The 20 Best West Syndrome Doctors Near Me in Louisiana, US

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The 20 Best West Syndrome Doctors in Louisiana, US

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 93 doctor with experience in West Syndrome near Louisiana, US. Of these, 77 are Experienced, 15 are Advanced and 1 are Distinguished.

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93 providers found
    Distinguished in West Syndrome
    Distinguished in West Syndrome

    Neurology And Sleep Center

    301 4th St Ste F, 
    Alexandria, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Mohammad Zeibo is a Neurologist in Alexandria, Louisiana. Dr. Zeibo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures, Myoclonic Epilepsy, and West Syndrome. Dr. Zeibo is currently accepting new patients.

    Advanced in West Syndrome
    Advanced in West Syndrome

    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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Migraine with Brainstem Aura, Peripheral Neuropathy, Memory Loss, and Migraine.

    Peimin Zhu
    Experienced in West Syndrome
    Neurology
    Experienced in West Syndrome
    Neurology

    Trinity Clinic

    1449 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 101, 
    Shreveport, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Peimin Zhu is a Neurologist in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dr. Zhu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Memory Loss, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Gastrostomy.

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    Experienced in West Syndrome
    Experienced in West Syndrome

    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 West Syndrome. 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 West Syndrome
    Experienced in West Syndrome

    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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. 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 West Syndrome
    Experienced in West Syndrome

    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 West Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Headache, Migraine, and Lewy Body Dementia (LBD). Dr. Huddleston is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in West Syndrome
    Experienced in West Syndrome

    Ochsner Lafayette General Neuroscience Center

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

    Adam Foreman is a Neurologist in Lafayette, Louisiana. Dr. Foreman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Alzheimer's Disease, Seizures, Essential Tremor, and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy. Dr. Foreman is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in West Syndrome
    Experienced in West Syndrome

    Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans

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

    Dr. Colin Van Hook, a New Orleans native, earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine. He completed a neurology residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. Dr. Vanhook is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome.

    Experienced in West Syndrome
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in West Syndrome
    Internal Medicine

    Willis Knighton Tri-State Medical Clinic

    2551 Greenwood Rd Ste 410, 
    Shreveport, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Anthony Stuart is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dr. Stuart is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Gastrostomy, and Liver Embolization. Dr. Stuart is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in West Syndrome
    Neurology
    Experienced in West Syndrome
    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 West Syndrome. 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 West Syndrome
    Experienced in West Syndrome

    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 West Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Headache.

    Experienced in West Syndrome
    Experienced in West Syndrome

    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 West Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

    Advanced in West Syndrome
    Advanced in West Syndrome

    Empicare Inc.

    3800 Houma Blvd, 
    Metairie, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Archibald Melcher is a Neurologist in Metairie, Louisiana. Dr. Melcher is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures, Myoclonic Epilepsy, West Syndrome, and Infant Epilepsy with Migrant Focal Crisis.

    Advanced in West Syndrome
    Pediatric Neurology
    Advanced in West Syndrome
    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 West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Microcephaly, Microcephaly with Spastic Quadriplegia, Zika Virus Disease, and Cerebral Palsy.

    Advanced in West Syndrome
    Advanced in West Syndrome

    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 an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome, Essential Tremor, Myasthenia Gravis, and Lafora Disease. Dr. Tivakaran is currently accepting new patients.

    Advanced in West Syndrome
    Pediatric Neurology
    Advanced in West Syndrome
    Pediatric Neurology

    Children's Multi-Specialty Group LLC

    4704 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy, 
    Lafayette, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Kenneth Habetz is a Pediatric Neurologist in Lafayette, Louisiana. Dr. Habetz is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Absence Seizure, Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), Seizures, and GAPO Syndrome.

    Advanced in West Syndrome
    Internal Medicine
    Advanced in West Syndrome
    Internal Medicine

    Teamhealth

    211 4th St, 
    Alexandria, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Obinna Echeruo is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Alexandria, Louisiana. Dr. Echeruo is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Acute Kidney Failure, Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures, Endoscopy, and Atherectomy.

    Advanced in West Syndrome
    Internal Medicine
    Advanced in West Syndrome
    Internal Medicine

    Teamhealth

    211 4th St, 
    Alexandria, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Abhishek Nair is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Alexandria, Louisiana. Dr. Nair is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Acute Kidney Failure, Peptic Ulcer, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy.

    Advanced in West Syndrome
    Pediatric Neurology
    Advanced in West Syndrome
    Pediatric Neurology
    8200 Constantin Blvd, 210, 
    Baton Rouge, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Yash Shah is a Pediatric Neurologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Shah is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), and Memory Loss.

    Advanced in West Syndrome
    Internal Medicine
    Advanced in West Syndrome
    Internal Medicine

    Teamhealth

    211 4th St, 
    Alexandria, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Carlo Solda is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Alexandria, Louisiana. Dr. Solda is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Acute Kidney Failure, Susac Syndrome, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of West Syndrome?

    West syndrome is characterized by a specific type of seizure (infantile spasms) seen in infancy and childhood. This syndrome leads to developmental regression and causes a specific pattern, known as hypsarrhythmia (chaotic brain waves), on electroencephalography (EEG) testing. The infantile spasms usually begin in the first year of life, typically between 4-8 months. The seizures primarily consist of a sudden bending forward of the body with stiffening of the arms and legs; some children arch their backs as they extend their arms and legs. Spasms tend to occur upon awakening or after feeding, and often occur in clusters of up to 100 spasms at a time. Infants may have dozens of clusters and several hundred spasms per day. Many disorders leading to brain injury, such as birth problems, cerebral anomalies, metabolic disorders, and genetic disorders can lead to these spasms, making it important to identify the underlying cause. In some children, no cause can be found. Some children have spasms as the result of brain lesions, and surgical removal of these lesions may result in improvement.

    When should I see a West Syndrome 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 West Syndrome 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 West Syndrome 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 West Syndrome 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 West Syndrome 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 West Syndrome doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different West Syndrome 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 West Syndrome 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 West Syndrome 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 West Syndrome 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 West Syndrome doctors in Louisiana, US?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the West Syndrome 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 West Syndrome doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the West Syndrome 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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