Naomi Lubarr is a Pediatric Neurologist in Paramus, New Jersey. Dr. Lubarr is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Fragile X Syndrome, Fragile XE Syndrome, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Movement Disorders, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

Dr. Chiriboga is Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at CUIMC and former Interim Director of the Division of Child Neurology, Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is also former Chief of Pediatric Neurology at Columbia University's affiliate hospital, Harlem Hospital Center.Dr. Chiriboga was born in Peru and educated in Argentina, where she graduated with Honors from the Faculty of Medicine at the National University of Buenos Aires in 1982. Dr. Chiriboga completed training in pediatrics at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in 1985. After completing her training in child neurology in 1988 at the Neurological Institute and Babies Hospital of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Dr. Chiriboga joined the Division of Child Neurology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Subsequently, she completed a Neuroepidemiology fellowship at the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and received a Master in Public Health from the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. Dr. Chiriboga serves/has served on committees of the NIH, CNS, and ABPN. She is a diplomate of the ABPN in Child Neurology.Dr. Chiriboga's current research focuses on Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) clinical trials. Past areas of research, including NIH funding, has focused on congenital infections and neurodevelopmental disorders, including cerebral palsy and effects of perinatal exposures. Her clinical practice focuses on neuromuscular disorders as well as developmental, neurobehavioral neurology, and migraine, and on the treatment of spasticity. Dr. Chiriboga is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3.

Jennifer Bain, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Bain completed both an MD and PhD, as well as general pediatrics residency at Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School in New Jersey. She then trained in Child Neurology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City and is a board-certified neurologist with special certification in Child Neurology seeing both inpatient and outpatient pediatric neurology patients. Her clinic focuses on diagnosis and management of autism, cerebral palsy and neurodevelopmental disorders in addition to genetic disorders associated with such conditions.Her early research career focused on spinal cord and brain development after injuries such as spinal cord injury and perinatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. During her residency training, her clinical research focused on studying autonomic dysfunction in children with autism spectrum disorders and neurological complications during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. She currently works as a physician scientist at Columbia University specializing in general pediatric neurology with expertise in development, behavioral neurology, autism and cerebral palsy. Her clinical research has focused on studying the genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders including autism and cerebral palsy. The genes she has worked closely on include HNRNPH2 and related disorders, GRIN disorders, KIF1A. She is interested in understanding clinically meaningful measures in families affected by neurodevelopmental disorders and measuring longitudinal trajectories in such disorders. She has been working closely with several patient advocacy groups, researchers, and Simons Searchlight to continuously move forward in the understanding of the developing and aging brain. Dr. Bain is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are HNRNPH2-Related Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, and Cerebral Palsy.

Aliza Alter is a Neurologist and a Pediatric Neurologist in Livingston, New Jersey. Dr. Alter is highly rated in 24 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, Memory Loss, and Epilepsy. Dr. Alter is currently accepting new patients.

Judy Woo is a Pediatric Neurologist in Paterson, New Jersey. Dr. Woo is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Selective Mutism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Congenital Athymia.

Anusha Yeshokumar is a Pediatric Neurologist in New York, New York. Dr. Yeshokumar is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, Encephalitis, Stiff Person Syndrome, and Seizures.

Gary Mcabee is a Pediatric Neurologist in Paterson, New Jersey. Dr. Mcabee is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS), Hereditary Hyperekplexia, and Myoclonic Epilepsy.

Yelena Roshchina is a Pediatric Neurologist in Paramus, New Jersey. Dr. Roshchina is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Microcephaly, Absence Seizure, Neurofibromatosis, and Epilepsy Juvenile Absence.

