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Comprehensive list of GOOD Neurologists, Epileptologists, Neurosurgeons, Pediatric Docs

Tue, 10/13/2009 - 14:56

Below is a compilation by forum members of www.epilepsyfoundation.org/efforums who have had positive experiences with docs over the years. This list is based on personal recommendations and, of course is purely subjective. But I thought it might be helpful for anyine looking for a good Neurologist…Epileptologist…Neurosurgeon…or Pediatric Doctor.

The list is organized alphabetically by state...

Neurologists/Epileptologists

Alabama
Dr. Jennifer DeWolfe, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Dr. Nasrollah Eslami, Bessemer, AL
Dr. Edward Faught, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Dr. Robert Knowlton, Universtiy of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Dr. A. Lebron Paige, UAB, AL
Dr. Potts, Tuscaloosa, AL

Arizona
Dr. David Labiner, University of Arizona, AZ

California
Dr. Kristin D. Ashley, Auburn, CA
Dr. Everett Austin, Kaiser in Redwood City. Also UCSF Epilepsy Center, CA
Dr. Robert Burgerman, Sacramento Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, CA
Dr. Robert S. Fisher, Stanford Epilepsy Center, CA
Dr. Blondell Gage, Kaiser, Stockton, CA
Dr. Christianne Heck, USC, CA
Dr. Rosalind Hsia, Sacramento Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, CA
Dr. Vincente Iragui, UCSD, CA
Dr. Kenneth Laxer, California Pacific Medical Center, CA
Dr. William Marks, UCSF, CA
Dr. Martha Morrell, Chief Medical Officer of NeuroPace, Mountain View, CA
Dr. Edwin Tasch, Kaiser, Santa Clara (Permanente Medical Group), CA
Dr. Jill Trice, Choc Epilepsy Center, Orange, CA
Dr. Calvin Wheeler, Kaiser, Fremont, CA

Colorado
Dr. Patricia Fodor, Colorado Springs, CO

Connecticut
Dr. Robert Duckrow, Yale (at least somewhere in New Haven, if not at Yale), CT
Dr. Adam Mednick, Comprehensive Neurological Management, North Haven, CT
Dr. Susan Spencer, Yale New Haven Hospital, CT

Florida
Dr. George Dmytrenko, Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, FL
Dr. Erasmo A. Passaro, Bayfront Medical Center & Suncoast Medical Clinic, FL
Dr. Hal Pineless, Winter Park, FL
Dr. William Tatum, Tampa, FL

Georgia
Dr. Donald King, Medical College of Georgia, GA
Dr. Suzette LaRoche, Emory Epilepsy Center, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Joseph Smith, Medical College of Georgia, GA
Dr. David Villasanna, Kennestone Neurology Associates, Marietta, GA

Illinois
Dr. Balabanov, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Dr. John Ebersole, University of Chicago, IL
Dr. Andres Kanner, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Dr. Michael Smith, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Indiana
Dr. Allison Weaver (somewhere in Evansville, IN)

Kansas
Dr. Fatima Rahdi, Manhattan, KS

Kentucky
Bensalem, University of Kentucky Hospital, KY

Louisiana
Dr. William Gladley, Baton Rouge, LA

Maine
Dr. Heidi L. Henninger, Maine Neurology, ME

Maryland
Dr. Francis Mwaisela, Towson Neurology Associates Towson, MD

Massachusetts
Dr. Edward Bromfield, Brigham & Women's Hospital, MA
Dr. Andrew Cole, MD, Massachusetts General, Boston, MA
Dr. G. Rees Cosgrove, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA
Dr. Dan Hoch, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Dr. Catherine Phillips, UMassachusetts Medical Center, MA

Michigan
Dr. Gregory L. Barkley, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Dr. Kerry Hulsing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. Jack Parent, U of MI Neurology, Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. Linda M. Selwa, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. Brien J. Smith, Henry Ford Neurology, Detroit, MI
Dr. Adriana Tanner, St. Mary's Epilepsy Clinic, Grand Rapids, MI

Minnesota
Dr. Greg Cascino, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
Dr. Thomas Henry, MN
Dr. Frank Ritter, Minnesota Epilepsy Group, MN

Missouri
Dr. William Rosenfeld, St. Luke's Hospital, St. Louis, MO

New Hampshire
Dr. Greg Holmes, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

