephalitis, Asthma in Children, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection.

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis

    Office

    770 Welch Rd Ste 435, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Katherine Steffen is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Steffen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. Her clinical expertise encompasses Anemia, Liver Failure, Hepatoblastoma, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection.

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis

    Stanford Hospital And Clinics

    300 Pasteur Dr, 
    Stanford, CA 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Alan Schroeder is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Stanford, California. Dr. Schroeder is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. His clinical expertise encompasses Rasmussen Encephalitis, Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Deficiency, GABA-Transaminase Deficiency, and Malonyl-CoA Decarboxylase Deficiency.

    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Neurology
    Experienced in Rasmussen Encephalitis
    Neurology

    Stanford Medicine Children's Health Specialty Services-Menlo Park-Pediatric Stroke Care

    321 Middlefield Rd Ste 225, 
    Menlo Park, CA 
     (2.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Hyunmi Kim is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Menlo Park, California. Dr. Kim is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. She is also highly rated in 142 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Absence Seizure, Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Epilepsy in Children.

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    Last Updated: 04/28/2026

    What is the definition of Rasmussen Encephalitis?

    Rasmussen encephalitis is a chronic inflammatory neurological disease that usually affects only one hemisphere of the brain. Rasmussen encephalitis is characterized by frequent and severe seizures, loss of motor skills and speech, paralysis on one side of the body (hemiparesis), inflammation of the brain (encephalitis), and mental deterioration. While the cause of Rasmussen encephalitis is unknown, there is evidence that in many patients it is an autoimmune disorder.

    When should I see a Rasmussen Encephalitis doctor near Palo Alto, CA?

    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 Rasmussen Encephalitis doctor near Palo Alto, CA?

    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 Rasmussen Encephalitis doctors near Palo Alto, CA?

    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 Rasmussen Encephalitis doctors near Palo Alto, CA?

    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 Rasmussen Encephalitis doctor near Palo Alto, CA?

    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 Rasmussen Encephalitis doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Rasmussen Encephalitis 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 Rasmussen Encephalitis doctor near Palo Alto, CA?

    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 Rasmussen Encephalitis 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 Rasmussen Encephalitis 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 Rasmussen Encephalitis doctors near Palo Alto, CA?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Rasmussen Encephalitis 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 Rasmussen Encephalitis doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Rasmussen Encephalitis 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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