25 of the Best Child Neurologists in The United States

Dr. Comi graduated from SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine and received her training in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Buffalo and her child neurology training at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Her clinical specialization is in the treatment of the neurological aspects of Sturge-Weber syndrome and other disorders related to capillary malformation. Dr. Comi's clinical research interests focus on improving the early diagnosis and treatment of brain involvement in Sturge-Weber syndrome in order to prevent ischemic brain injury in affected infants and young children, and on studies to understand what causes Sturge-Weber syndrome. Her laboratory research work deals with the pathogenesis of Sturge-Weber syndrome, recently shown to be caused by a somatic mutation, and on developing new drug targets, screening assays, models and therapeutic strategies for Sturge-Weber syndrome. Her lab group also works on developing better neuroprotective and neuroregenerative responses to brain injury resulting from impaired blood flow to the brain. Dr. Comi is highly rated in 24 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Sturge-Weber Syndrome, Parkes Weber Syndrome, Stork Bite, Epilepsy in Children, and Endovascular Embolization. Dr. Comi is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Sanjeev Kothare is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Lake Success, New York. Dr. Kothare is highly rated in 22 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS). Dr. Kothare is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry/Neurology-Epilepsy, American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology, American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology-Neurology With Special Qualifications In Child Neurology, and American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology-Sleep Medicine.

Brenda Banwell is the director of the Department of Pediatrics, as well as pediatrician-in-chief and co-director of Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, where she helps manage the hospital’s many clinical and research centers. Dr. Banwell is a renowned expert in the research and treatment of pediatric multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neuroimmune disorders. She specializes in and studies the use of neuroimaging to assess the clinical and cognitive impact of the conditions, as well as the function of the immune system in children with these disorders. She also created a standardized clinical care algorithm and clinical database in order to evaluate the clinical impact of MS. Dr. Banwell has published more than 250 manuscripts in high-impact journals, along with over 25 book chapters. In addition, she has over 200 national and international invited lectureships and visiting professorships. An advocate for pediatric multiple sclerosis needs and research, Dr. Banwell serves as chair of the International Medical and Scientific Board of the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation, and the Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody–Associated Disease (MOGAD) International Research Consortium. She is also chair of the pediatric committee of the National Institutes of Health NeuroNEXT program, which conducts studies on treatments for neurological diseases through academic, private, and industry collaborations. Dr. Banwell currently serves as past-chair of the International Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Study Group, Dr. Banwell earned her medical degree from the University of Western Ontario. She later completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of Western Ontario-Children's Hospital of Western Ontario and a second residency in pediatric neurology at University of Toronto – The Hospital for Sick Children. Her residencies were followed by a fellowship in neuromuscular research at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Banwell is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Multiple Sclerosis (MS), CACH Syndrome, Optic Neuritis, and Transverse Myelitis. Dr. Banwell is board certified in Royal College Of Physicians And Surgeons Of Canada.

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 highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses 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 highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses West Syndrome, Epilepsy in Children, Spasmus Nutans, and Epilepsy.

Shavonne Massey is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Massey is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, Absence Seizure, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Dr. Massey is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology - Pediatric Neurology.

Tammy Tsuchida, MD, PhD, is a professor in the departments of Neurology and Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She completed her fellowships in child neurology and neurophysiology at the University of California, San Francisco, after finishing medical school at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1997. At Children's National Hospital, she is a co-director of the Hemimegalencephaly (HME) Program. She consults and teaches in the Neonatal Neurocritical Care Program and Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Program. Her areas of interest are the study and clinical care of neonates and infants with brain injury, seizures and epilepsy as well as neonatal electroencephalogram (EEG). Dr. Tsuchida has made significant contributions to national EEG guidelines and international recommendations for managing neonatal seizures and epilepsy. Dr. Tsuchida is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy in Children, Hemimegalencephaly, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Liver Embolization. Dr. Tsuchida is board certified in Epilepsy: American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2018, Clinical Neurophysiology: American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2009, and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2003.

Nicholas Abend is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Abend is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Status Epilepticus, Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, and Epilepsy. Dr. Abend is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, Epilepsy, 2013 and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, Neurology With Special Qualifications In Child Neurology, 2008.

Kumar Sannagowdara is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Greenfield, Wisconsin. Dr. Sannagowdara is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Status Epilepticus, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Athetosis. Dr. Sannagowdara is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology.

Shannon Beres is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Beres is highly rated in 132 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Papilledema, Optic Glioma, Increased Intracranial Pressure, and Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome.

Sumit Parikh is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He has been practicing medicine for over 32 years. Dr. Parikh is highly rated in 168 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Leigh Syndrome, Maternally Inherited Leigh Syndrome, Kearns-Sayre Syndrome, and MELAS Syndrome. Dr. Parikh is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2006.

Terence Sanger is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Orange, California. Dr. Sanger is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Focal Dystonia, Movement Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Sanger is currently accepting new patients.

Eric Mallack is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Neurologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Mallack is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), CACH Syndrome, Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, and Leukodystrophy. Dr. Mallack is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Rawad Obeid is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Royal Oak, Michigan. He has been practicing medicine for over 20 years. Dr. Obeid is highly rated in 38 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Intraventricular Hemorrhage of the Newborn, GAPO Syndrome, Delayed Growth, and Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+). Dr. Obeid is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology and American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Obeid is currently accepting new patients.