New Jersey
Dr. Eric Gellar, St. Barnabas, NJ
Dr. Wei Ma, New Jersey Neuroscience Institute at JFK Medical Center, Edison, NJ

New York
Dr. Carl Bazil, Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York City, NY
Dr. Orrin Devinsky, NYU Comp Epilepsy Center, NY
Dr. Werner Doyle, NYU, NY
Dr. Mark Gudesblatt, South Shore Neurological Associates, Long Island, NY
Dr. Cynthia L. Harden, Cornell-Weill Medical Center, NY
Dr. Lawrence J. Hirsch, Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York City, NY
Dr. Steven Karceski, Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York City, NY
Dr. Jeffrey T. Kessler, North Shore University Hospital, Great Neck, NY
Dr. Daniel Luciano, NYU, NY
Dr. Alison Pack, Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York City, NY
Dr. Stanley R. Resor, Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, NY
Dr. Jody Stackman, Cayuga Neurologic Services in Ithaca, Cortland, NY

North Carolina
Dr. John DeToledo, Wake Forest Medical Center, NC
Dr. Laura Jozewicz, Raleigh, NC
Dr. James Parrott, Neuroscience and Spine Institute, Charlotte, NC
Dr. Sheila Smalls, Forest City, NC

Ohio
Dr. William Carroll, Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH
Dr. Jean Cibula, Mt. Carmel Healthcare, Columbus, OH
Dr. Miles E. Drake, Ohio State University OH
Dr. David Ficker, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Robert Simkins, Wallace Kettering neurologist-Science Center, Kettering, OH
Dr. Michael Karathanos, Tulsa, OK

Oregon
Dr. W. Brewster Smith, Oregon Comprehensive Epilepsy Center/OHS, OR
Dr. Norman So, Oregon Epilepsy Clinic, Portland, OR

Pennsylvania
Dr. Shobha Asthana, Belle Vernon and Lemont Furnance, PA
Dr. Jacqueline French, University of Pennsylvania Epilepsy Center, PA
Dr. Roderick Hines, Neurological Associates of Lancaster, PA
Dr. Joyce Liporace, Media, PA
Dr. Timothy Martin, Neurological Associates of Lancaster PA
Dr. Paul L. Schraeder, Albert Einstein? (somewhere in Philly area), PA
Dr. Michael Sperling, Thomas Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

South Dakota
Dr. Kathryn Florio, Sioux Falls, SD

Tennessee
Dr. Bola Adamolekun, Semmes-Murphy Neurological Clinic-Memphis, TN
Dr. Andre Lagrange, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN
Dr. Julie Jacques, Morristown, TN

Texas
Dr. Stasha Gominak, Tyler, TX
Dr. Robert Leroy, Medical City, Dallas, TX
Dr. Michael Newmark, Houston, TX
Dr. Padraig O'Suilleabhain, UT Southwestern Aston Center, Dallas, TX
Dr. Jeremy Slater, Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at UT, TX
Dr. Paul Van Ness, Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX

Virginia
Dr. Jane Fountain, PhD, UVA geneticist, VA
Dr. Mark Quigg, UVA, VA
Dr. Donald Taylor, Saint Mary's Hospital, Richmond, VA

Washington
Dr. Lisa Caylor, Swedish Epilepsy Center, Seattle, WA
Dr. Michael Elliot, Virgina Mason...Seattle, WA
Dr. Nicholas Poolos, Harborview Epilepsy Ctr, Seattle, WA
Dr. David Vossler, Washington Neuroscience Institute, WA
Dr. Alan Wilensky, M.D., Ph.D., University of Washington's Epilepsy Center, WA

Washington D.C.
Dr. Samuel Potolicchio, GW Medical Faculty Associates, Washington D.C.

