Overview
Akila Venkataraman, MD, specializes in pediatric neurology and provides care to children and adolescents who have conditions affecting their brain, spine, nerves or muscles. She treats conditions such as seizures, epilepsy, headaches, strokes, developmental concerns, genetic conditions involving the nervous system and autoimmune, inflammatory and infectious disorders of the nervous system.|Dr. Venkataraman’s clinical interests include pediatric epilepsy and associated seizure and epileptic disorders in infants, children and adolescents.|While the science of neurology and development inspires her, interacting and building relationships with her patients and their families is what she loves most about her job.|With over 20 years of experience, Dr. Venkataraman’s goal is to not only treat her patients’ medical conditions, but to understand and improve social conditions that impact health and illness. She’s an advocate for improving awareness and education about epilepsy.|In her spare time, she enjoys learning — new languages, new cultures, exploring new places and trying new foods. She also enjoys mentoring children and spends a lot of her time volunteering for local and international organizations.
Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, and Familial Neurocardiogenic Syncope.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 3 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
950 East Mountain Boulevard, Wilkes Barre, PA 18702
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
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- EpilepsyDr. Venkataraman isExperienced. Learn about Epilepsy.
- Familial Neurocardiogenic SyncopeDr. Venkataraman isExperienced. Learn about Familial Neurocardiogenic Syncope.
- Generalized Tonic-Clonic SeizureDr. Venkataraman isExperienced. Learn about Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.
- Memory LossDr. Venkataraman isExperienced. Learn about Memory Loss.
- Neurotoxicity SyndromesDr. Venkataraman isExperienced. Learn about Neurotoxicity Syndromes.
- SeizuresDr. Venkataraman isExperienced. Learn about Seizures.