25 of the Best Child Neurologists Near Me in Lutherville, MD

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Hereditary Ataxia. Dr. Baranano is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Baranano is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Fatemi received his medical degree from the Medical University of Vienna, Austria in 1999. After graduation, he served as a researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Medical Chemistry in Vienna and at the Department of Pediatrics at the Vienna General Hospital. He then moved to the United States to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship in neurogenetics and neuroimaging at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2001. During this initial period, Dr. Fatemi collaborated with a team of scientists and developed new imaging methods in patients with leukodystrophies (rare genetic diseases that affect the brain's white matter) and coordinated an internet-2 based imaging network for these diseases. He then left Kennedy Krieger Institute to train in general pediatrics and then completed a child neurology residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Fatemi returned to the Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2008 as faculty. He is a member of the Child Neurology Society, the International Child Neurology Association, the Society for Neuroscience, the American Academy of Neurology and the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. He has served as ad hoc reviewer for the Journals Child Development and American Journal of Neuroradiology. Dr. Fatemi is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), CACH Syndrome, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease, and Metachromatic Leukodystrophy. Dr. Fatemi is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Fatemi is currently accepting new patients.

Pediatric and neonatal neurologist Joseph Scafidi is a clinician-scientist with expertise in pre-term neonatal brain injury, hypoxic ischemia and neurodevelopmental disorders. He directs the Michael V. Johnston Center for Developmental Neuroscience at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr. Scafidi earned a degree in osteopathic medicine from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed residency training in pediatrics at Rutgers University Medical School as well as in child neurology at Children’s National Hospital, where he also undertook fellowship training in neonatal neurology. Additionally, Dr. Scafidi was a postdoctoral research fellow in developmental neurobiology at Children’s National Research Institute. His research interests focus on understanding metabolic adaptations after perinatal brain injury in the acute and long-term recovery phases, specifically how different cell populations in different brain regions use energy after injury and how these adaptations or maladaptations affect the recovery process. As a practicing pediatric and neonatal neurologist, Dr. Scafidi is ideally positioned to facilitate bench-to-bedside therapies through his laboratory and to improve knowledge of disease by developing and testing bedside-to-bench, research-driven hypotheses. Dr. Scafidi is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cerebral Hypoxia, Benign Rolandic Epilepsy, Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, and Endovascular Embolization. Dr. Scafidi is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Scafidi is currently accepting new patients.

Erika Augustine is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Augustine is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses CLN3 Disease, CLN1 Disease, CLN5 Disease, and CLN4 Disease.

After completing her bachelors of science degree in biochemistry from the City College of New York (CUNY), Dr. Smith-Hicks entered the Medical Scientist Training Program at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where she obtained her M.D., Ph.D. in 2000. She trained in Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed her Neurology and Pediatric Neurology training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2005. Dr. Smith-Hicks trained as a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine under the guidance of Dr. Paul Worley. She joined the faculty at Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2010 where she now sees patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Rett Syndrome, while conducting basic science research exploring disorders of learning and memory. Dr. Smith-Hicks is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Rett Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, and Fragile X Syndrome. Dr. Smith-Hicks is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Smith-Hicks is currently accepting new patients.

Maria Acosta is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Acosta is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses GM1 Gangliosidosis, Sandhoff Disease, Neurofibromatosis, and Myoclonic Epilepsy.

Stewart Mostofsky is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Mostofsky is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Autism Spectrum Disorder, Transient Tic Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Developmental Dysphasia Familial.

Cemal Karakas, MD, is a board-certified pediatric neurologist, clinical neurophysiologist and epileptologist with expertise in the diagnosis and management of complex childhood epilepsies. He specializes in advanced epilepsy care, including epilepsy surgery evaluation; neurostimulation therapies, including responsive neurostimulation and deep brain stimulation; and comprehensive management of drug-resistant epilepsy. Dr. Karakas also serves as an associate professor of neurology and pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine. His clinical and academic interests include pediatric epilepsy surgery, stereo-EEG, neuromodulation and drug-resistant epilepsy, including Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and national presentations, and is actively engaged in collaborative research networks. Dr. Karakas is committed to providing compassionate, individualized care for children and families, ensuring that each patient receives the most advanced and comprehensive treatment options available. Publications: Google Scholar ORCID PUBMED. Dr. Karakas is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Seizures, Absence Seizure, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Karakas is board certified in Epilepsy: American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology: American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2019, and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2018. Dr. Karakas is currently accepting new patients.