Wisconsin
Dr. Greg Fischer, Gundersen Luthern Clinic, LaCrosse, WI

Ontario, Canada
Dr. Marika J. Hohol, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario


Pediatric Doctors Recommended by The Epilepsy Foundation of America

Arizona
Dr. Kevin Chapman (Pediatric Epileptologist/Neurologist), Barrows Neurological Institue, Phoenix, AZ

California
Dr. Nutik, Kaiser-Redwood City, CA
Dr. Joyce Wu, UCLA Mattel Childrens Hospital Division of Ped. Neurology, CA

Georgia
Dr. Robert Flamini, Scottish Rite Children's Hospital, Atlanta, GA

Illinois
Dr. Marianne Larsen, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

Indiana
Dr. Vicenta Salanova, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN

Maryland
Dr. William R Leahy, Greenbelt, MD

Massachusetts
Dr. Adjani, UMassachusetts Medical Center, MA
Dr. Blaise Bourgeois, Children's Hospital of Boston, MA
Dr. Laurie Douglass, Boston, MA

Michigan
Dr. Harry Chugani, Detroit Childrens Hospital, Detroit, MI
Dr. Eileen McCormick, Michigan Institute for Neurological Disorders (MIND), Farmington Hills, MI

Minnesota
Dr. Mary Dunn, St. Paul Children's, St. Paul, MN

Missouri
Dr. David Callahan, St. Luke's Hospital, West Chesterfield, MO
Dr. Richard Torkelson, Childrens Mercy, Kansas City, MO

New Jersey
Dr. Steven Kugler, Robert Wood Johnson, NJ
Dr. Wollack, Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ

New York
Dr. Claudia Chiriboga, Columbia Presbyterian, NY
Dr. Gail Solomon, NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, NY

North Carolina
Dr. Darrell V. Lewis, Duke Children's, NC

Ohio
Dr. Kerry Crone, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Pennsylvania
Dr. Khurana, Pediatric St. Christopher's Hospital Philadelphia, PA

Tennessee
Dr. Barbara Olsen, Pediatric Neurology Associates, Nashville, TN
Dr. James Wheless, Le Bonheur Hospital, Memphis, TN

Texas
Dr. Imad T. Jarjour, Houston, TX
Dr. Anthony Riela, Texas Child Neurology, Plano, TX
Dr. Angus Wilfong, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX

Wisconsin
Dr. Kurt Hecox, (spec. epilepsy) Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, WI
Dr. S. Anne Joseph, (pediatric neurology), Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, WI
Dr. Mary Zupanc, Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Neurosurgeon Recommendations from the Epilepsy Foundation of America

California
Dr. Michael Appuzo, USC, CA
Dr. Charles Liu, USC, CA

Connecticut
Dr. Dennis Spencer, Yale New Haven Hospital, CT

Florida
Dr. Kirk Jobe, Bayfront Medical Center & Suncoast Medical Clinic, FL

Georgia
Dr. Robert Gross, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Roger Hudgins, Scottish Rite Children's Hospital, GA

Illinois
Dr. Richard Byrne, Rush University, IL

Massachusetts
Dr. Madsen, Children's Hospital of Boston, MA
Dr. Emad Nader Eskandar, Massachusetts General, MA

Michigan
Dr. Oren Sagher, University of Michigan, MI

Minnesota
Dr. Richard Marsh, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN

New York
Dr. Robert Goodman, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, NY
Dr. Guy McKhann, Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, NY
Dr. Theodore Schwartz, Cornell, NY

Ohio
Dr. William Bingaman, Cleveland Clinic, OH

Pennsylvania
Dr. Michael J. O'Conner, Jefferson University Hospital, PA

Tennessee
Dr. Boop, Le Bonheur Hospital, Memphis, TN

Texas
Dr. Nitin Tandon, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX
Dr. Yosher, Baylor Clinic, Houston, TX

Virginia
Dr. Mark Shaffrey, UVA, VA

Wisconsin
Dr. Jeff Ojemann, U of Washington, WI
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Comments

Peoria, IL

Submitted by bensmommy13 on Tue, 2013-10-29 - 13:49
My son is only 2 months old, and we have only seen one neurologist so far (pediatric neurologist), Dr. Blas Zelaya in Peoria, IL. He has been wonderful, and that is coming from someone who has had very few positive experiences with doctors or specialists myself. He has shown nothing but true concern over my son and it is so wonderful to know your doctor feels that way.

My epileptoloist is awesome.

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2015-01-28 - 13:09
My epileptoloist is awesome. I have had her only two years out of the 40years I have had seizures. So much testing, but now seizures are down to hardly noticeable. Testing has been tough, but results are happening. Now starting a journal as we start trying a diet to help the meds and VNS do what they are supposed do. One of the best things....Dr Jetter is in Tyler, Texas

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