"Tristan T. Sands, MD, PhD is Assistant Professor in the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons (Columbia VP&S) Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics. He is a pediatric neurologist who treats children and babies suffering from epilepsy and a physician scientist with expertise in genetic causes of epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disease. Dr. Sands completed his MD-PhD at Columbia VP&S through a Medical Scientist Training Program with thesis work in lab of Dr. Arnold Kriegstein. During child neurology residency at UCSF, Dr. Sands trained in electroclinical phenotyping of the epilepsies under Dr. M. Roberta Cilio. After finishing his clinical training at Columbia VP&S in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology with Dr. Jim Riviello, Dr. Sands joined Columbia VP&S as faculty in 2017, first training in neurogenetics at the Institute for Genomic Medicine, and then returning to the bench to study genetic epilepsy using mouse models under the mentorship of Dr. Wayne Frankel. Dr. Sands has worked closely with families to treat hundreds of children with epilepsy. He is the author of chapters on pediatric epilepsy and genetic epilepsy in major textbooks in the field of neurology, including Merritt’s Neurology and Swaiman’s Pediatric Neurology. Dr. Sands has served as an expert on ClinGen’s epilepsy gene curation panel since 2017. In 2023, Dr. Sands was named Fellow of the American Epilepsy Society in recognition of professional accomplishment and dedication in the field of epilepsy. Dr. Sands is a 2024 Louis V. Gerstner Scholar. His research contributions include demonstration of the exquisite efficacy of carbamazepine for neonatal epilepsy caused by inherited loss-of-function variants in KCNQ2 and KCNQ3, work that led to changes to the International League against Epilepsy guidelines and recommendations on the treatment of seizures in newborn babies. Dr. Sands reported the electroclinical characterization of a new gain-of-function phenotype caused by de novo variants in KCNQ3. Dr. Sands reported variants in NBEA as a cause epilepsy and neurodevelopment, and he characterized the largest cohort of patients with epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disability caused by pathogenic variants in CSNK2B. The Sands ""END (Epilepsy & Neurodevelopmental Disease) Laboratory,"" established in 2022 in the Center for Translational Research in Neurodevelopmental Disease (CTRND), uses mouse and human cellular models to identify convergent disease mechanisms and novel therapeutic strategies for epilepsy and encephalopathy caused by rare genetic mutations. These research efforts are supported by federal grants from both NIH and private agencies.". Dr. Sands is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy in Children, Epilepsy, Seizures, and Status Epilepticus.

Dr. Jayaraman graduated magna cum laude with an undergraduate degree in biochemical sciences from Harvard College in 2008. She then joined the Harvard-MIT MD-PhD program, where she received her Ph.D. in Neurobiology from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 2015 and her M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 2017. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital in 2019. Her training in child neurology at Boston Children’s Hospital coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. After completing child neurology residency in 2022, she stayed at Boston Children’s Hospital as a clinical and research neurology fellow, conducting research in the lab of Dr. Alan Beggs on the genetics of inherited muscle disorders, while also seeing patients with neuromuscular disorders in clinic and working as a spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) clinical trial sub-investigator with Dr. Basil T. Darras at Boston Children’s Hospital. Finally, she completed a clinical fellowship in neuromuscular medicine and electromyography (EMG) at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2024. She is a diplomate of the ABPN in Child Neurology.Dr. Jayaraman’s clinical expertise and practice focuses on neuromuscular disorders of infancy, childhood and adolescence, including Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, myasthenia gravis, inherited and acquired myopathies and neuropathies, as well as general pediatric neurology. Dr. Jayaraman is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Rigid Spine Syndrome, Schizencephaly, Periventricular Heterotopia, and Microcephaly.

Dr. Emmanuele is a pediatric neurology specialist with expertise in neuromuscular disorders. Her areas of interest include mitochondrial disorders and metabolic myopathies. She initially trained at the “Istituto Giannina Gaslini” in Genoa, Italy, a tertiary pediatric hospital where she cared for children with neuromuscular disorders. In 2009, Dr. Emmanuele moved to New York City to join the H. Houston Merritt Neuromuscular Research Center at Columbia University as a research scientist. She then completed a clinical fellowship in mitochondrial disorders through the North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium (NAMDC). In 2024, she completed her residency in pediatric neurology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Emmanuele is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are X-Linked Dominant Scapuloperoneal Myopathy, MELAS Syndrome, Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy, and Leigh Syndrome.

Dr. McBrian is an Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Division of Child Neurology.Dr. McBrian grew up in New Jersey where she graduated with honors from Rutgers College, in New Brunswick. Subsequently she attended medical school at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University graduating in 2002. She completed a pediatric residency at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in 2004 at which time she returned to Columbia University to complete fellowships in Child Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology. She is a diplomate of the ABPN in child neurology.Dr. McBrian has a special interest in the treatment of epileptic encephalopathies of infancy and childhood, intractable epilepsy amenable to epilepsy surgery, and use of dietary therapy to manage intractable epilepsy. Dr. Mcbrian is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

Gurcharanjeet Kaur, MD is an assistant professor of neurology at CUIMC, in the Division of Child Neurology. Dr. Kaur is a graduate of Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi, India. She completed residency in both pediatric neurology and neuro-oncology at Stony Brook University Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, respectively. Dr. Kaur is a board-certified child neurologist and pediatric neuro-oncologist, with particular expertise in neurofibromatosis (NF) and NF-related tumors, cancer related neurotoxicity, and tumor targeted therapy for low grade gliomas. Dr. Kaur is dedicated to helping children while minimizing the toxicities and residual deficits by providing the highest quality of care and access to recent advances in the field. Dr. Kaur remains committed to clinical and pre-clinical research. She has been involved in the clinical trials as a site principal investigator and co-investigator. She mentors’ residents, fellows, and medical students interested in the field of child neurology and neuro-oncology. Dr. Kaur is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), Neurofibromatosis, Seizures, and Zika Virus Disease.