Tayyba Anwar, MD, is an assistant professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She joined the faculty at Children's National Hospital in 2019 after completing her epilepsy fellowship. She splits time between electroencephalogram (EEG) service, NICU neurology consult service and outpatient neurology clinic. Her research interests include epilepsy outcomes following neonatal brain injury, EEG signal processing and biomarkers of epilepsy. She also serves as the assistant program director for the epilepsy fellowship program at Children's National. Dr. Anwar is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hemimegalencephaly, Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, Absence Seizure, and Liver Embolization. Dr. Anwar is board certified in Epilepsy: American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2020 and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2018. Dr. Anwar is currently accepting new patients.

Nathan Cohen is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Cohen is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cortical Dysplasia, Epilepsy, Seizures, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Dr. Cohen is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2019, American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2020, and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2015. Dr. Cohen is currently accepting new patients.

Vincent Shieh is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Shieh is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Primary Lateral Sclerosis and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). Dr. Shieh is currently accepting new patients.

Bilal Sitwat is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Sitwat is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Myoclonic Epilepsy, Seizures, West Syndrome, and Epilepsy in Children. Dr. Sitwat is currently accepting new patients.

Amanda Pong is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Pong is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), Benign Rolandic Epilepsy, Myoclonic Epilepsy, and Seizures. Dr. Pong is currently accepting new patients.

Christina Morris-Berry is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. She has been practicing medicine for over 10 years. Dr. Morris-Berry is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Autism Spectrum Disorder, Spasmus Nutans, Aphantasia, and Benign Rolandic Epilepsy. Dr. Morris-Berry is currently accepting new patients.

Stephanie Morris is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Morris is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Autism Spectrum Disorder, Aphantasia, Myoclonic Epilepsy, and Neurofibromatosis. Dr. Morris is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Morris is currently accepting new patients.

Heather Riordan is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Riordan is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Transient Tic Disorder, Angelman Syndrome, Microcephaly, Bilateral Perisylvian Polymicrogyria, and Rhizotomy. Dr. Riordan is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Riordan is currently accepting new patients.

Sonal Patel is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Patel is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, Spasmus Nutans, and Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+). Dr. Patel is currently accepting new patients.

Alonso Zea Vera is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Zea Vera is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Transient Tic Disorder, Seizures, Spasmus Nutans, Thrombectomy, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

Haiwen Chen is a pediatric neurologist who specializes in caring for children with pediatric onset neuroinflammatory and neuroinfectious diseases, including myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, multiple sclerosis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, optic neuritis, encephalitis and myelitis. After earning medical and postdoctoral degrees from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Chen completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she remained and completed a pediatric neurology residency. She is fellowship trained in neuroimmunology and neurological infectious disease. Dr. Chen’s postdoctoral research studied synaptic structure and function using molecular biology and microscopy techniques. Her current research focuses on understanding the synaptic and immune mechanisms underlying the development of neuroimmune diseases, with the goal of identifying novel biomarkers for disease and potential targets for therapeutics. Her clinical expertise encompasses Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease, Optic Neuritis, and Subdural Hematoma. Dr. Chen is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Chen is currently accepting new patients.

Molly Himmelrich is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Her clinical expertise encompasses Batten Disease, CLN4 Disease, CLN1 Disease, and CLN5 Disease. Dr. Himmelrich is currently accepting new patients.

Michel Fayad, MD, was born in Beirut, Lebanon and went to medical school at the American University of Beirut (AUB). After training in pediatrics at the AUB, then in Phoenix, AZ and in neurology at Emory in Atlanta, GA, he went back to Beirut, and was on the faculty at AUB for eight years. Dr. Fayad moved to Boston Children's Hospital in 2001 and has been on the faculty there since. He has seen general neurology patients, with a special interest in headaches, concussions, developmental and behavioral problems, especially autism and tic disorder. Dr. Fayad is highly rated in 23 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy in Children, Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures, West Syndrome, and Myoclonic Epilepsy. Dr. Fayad is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 1998.