Laurence Walsh is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Neurologist practicing medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Walsh is highly rated in 182 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, Seizures, Neurofibromatosis, and Partial Familial Epilepsy.

William D. Gaillard, MD, professor of neurology and neurophysiology, is chief of the Divisions of Child Neurology and of Epilepsy and Neurophysiology. He is director of the Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Program — one of the leading multidisciplinary pediatric epilepsy programs in the country. As associate director of the Children’s National Research Institute’s Center for Neuroscience Research, he is responsible for overseeing and organizing clinical neuroscience research. Dr. Gaillard is professor of pediatrics and neurology at the George Washington University School of Medicine; Professor of Neurology, Georgetown University; and Adjunct Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park. Additionally, Dr. Gaillard holds longstanding collaborations with the Clinical Epilepsy Section (CES), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and NIH. His innovative research utilizes advanced structural and functional imaging to examine the effects of epilepsy on brain structure and function. His pioneering work with functional imaging has changed clinical practice for patients with epilepsy, made important technical contributions to structural and functional imaging methods, and provided fundamental scientific insights on the biology of brain plasticity. Ultimately, the goal of his research is to improve the outcomes and lives of children with epilepsy. Dr. Gaillard is a past president of the American Epilepsy Society. He is past treasurer of the American Epilepsy Society, past chair of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Commission on Diagnostics, past chair of the ILAE Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Task Force and past member of the Pediatric Commission. He is a past editor of Epilepsy Research and a past editor of Epilepsia. He is the author of more than 240 peer-reviewed scientific papers and more than 50 chapters and holds longstanding federal and foundation grant funding. Dr. Gaillard is highly rated in 28 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Seizures, Status Epilepticus, Liver Embolization, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Gaillard is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2005, and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 1992.

Eugene Morris is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Athens, Georgia. He has been practicing medicine for over 28 years. Dr. Morris is highly rated in 23 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Neuralgia. Dr. Morris is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology With Special Qualification In Child Neurology - 2005. Dr. Morris is currently accepting new patients.

Ammar Kheder is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has been practicing medicine for over 25 years. Dr. Kheder is highly rated in 22 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Absence Seizure, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Kheder is currently accepting new patients.

Steven B. Schwartzberg, M.D., is a fellowship-trained, board-certified pediatric neurologist at Orlin & Cohen, distinguished for his compassionate care and expertise. With over three decades of experience, Dr. Schwartzberg is known for his exceptional diagnostic and treatment skills, helping to improve the lives of countless children with neurological disorders.Dr. Schwartzberg earned his medical degree with honors and has been continuously learning and specializing in his field ever since. He completed his internship and residency in pediatrics at the Albert Einstein Hospital Montefiore Medical Center and then pursued subspecialty training in pediatric neurology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Schwartzberg has contributed extensively to his field through his research, which includes internationally recognized publications on diverse facets of pediatric medicine.In addition to his clinical practice and academic pursuits, Dr. Schwartzberg is dedicated to shaping the future of pediatric neurology through education and mentorship. He serves as an assistant professor of clinical neurology at SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn, where he plays a crucial role in guiding and inspiring the next generation of pediatric neurologists. Dr. Schwartzberg is highly rated in 22 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Corpus Callosum Dysgenesis Hypopituitarism, Subependymal Nodular Heterotopia, Periventricular Heterotopia, and Cortical Dysplasia.

Dr. Barañano earned her M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she also completed residencies in pediatrics and neurology, along with a fellowship in neurogenetics at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr. Barañano is an Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology. She specializes in the diagnosis and management of rare neurogenetic disorders. She has a particular interest in the genetic control and function of the cerebellum and expertise in childhood-onset and inherited ataxias. She is a member of the multidisciplinary Fetal Management group and is available for prenatal consultations. Dr. Barañano's research includes collaborative efforts with the Johns Hopkins Department of Genetic Medicine and the Division of Neurogenetics at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr. Baranano is highly rated in 22 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hypotonia, Ohdo Syndrome, Say-Barber-Biesecker-Young-Simpson Variant, Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration, and Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3. Dr. Baranano is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Douglas Nordli is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Nordli is highly rated in 21 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), Epilepsy, Seizures, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

Jennifer Mcvige is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Buffalo, New York. Dr. Mcvige is highly rated in 71 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Migraine, Chiari Malformation Type 1, Chiari Malformation, and Brain Herniation.

Mark Fitzgerald is a Psychiatrist and a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Fitzgerald is highly rated in 19 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, Absence Seizure, and Epilepsy. Dr. Fitzgerald is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, Epilepsy, 2017 and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, Neurology With Special Qualifications In Child Neurology, 2016.

Seth Devries is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Family Medicine provider practicing medicine in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has been practicing medicine for over 18 years. Dr. Devries is highly rated in 19 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Absence Seizure, Seizures, Epilepsy Juvenile Absence, and Epilepsy in Children. Dr. Devries is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, Epilepsy - 2017 and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, Neurology With Special Qualification In Child Neurology - 2015. Dr. Devries is currently accepting new patients.

Vinodh Narayanan is a Pediatrics specialist and a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Narayanan is highly rated in 19 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Rett Syndrome, Tuberous Sclerosis, Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, and Hypotonia. Dr. Narayanan is board certified in Pediatrics and Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology). Dr. Narayanan is currently accepting new patients.