Sara Rubenstein is a Pediatric Neurologist in Paramus, New Jersey. Her top areas of expertise are Krabbe Disease, GAPO Syndrome, Myotonia Congenita, Aphantasia, and Thrombectomy.

Ariel Sherbany is a Pediatric Neurologist in Paramus, New Jersey. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Microcephaly, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

Felicia Gliksman is a Pediatric Neurologist in Hackensack, New Jersey. Her top areas of expertise are Concussion, Seizures, Encephalitis, and Continuous Spike-Wave During Slow Sleep Syndrome.

Michael Katz is a Pediatric Neurologist in Hackensack, New Jersey. His top areas of expertise are Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT), Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT), and Atrial Tachycardia.

Celine Leung is a Pediatric Neurologist in Westwood, New Jersey. Her top areas of expertise are Transient Tic Disorder, Auditory Processing Disorder, Tourette Syndrome, and Migraine.

Cigdem Akman is a Pediatric Neurologist in New York, New York. Dr. Akman is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Status Epilepticus, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

Wendy Vargas is a Pediatric Neurologist in New York, New York. Dr. Vargas is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Encephalitis, Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).

Jason Carmel is a Pediatric Neurologist in New York, New York. Dr. Carmel is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Cerebral Palsy, Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood, Hemiplegia, Spastic Diplegia Infantile Type, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Carmel is currently accepting new patients.

"Dr. Wendy Silver is an associate professor of neurology and pediatrics at CUIMC. Her areas of interest and expertise include autistic spectrum disorder, ADHD, and behavioral neurology.In research, Dr. Silver is currently Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) on a project titled, ""Optical Measurement of Cerebral Hemodynamics in Pediatric Subjects with Post-Traumatic Headache: A Pilot Study."" In this study, Dr. Silver and her co-investigators are using a new near infrared device that measures cerebral blood flow to look at subjects’ age 15-19 years of age with prolonged post-concussion headache.". Dr. Silver is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Autism Spectrum Disorder, West Syndrome, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

Danielle R. Brigham, MD is an assistant professor of neurology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the Division of Child Neurology. Dr. Brigham graduated from Allegheny College in Meadville, PA and medical school at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. She completed child neurology residency at Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, NY and fellowships in clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Brigham is a pediatric and neonatal neurologist and epileptologist with clinical focuses on seizures, infantile and childhood epilepsy, and epilepsy surgery. Dr. Brigham is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, and Landau-Kleffner Syndrome.

Dr. Jay Selman is Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics in the Division of Child Neurology/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC).Dr. Selman completed his undergraduate studies at Washington University (St Louis) and then earned an MS in Speech and Hearing Science at the Central Institute for the Deaf, Washington University (St. Louis). He graduated from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (Dallas) and then completed residencies in Pedatrics and Neurology with a fellowship in Pediatric Neurology at Jacobi-Einstein- Montefiore Program (Bronx, NY). Dr. Selman also completed advanced EEG training at Columbia University Medical Center.Dr. Selman was in private practice in Westchester County and New York City for for more than 25 years. During that time he was also on the faculties of New York Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, and Columbia University Irving Medical Center.Dr. Selman joined Blythedale Children's Hospital in 2002 and was Chief of Neurology from 2007 - 2018Current research interests include the care and followup of children with Anti NMDA Receptor Encephalitis and the care of children with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. He has presented research related to these areas of interest at national and international meetings. He has also developed a database registry for patients with autism.Dr. Selman's areas of clinical practice include headaches and migraine, autism, ADHD, developmental disabilities, concussions and head trauma, stroke, spasticity, cerebral palsy, tics and Tourette syndrome. Dr. Selman is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Autism Spectrum Disorder, Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, GAPO Syndrome, and Increased Head Circumference.

Jennifer Cope is a Pediatric Neurologist in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Her top areas of expertise are Autism Spectrum Disorder, Athetosis, Transient Tic Disorder, and Stereotypic Movement Disorder.