The maturation of GABAA receptor-mediated signaling from depolarizing to inhibitory is an age-related process controlled by cation chloride cotransporters, such as KCC2. As a result, GABA exerts dual functions, being an important neurotrophic factor during early development and the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter of the mature central nervous system. In our laboratory we have been investigating the age and mechanisms through which early life stressors and seizures may disrupt the normal patterns of brain development, by disrupting the neurotrophic effects of GABA. We are also studying methods to reverse these adverse processes. Furthermore, we are very interested in understanding how epileptogenesis proceeds in the developing brain and what is the specific role of GABAA receptors in this process. Dr. Galanopoulou is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. Her top areas of expertise are West Syndrome, Spasmus Nutans, Post-Traumatic Epilepsy, and Epilepsy.

Solomon L. Moshé, MD, is Vice Chair of Neurology, Director of the Isabelle Rapin Child Neurology Division and Director of Clinical Neurophysiology at Montefiore. He is also the Charles Frost Chair in Neurosurgery and Neurology, Vice Chair, Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology, and Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience and Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein). Dr. Moshé’s clinical focus is on epilepsy and electroencephalography with special emphasis on age-related influences on the expression, control and consequences of seizures. Dr. Moshe is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. His top areas of expertise are West Syndrome, Spasmus Nutans, Post-Traumatic Epilepsy, and Epilepsy.

Elissa G. Yozawitz, MD, is Director of Neonatal Neurology at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Yozawitz focuses on the neurological management of children, from the neonatal period through adolescence, particularly those with difficult-to-treat seizures. She also specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, stroke and seizures in the newborn. Dr. Yozawitz’s expertise includes electroencephalography (EEG) and state-of-the-art treatments. Dr. Yozawitz is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. Her top areas of expertise are West Syndrome, Epilepsy in Children, Spasmus Nutans, and Epilepsy.

Shefali Karkare is a Pediatric Neurologist in Lake Success, New York. Dr. Karkare is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Epilepsy, and Absence Seizure.

Cristina Carbonell is a Pediatric Neurologist in Lake Success, New York. Dr. Carbonell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. Her top areas of expertise are Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), and Rasmussen Encephalitis.

Sanjeev Kothare is a Pediatric Neurologist in Lake Success, New York. Dr. Kothare is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS).

Ivan Pavkovic is a Pediatric Neurologist in Lake Success, New York. Dr. Pavkovic is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. His top areas of expertise are Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Absence Seizure.

Zipora Fefer is a Pediatric Neurologist in Lake Success, New York. Dr. Fefer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. Her top areas of expertise are Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), Neurofibromatosis, Seizures, and Processing Deficient Progeroid Laminopathies (PDPL).

Annie Roliz is a Pediatric Neurologist in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Roliz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. Her top areas of expertise are Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), and Absence Seizure.

Joseph Maytal is a Pediatric Neurologist in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Maytal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Epilepsy, and Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+).

Obehioya Irumudomon is a Pediatric Neurologist in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Irumudomon is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. Her top areas of expertise are Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Seizures.

Erica Fernandes is a Medical Genetics specialist and a Pediatrics provider in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Fernandes is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. Her top areas of expertise are Microcephaly, Chromosome 13q Deletion, Bowen-Conradi Syndrome, and Floating-Harbor Syndrome.

Stephan Bickel is a Neurologist in Great Neck, New York. Dr. Bickel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and West Syndrome.

Zachary Grinspan is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Pediatrics provider in New York, New York. Dr. Grinspan is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy in Children, West Syndrome, Epilepsy, and Spasmus Nutans.

Li Kan is a Pediatrics specialist and a Pediatric Neurologist in Flushing, New York. Dr. Kan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. Her top areas of expertise are Transient Tic Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Absence Seizure, and Epilepsy Juvenile Absence.

Rose Sy-Kho is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Neurologist in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Sy-Kho is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. Her top areas of expertise are Tourette Syndrome, Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and GAPO Syndrome.

Sabiha Merchant is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Pediatrics provider in Fresh Meadows, New York. Dr. Merchant is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Myoclonic Epilepsy.

Maria Duran is a Neurologist in Elmhurst, New York. Dr. Duran is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. Her top areas of expertise are Increased Head Circumference, Microcephaly, Microcephaly with Spastic Quadriplegia, and Zika Virus Disease.

Stephen Briggs is a Neurologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Briggs has been practicing medicine for over 10 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. His top areas of expertise are West Syndrome, Spasmus Nutans, Epilepsy, and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS).

Jonathan M. Gursky, MD, is an Attending Physician at Montefiore and Assistant Professor of Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical focus is on the diagnosis and treatment of adults and adolescents with epilepsy and seizure disorders. Dr. Gursky is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spasmus Nutans. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, West Syndrome, and Epilepsy.