Muruvet Elkay, MD
Department of Neurology, Division of Child Neurology
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Division of Child Neurology
- Clinical Interests: Epilepsy and seizures in children, intractable epilepsy in children, epilepsy syndromes in children, also training the next generation (medical students/residents/fellow), training the nurses involving in the care of children with epilepsy, training the EEG technologist for safest/optimum pediatric epilepsy monitoring
- Clinical Research Interests: Epilepsy and seizures in children, intractable epilepsy in children, diagnosis of epilepsy syndromes in children, treatment of intractable epilepsy in children, epilepsy surgery work-up in children with epilepsy
Certifications
- Board Certified, Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology, 2009
- Board certified, Subspecialty certification in Clinical Neurophysiology, The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2011
Education/Training
- MD, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara /Turkey: 9/1986-7/1993
- Residency in Pediatrics, Hacettepe University, Ankara/Turkey: 11/1993-11/1997
- Residency in Pediatric Neurology, Cukurova University, Adana/Turkey: 6/2000-6/2004
- Residency in Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Science Center: 7/2004-6/2006
- Residency in Pediatric Neurology, University of Chicago: 7/2006-06/2009
- Fellowship in Pediatric Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology: Children’s Hospital, Boston, Harvard Medical School: 7/2009-6/2010
Telephone: 919.966.8118
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