Shavonne Massey is a Pediatric Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Massey is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy in Children, Seizures, Absence Seizure, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

Nicholas Abend is a Pediatric Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Abend is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Status Epilepticus, Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, and Epilepsy.

Yoshimi Sogawa, MD, MS, is a board-certified pediatric neurologist who serves as director for Clinical Research in the Division of Child Neurology and director of the Early Onset Epileptic Encephalopathy Clinic atUPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is also an associate professor in the Division of Child Neurology in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.Dr. Sogawa received her medical degree from Niigata University School of Medicine in Japan. She then completed her residency training in pediatrics and neurology at Schneider Children’s Hospital in Long Island, New York, and fellowship training in clinical neurophysiology (EEG) at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. She was awarded an NIH sponsored Neurological Sciences Academic Development Award (K12, NS048856) in 2009. During this period, she earned a master’s degree from the Clinical Research Training Program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.Since joining UPMC Children’s Hospital in 2012, Dr. Sogawa has assumed clinical responsibility for the majority of patients with infantile spasms, a rare and intractable epilepsy in infancy. She is conducting a longitudinal study of their developmental outcomes. Dr. Sogawa designed the Early Onset Epileptic Encephalopathies Clinic to be patient and family-centered, flexible, and comprehensive. Common neurological tests such as EEG are typically scheduled on the day of a patient’s clinic visit to minimize trips to the hospital.Dr. Sogawa has been committed to research and scholarly activity in the field of pediatric epilepsy and child neurology and has published more than twenty peer-reviewed studies, invited reviews, and book chapters. On an international level, Dr. Sogawa has served on the Task Force on Epilepsy Syndromes under the commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE), the leading international organization for epilepsy care. Dr. Sogawa has been a collaborator for several NIH funded studies and site-primary investigator for medication trials on children with epilepsy.View Dr. Sogawa's full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Sogawa is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, West Syndrome, Spasmus Nutans, and Epilepsy in Children.

Amy Goldstein is a Pediatric Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Goldstein is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Kearns-Sayre Syndrome, Very Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (VLCAD) Deficiency, Mitochondrial Trifunctional Protein Deficiency, Hirsutism in Women, and Gastrostomy.

Laura Kirkpatrick, MD, specializes in pediatric neurology and is board certified in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She practices at Child Neurology in Lawrenceville and UPMC Department of Neurology and is affiliated with UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. Dr. Kirkpatrick completed her fellowship and residency at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and medical education at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Kirkpatrick is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Absence Seizure, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

Eric Marsh is a Pediatric Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Marsh is highly rated in 24 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Rett Syndrome, Epilepsy, West Syndrome, and CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder.

Adeline Vanderver is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Vanderver is highly rated in 23 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome, Leukodystrophy, CACH Syndrome, Pol 3-Related Leukodystrophy, and Gastrostomy.

Carsten Bonnemann is a Pediatric Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bonnemann is highly rated in 19 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion, X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy, Tubular Aggregate Myopathy, Centronuclear Myopathy, and Gastrostomy.

Aileen Foley is a Pediatric Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Foley is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Collagen VI-Related Myopathy, Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion, X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy, and Tubular Aggregate Myopathy.

Sonika Agarwal is a Pediatric Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Agarwal is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Corpus Callosum Agenesis, Cortical Dysplasia, Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration, Acrocallosal Syndrome, and Thrombectomy.

Ethan Goldberg is a Pediatric Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Goldberg is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Myoclonic Epilepsy, Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures, Dravet Syndrome, Epilepsy, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

Amy Waldman is a Pediatric Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Waldman is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are CACH Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Leukodystrophy, Optic Neuritis, and Gastrostomy.

Laura Adang is a Pediatric Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Adang is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome, Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, Leukodystrophy, CACH Syndrome, and Gastrostomy.

France Fung is a Pediatric Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Fung is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Absence Seizure, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Status Epilepticus.

Christina Szperka is a Pediatric Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Szperka is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Headache, Migraine, Papilledema, and Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome.

Zarazuela Zolkipli is a Pediatric Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Zolkipli is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Leigh Syndrome, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3, and Primary Lateral Sclerosis.

Rebecca Ichord is a Pediatric Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ichord is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Stroke, Moyamoya Disease, Seizures, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), and Thrombectomy.

