25 of the Best Child Neurologists Near Me

Kaleb Yohay is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Yohay is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Neurofibromatosis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), RASopathies, and Batten Disease.

Yoon-jae Cho is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Cho is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes, Gliomatosis Cerebri, and Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1). Dr. Cho is currently accepting new patients.

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. Dr. Banwell is currently accepting new patients.

Sanjeev Kothare is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Lake Success, New York. Dr. Kothare is highly rated in 15 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-Sleep Medicine, American Board Of Psychiatry/Neurology-Epilepsy, American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology-Neurology With Special Qualifications In Child Neurology, and American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology. Dr. Kothare is currently accepting new patients.

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 13 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses West Syndrome, Spasmus Nutans, Epilepsy, and Seizures. Dr. Moshe is currently accepting new patients.

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 13 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Sturge-Weber Syndrome, Parkes Weber Syndrome, Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, and Endovascular Embolization. Dr. Comi is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Comi is currently accepting new patients.

Nicholas Abend is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dr. Abend is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Status Epilepticus, Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, Epilepsy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Abend is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology - Pediatric Neurology, Neurology - Child Neurology, 2018, American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, Neurology With Special Qualifications In Child Neurology, 2008, Psych & Neurology/Epilepsy (AMA), and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, Epilepsy, 2013. Dr. Abend is currently accepting new patients.

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 10 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy in Children, Hemimegalencephaly, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Liver Embolization. Dr. Tsuchida is board certified in Clinical Neurophysiology: American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2009, Epilepsy: American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2018, and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2003. Dr. Tsuchida is currently accepting new patients.

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 10 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses West Syndrome, Epilepsy in Children, Spasmus Nutans, and Epilepsy. Dr. Yozawitz is currently accepting new patients.

Shavonne Massey is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dr. Massey is highly rated in 9 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 and Psych & Neurology/Epilepsy (AMA)Neurology - Child Neurology, 2014. Dr. Massey is currently accepting new patients.

Andrew Knox, MD, is a UW Health Kids pediatric neurologist and an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Knox specializes in treating children with epilepsy and other neurologic conditions, including headaches.Board-certified in neurology with a special qualification in child neurology, Dr. Knox treats children with the full spectrum of epilepsy and seizure conditions. He works with children in the hospital and clinic setting, providing various treatment options to best fit their needs — from medicine to surgery.With all patients, Dr. Knox’s primary goal is to give them freedom from seizures. At the first meeting, he strives to understand their medical history and experience with seizures. He uses a team approach to care, working together with families to determine the best treatment options.In his free time, Dr. Knox enjoys playing a variety of instruments, volunteering with his church, reading, biking and snowboarding.It’s crucial to work with families when determining care. The goal is always to enable patients to live a normal life as best they can with what's going on. Dr. Knox is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, Absence Seizure, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Knox is board certified in Neurology With Special Qualification In Child Neurology and American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology, Epilepsy. Dr. Knox is currently accepting new patients.

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

Kevin Chapman is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Chapman is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Status Epilepticus, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Dr. Chapman is board certified in Psychiatry & Neurology (Sub: Child And Adolescent Ps, Psychiatry & Neurology (Sub: Epilepsy), and Psychiatry & Neurology (Sub: Clinical Neurophysiolog. Dr. Chapman is currently accepting new patients.

Luca Bartolini is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Bartolini is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), Rasmussen Encephalitis, and Seizures.

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. Dr. Mallack is currently accepting new patients.

Michael Nagel is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Neurologist practicing medicine in Toledo, Ohio. Dr. Nagel is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Memory Loss, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Epilepsy. Dr. Nagel is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology. Dr. Nagel is currently accepting new patients.

Terence Sanger is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Orange, California. Dr. Sanger is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hyperlysinemia, Fucosidosis, Rasmussen Encephalitis, Seizures, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Sanger is currently accepting new patients.

Adrienne Bruce is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Her clinical expertise encompasses Transient Tic Disorder, Epilepsy Juvenile Absence, Spasmus Nutans, and Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+). Dr. Bruce is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Bernard Maria is one of the most respected child neurologists in America. He is a fellowship-trained pediatric neurologist and neuro-oncologist with privileges at Morristown Medical Center and Overlook Medical Center. He provides advanced care for children with a variety of neurologic and neuromuscular disorders. Dr. Maria is dual board-certified in pediatrics and in psychiatry and neurology, with special qualifications in child neurology.Listed repeatedly among the Castle Connolly America’s Top Doctors and a recipient of distinguished service, leadership and clinical expertise awards, Dr. Maria has garnered local and national recognition. He was the 2018 recipient of the Child Neurology Society’s highest honor, the Hower Award, which is given annually to a single child neurologist for contributions to the field, a first for New Jersey physicians.Dr. Maria has also served on the faculty of the University of Toronto, the University of Florida (division chief, where he received his MBA), the University of Missouri (department chair and pediatrician-in-chief), the Medical University of South Carolina (research institute founding executive director), and Augusta University at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia (department chair and pediatrician-in-chief), mentoring hundreds of medical students and research assistants. His own extensive research portfolio and over 250 publications focus on developing innovative therapies for central nervous system tumors, as well as understanding the genetics of brain malformations.Over the last three decades of clinical practice, Dr. Maria has held many leadership roles including chief resident (Johns Hopkins), program director, division chief, department chair, executive director, and (founding) chief medical officer of the Pediatric Health Improvement Coalition of Georgia. Academically, he has held endowed professorships and chairs and he has had continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health since 2001 for annual Neurobiology of Disease in Children conferences. Currently, Dr. Maria serves as chief of the Child Neurology and Developmental Medicine Division in Atlantic Health System’s Goryeb Children’s Hospital, in addition to holding the academic title of professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the Sydney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. His clinical expertise encompasses Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), Batten Disease, CLN3 Disease, and CLN1 Disease. Dr. Maria is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology and American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Maria is currently accepting new patients.

Shannon Babineau is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Summit, New Jersey. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Headache, and Concussion. Dr. Babineau is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Babineau 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 183 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, Microcephaly, Seizures, and Increased Head Circumference. Dr. Walsh is currently accepting new patients.

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 21 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, Liver Embolization, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Gaillard is board certified in Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2005, American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 1992. Dr. Gaillard is currently accepting new patients.

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 21 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. Dr. Baranano is currently accepting new patients.

Seth Devries is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Saint Joseph, Michigan. 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, American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, Neurology With Special Qualification In Child Neurology - 2015, and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, Epilepsy - 2017 . Dr. Devries is currently accepting new patients.

Lorraine Lazar is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Neurologist practicing medicine in Summit, New Jersey. Dr. Lazar is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Memory Loss. Dr. Lazar is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Lazar is currently accepting new patients.