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    Last Updated: 01/09/2026

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    MediFind found 145 doctor with experience in West Syndrome near Staten Island, NY. Of these, 124 are Experienced, 19 are Advanced and 2 are Elite.

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    145 providers found
      Elite in West Syndrome
      Neurology | General Surgery
      Elite in West Syndrome
      Neurology | General Surgery

      New York University

      223 E 34th St, 
      New York, NY 
       (11.9 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Orrin Devinsky is a Neurologist and a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Devinsky is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Myoclonic Epilepsy, Dravet Syndrome, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

      Steven B. Schwartzberg
      Advanced in West Syndrome
      Pediatric Neurology
      Advanced in West Syndrome
      Pediatric Neurology

      Healthcare Associates In Medicine

      1099 Targee Street, 
      Staten Island, NY 
       (1.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Steven Schwartzberg is a Pediatric Neurologist in Staten Island, New York. Dr. Schwartzberg is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration, Periventricular Heterotopia, Cortical Dysplasia, and Epilepsy.

      Vahid Ghiasian
      Advanced in West Syndrome
      Advanced in West Syndrome

      Northwell Health Physician Partners Neurology At Seaview Avenue

      501 Seaview Avenue, Suite 104, 
      Staten Island, NY 
       (2.9 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Vahid Ghiasian is a Neurologist in Staten Island, New York. Dr. Ghiasian is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, and Gastrostomy.

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      Stephen A. Kulick
      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Experienced in West Syndrome

      Healthcare Associates In Medicine

      1099 Targee Street, 
      Staten Island, NY 
       (1.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Stephen Kulick is a Neurologist in Staten Island, New York. Dr. Kulick is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Corpus Callosum Dysgenesis Hypopituitarism, Cortical Dysplasia, Subependymal Nodular Heterotopia, and Periventricular Heterotopia.

      Steven H. Lin
      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Experienced in West Syndrome

      Healthcare Associates In Medicine

      1099 Targee Street, 
      Staten Island, NY 
       (1.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Steven Lin is a Neurologist in Staten Island, New York. Dr. Lin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Cortical Dysplasia, Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration, Lhermitte-Duclos Disease, and Subcortical Band Heterotopia.

      Suying Song
      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Neurology
      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Neurology

      University Neuroscience Group

      212 Garretson Ave, 
      Staten Island, NY 
       (2.2 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Suying Song is a Neurologist in Staten Island, New York. Dr. Song is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Partial Familial Epilepsy, Partial Seizure, Continuous Spike-Wave During Slow Sleep Syndrome, and Photosensitive Epilepsy.

      Nwanneka A. Okolo
      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Pediatrics | Pediatric Neurology
      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Pediatrics | Pediatric Neurology

      Northwell Health Physician Partners Neurology At Seaview Avenue

      501 Seaview Avenue, Suite 104, 
      Staten Island, NY 
       (2.9 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Nwanneka Okolo is a Pediatrics specialist and a Pediatric Neurologist in Staten Island, New York. Dr. Okolo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and Epilepsy.

      Yasir El
      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Neurology
      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Neurology

      Northwell Health Physician Partners Neurology At South Avenue

      1110 South Avenue, Suite 300, 
      Staten Island, NY 
       (2.9 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Yasir El is a Neurologist in Staten Island, New York. Dr. El is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Seizures, Migraine, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Gastrostomy.

      Elite in West Syndrome
      Pediatric Neurology | Pediatrics
      Elite in West Syndrome
      Pediatric Neurology | Pediatrics
      1275 York Ave, 
      New York, NY 
       (13.6 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      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 West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy in Children, West Syndrome, Epilepsy, and Spasmus Nutans.

      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Family Medicine
      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Family Medicine

      Office

      586 Midland Ave Ste C, 
      Staten Island,, NY 
       (2.9 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Milena Kolesnikova is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Staten Island,, New York. Dr. Kolesnikova is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are COVID-19, Silent Thyroiditis, Vitamin D Deficiency, Ureteroscopy, and Prostatectomy.

      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Experienced in West Syndrome

      United Medical Associates PLLC

      8714 5th Ave, 
      Brooklyn, NY 
       (5.0 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Amy Jongeling is a Neurologist in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Jongeling is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Memory Loss, Epilepsy, and Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features.

      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Experienced in West Syndrome

      United Medical Associates PLLC

      8714 5th Ave, 
      Brooklyn, NY 
       (5.0 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Michael Boffa is a Neurologist in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Boffa is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features, Memory Loss, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

      Cary Buckner
      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Experienced in West Syndrome

      NY Methodist Hospital

      263 7th Ave Ste 4A, 
      Brooklyn, NY 
       (7.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Cary Buckner is a Neurologist in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Buckner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Seizures, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and Chronic Polyradiculoneuritis.

      Joseph C. Yellin
      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Experienced in West Syndrome
      1599 East 15th Street, 
      Brooklyn, NY 
       (8.2 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Joseph Yellin is a Neurologist in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Yellin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Serotonin Syndrome, Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

      Advanced in West Syndrome
      Advanced in West Syndrome

      SUNY Downstate Medical Center

      450 Clarkson Ave, 
      Brooklyn, NY 
       (9.7 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Geetha Chari is a Neurologist in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Chari is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Epilepsy.

      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Experienced in West Syndrome

      Epilepsy And Neurophysiology Medical Consulting PC

      737 Castleton Ave, 
      Staten Island, NY 
       (1.4 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Christos Lambrakis is a Neurologist in Staten Island, New York. Dr. Lambrakis 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, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Dr. Lambrakis is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Internal Medicine
      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Internal Medicine
      475 Seaview Ave, 
      Staten Island, NY 
       (2.7 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Muniba Naqi is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Staten Island, New York. Dr. Naqi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Sickle Cell Disease, Gallbladder Disease, Rhabdomyolysis, and Delirium Tremens.

      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Internal Medicine
      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Internal Medicine
      16 E 29th St, 
      Bayonne, NJ 
       (3.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English, Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Spanish, Urdu
      Accepting New Patients

      Shahnaz Akhtar is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Bayonne, New Jersey. Dr. Akhtar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, COVID-19, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy. Dr. Akhtar is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Neurology | Psychiatry
      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Neurology | Psychiatry
      6917 Shore Rd, 
      Brooklyn, NY 
       (4.8 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Idan Sharon is a Neurologist and a Psychiatrist in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Sharon is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Vertigo, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Peripheral Neuropathy, and Neuralgia.

      Experienced in West Syndrome
      Experienced in West Syndrome

      Haidy M Behman MDoffice

      48 Pulaski Avenue, 
      Carteret, NJ 
       (6.1 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Offers Telehealth

      Haidy Behman is a Neurologist in Carteret, New Jersey. Dr. Behman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of West Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Memory Loss, Familial Neurocardiogenic Syncope, and Gastrostomy.

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      Last Updated: 01/09/2026

      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 near Staten Island, NY?

      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 near Staten Island, NY?

      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 near Staten Island, NY?

      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 near Staten Island, NY?

      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 near Staten Island, NY?

      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 near Staten Island, NY?

      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 near Staten Island, NY?

      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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