The 20 Best Status Epilepticus Doctors Near Me in Pittsburgh, PA

Carolina Cuello, MD, specializes in neurology and is board-certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She practices at UPMC Neurological Institute-Mercy and is affiliated with UPMC Altoona, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Shadyside, UPMC Mercy, UPMC Passavant, and UPMC East. Dr. Cuello completed her medical education at Universidad de Buenos Aires, residency at Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and SUNY Upstate University, and fellowship at Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.Are you already a patient of this provider and have a MyUPMC account? Log in to MyUPMC to schedule. Dr. Cuello is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Status Epilepticus, Epilepsy, and Meningitis.

Valerie Suski, DO, is a neurologist certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is director of the UPMC Huntington's Disease (HDSA) Center of Excellence, co-director of the Movement Disorders Fellowship, clinical director for the Movement Division, and an associate professor of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her residency at Virginia Commonwealth University, followed by her fellowship at Duke University.Dr. Suski’s clinical and research interests include movement disorders and their symptomatic management and neuroprotection in phase II and III trials. She has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and is a member of the Movement Disorders Society, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American Osteopathic Association.View the full list of Dr. Suski’s publications on PubMed.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=suski%2C+v. Dr. Suski is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. Her top areas of expertise are Huntington Disease, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Mcleod Neuroacanthocytosis Syndrome, and Movement Disorders.

Camilo Garcia Gracia, MD, specializes in epilepsy neurology and is board-certified in neurology, epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Garcia Gracia completed fellowships at Cleveland Clinic, residencies at Cleveland Clinic and Universidad Javeriana and medical degree at National University of Colombia. Dr. Gracia is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Photosensitive Epilepsy, Continuous Spike-Wave During Slow Sleep Syndrome, and Landau-Kleffner Syndrome.

Shaheryar Hafeez is a Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Hafeez is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. His top areas of expertise are Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Subdural Hematoma, Stroke, Gastrostomy, and Transmyocardial Revascularization. Dr. Hafeez is currently accepting new patients.

Yoshimi Sogawa, MD, MS, is a board-certified pediatric neurologist who serves as director for Clinical Research in the Division of Child Neurology and director of the Early Onset Epileptic Encephalopathy Clinic atUPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is also an associate professor in the Division of Child Neurology in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.Dr. Sogawa received her medical degree from Niigata University School of Medicine in Japan. She then completed her residency training in pediatrics and neurology at Schneider Children’s Hospital in Long Island, New York, and fellowship training in clinical neurophysiology (EEG) at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. She was awarded an NIH sponsored Neurological Sciences Academic Development Award (K12, NS048856) in 2009. During this period, she earned a master’s degree from the Clinical Research Training Program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.Since joining UPMC Children’s Hospital in 2012, Dr. Sogawa has assumed clinical responsibility for the majority of patients with infantile spasms, a rare and intractable epilepsy in infancy. She is conducting a longitudinal study of their developmental outcomes. Dr. Sogawa designed the Early Onset Epileptic Encephalopathies Clinic to be patient and family-centered, flexible, and comprehensive. Common neurological tests such as EEG are typically scheduled on the day of a patient’s clinic visit to minimize trips to the hospital.Dr. Sogawa has been committed to research and scholarly activity in the field of pediatric epilepsy and child neurology and has published more than twenty peer-reviewed studies, invited reviews, and book chapters. On an international level, Dr. Sogawa has served on the Task Force on Epilepsy Syndromes under the commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE), the leading international organization for epilepsy care. Dr. Sogawa has been a collaborator for several NIH funded studies and site-primary investigator for medication trials on children with epilepsy.View Dr. Sogawa's full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Sogawa is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, West Syndrome, Spasmus Nutans, and Epilepsy in Children.

Andrea Synowiec is a Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Synowiec is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Migraine, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Status Epilepticus.

Navnika Gupta is a Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Gupta is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Status Epilepticus, Epilepsy, and Focal Dystonia.

Anto Bagic is a Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bagic is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Memory Loss.

James Valeriano is a Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Valeriano is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Memory Loss.

Barry Segal is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Segal is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. His top areas of expertise are Status Epilepticus, Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, and Infant Epilepsy with Migrant Focal Crisis.

Ashok Shetty is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Shetty is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. His top areas of expertise are Status Epilepticus, Epilepsy, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia.

Timothy Leichliter is a Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Leichliter is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. His top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

Thomas Scott is a Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Scott is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. His top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), Neurosarcoidosis, and Transverse Myelitis.

Troy Desai is a Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Desai is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. His top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), Transverse Myelitis, and Seizures.

Holly Appleberry is a Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Appleberry is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. Her top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), Neuromyelitis Optica, and Optic Neuritis.

Jullie Pan is a Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Pan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Partial Familial Epilepsy, and Partial Seizure.

Ross Carson is a Pediatrics specialist and a Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Carson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. His top areas of expertise are Dravet Syndrome, Intraventricular Hemorrhage of the Newborn, Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures, and Myoclonic Epilepsy.

Thandar Aung is a Neurologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Aung has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Cortical Dysplasia, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

Prashan Thiagarajah, MD, specializes and is certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He practices at GMA/Dayalan and Associates, Family Medicine and is affiliated with UPMC Passavant. Dr. Thiagarajah completed his residency at Allegheny General Hospital and medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine. Dr. Thiagarajah is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. His top areas of expertise are Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia, Multiple Carboxylase Deficiency, Folate Deficiency, Endoscopy, and Pacemaker Implantation.

Terence Philbin is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Crafton, Pennsylvania. Dr. Philbin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. His top areas of expertise are Short Bowel Syndrome, Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth, Malnutrition, Gastrostomy, and Cardiac Ablation.