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 top areas of expertise are 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 11 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are West Syndrome, Epilepsy in Children, Spasmus Nutans, and Epilepsy.

Belinda Marquis is a Pediatric Neurologist in West Harrison, New York. Dr. Marquis is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, Memory Loss, and Benign Rolandic Epilepsy.

Shlomo Shinnar is a Pediatric Neurologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Shinnar is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), Status Epilepticus, Seizures, and Epilepsy.

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.

Dr. Alison May is an assistant professor of neurology at CUIMC, in the Division of Child Neurology. Dr. May completed medical school at Weill Cornell Medical College, pediatric residency training at Mount Sinai Medical Center, and pediatric neurology training at NewYork-Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Medical Center. She subsequently completed fellowship training in Clinical Neurophysiology-Epilepsy at Montefiore Medical Center.Dr. May is board certified in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology. Dr. May sees outpatient pediatric neurology patients in her practice, with a focus on children with epilepsy, and is interested in providing a comprehensive approach to pediatric neurological care. Boards and other certifications:ABPN – Epilepsy. Dr. May is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Multiple Synostoses Syndrome 1, West Syndrome, HNRNPH2-Related Disorder, and Hypotonia.

Maja Ilic is a Pediatric Neurologist in Hartsdale, New York. Dr. Ilic is highly rated in 33 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy, Memory Loss, Absence Seizure, and Epilepsy Juvenile Absence.

Leslie Delfiner is a Pediatric Neurologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Delfiner is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Myasthenia Gravis, and Hypotonia.

Carla Zingariello is a Pediatric Neurologist in Bronx, New York. Her top areas of expertise are Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Becker Muscular Dystrophy, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).

Nagma Dalvi is a Pediatric Neurologist in Bronx, New York. Her top areas of expertise are Encephalitis, Papilledema, Gliomatosis Cerebri, and Vasoconstriction.

Donya Eizadkhah is a Pediatric Neurologist in Bronx, New York. Her top areas of expertise are Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure and CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder.

"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.

Aleksandra Djukic, is Associate Professor of Neurology . She completed  her neurology residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Jacobs is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Rett Syndrome and Down Syndrome.

Daniel Noam Lax, MD, is an attending physician and Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. As the Director of Pediatric Headache, Dr. Lax’s clinical focus is on the diagnosis and treatment of common and rare headache disorders as well as other neurologic conditions in children and adolescents. Dr. Lax’s research focuses on rare neurologic disorders and newer therapies for migraine in youth as well as quality improvement and medical education. His work has been shared through peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, abstracts, poster presentations and invited national and international lectures. He also serves on the editorial board of Cephalalgia and Cephalalgia Reports, the official journals of the International Headache Society. Dr. Lax is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are CAPOS Syndrome, Headache, Migraine, and Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+).

Mary Spiciarich is a Pediatric Neurologist in Scarsdale, New York. Her top areas of expertise are Cerebellar Degeneration, Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration, Dysarthria, and Seizures. Dr. Spiciarich is currently accepting new patients.

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.

Rolla Nuoman is a Pediatric Neurologist in Hawthorne, New York. Dr. Nuoman is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Rathke Cleft Cyst, Arteriovenous Malformation, Seizures, Thrombectomy, and Endovascular Embolization.

Shahid Parvez is a Pediatric Neurologist in White Plains, New York.