Associate Professor

Child Neurology and Epilepsy

Clinical Interests

The evaluation and management of pediatric epilepsy, particularly the use of the ketogenic diet for intractable epilepsy. Trained in clinical neurophysiology. Primary procedure is EEG interpretation.

Basic Research Interests

Epidiolex (cannabidiol) for epilepsy

Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Epilepsy, 2016

American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology, Epilepsy Monitoring, 2015

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child Neurology, 2009

American Board of Pediatrics, 1994

Education/Training

Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology (EEG)
UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, 2009 – 2010

Residency in Child Neurology
UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, 2006 – 2009

Residency in Pediatrics
UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, 1990 – 1993

Research Fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Disease
UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, 1989 – 1990

Internship in General Surgery
University Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1987 – 1988

MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY, 1987

BA in Chemistry
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1983