Philosophy of care | I make myself available as a doctor. | Why I entered medicine | Health care has always been my passion. | Personal interests | My No. 1 interest is medicine. Dr. Halthore is highly rated in 30 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Shaken Baby Syndrome, Zika Virus Disease, Microcephaly with Spastic Quadriplegia, and Microcephaly.

Philosophy of care | Children and their families suffer when the are involved in chronic illnesses. I feel that besides the use of medications, their problems need to be addressed as a whole and with empathy. The trust and availability of the physician in times of need alleviates the anxiety of the children and their parents. | Why I entered medicine | I grew up in an environment where medicine was regarded as a very noble profession. My parents certainly created an environment early in my life that strengthened my interest in medicine. | Personal interests | I am fond of traveling. Dr. Sheikh is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features, Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), and GAPO Syndrome.

Hema Murali, MD, is a pediatric neurologist specializing in sleep medicine. She provides treatment for a variety of neurological conditions including headaches, seizures, syncope, epilepsy, developmental delay, tics, movement disorders, weakness, numbness, nerve palsies, strokes, bleeds in the brain, tremors, cognitive decline, autism, problems with cranial nerves, muscles or eye movements, altered sensorium, dizziness, closed head injury, concussion, nerve injury, brain malformations, hydrocephalus, skull abnormalities, optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis.|Dr. Murali performs procedures and tests that include EEG, EMG, nerve conduction studies, MSLT and sleep studies.|She also treats sleep disorders including excessive daytime sleepiness, difficulties with falling asleep and staying asleep, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, parasomnias, sleep associated movement disorders and cataplexy.|Dr. Murali attended Mysore Medical College in Mysore, India, where she earned her medical degree. After medical school, she completed her residency at the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia. She followed that with a fellowship at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in Rochester, MN.|The thing she loves most about her job is interacting with her patients and their families. “The privilege of being a part of a trusted team to take care of a precious child's health is what brings me to work every day. There is immense joy and fulfilment in caring for children and being a trusted part of the team in this relationship,” she says.|Originally from India, Dr. Murali moved to the East Coast from Wisconsin to be closer to her children and extended family.|“I have been the service line medical director of neurosciences in a large multispecialty organization for several years,” she says. “In this role, I was able to stabilize and grow the department. I developed many new services and of course many new relationships that I still maintain. I have also been an integral part of a team running the Bardet-Biedl center of excellence for all of North America, and hope to establish one in the East as well.|Dr. Murali and her husband, a Geisinger nephrologist, have two children who are attending college. “We have a beautiful goldendoodle, who is smarter than our children, and very loving. We are a sandwich generation, and our parents live with us as well,” she says.|In her spare time, she enjoys walking her dog, hiking, biking, reading and traveling with family and friends. Dr. Murali is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Bardet-Biedl Syndrome, Myoclonic Epilepsy, and Dravet Syndrome.

Marvin Braun, MD, is a pediatric neurologist who specializes in epilepsy and the treatment of intractable epilepsy with devices, surgery, diet and therapeutics.|Dr. Braun earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Calgary. He completed his residency in pediatric neurology at the University of Calgary Alberta Children's Hospital. He then completed a fellowship in neurophysiology and epilepsy at Weill Cornell in New York City and a second fellowship in epilepsy and epilepsy surgery at the Alberta Children's Hospital.|Before becoming a doctor, Dr. Braun worked in academic research. He also worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Ottawa and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary.|In his free time, Dr. Braun enjoys skiing, water sports, basketball and volleyball. Dr. Braun is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Photosensitive Epilepsy, West Syndrome, Cerebral Hypoxia, and Spasmus Nutans.

Ana Cristancho is a Pediatric Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Cristancho is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Cerebral Hypoxia, Focal or Multifocal Malformations in Neuronal Migration, PHACE Syndrome, and Corpus Callosum Agenesis.

Mark Fitzgerald is a Pediatric Neurologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Fitzgerald is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Memory Loss, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), and Aphantasia.

Shobha Asthana is a Pediatric Neurologist in Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania. Dr. Asthana is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Secondary Parkinsonism.

Sunil Naik is a Pediatric Neurologist in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Dr. Naik is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), Epilepsy, and Deep Brain Stimulation.