Clinical Associate Professor
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
“I encourage families and caregivers to ask questions. I like to listen.”
I became a pediatric epileptologist–a specialist in epilepsy–because it is a neurological disease that can often be improved or cured. Epileptologists can now access new therapies and clinical trials and can combine traditional treatment with the latest advancements. We can make a difference in a child's quality of life with new medications, vagus nerve stimulators, responsive neurostimulation devices, diet modification, in addition to other treatments. It is most rewarding when a child discontinues or lowers medications after a surgery cures or improves the epilepsy.
Neurological diseases require treatment of the whole patient. I evaluate how a child is doing overall, including their sleep habits, appetite, mood, learning, socialization, and daily activities.
I like to make office visits less stressful. I'll sit on the floor with children and show them the electrodes that might be used during a test or let them handle an implant if they're facing surgery. This helps make a procedure less frightening. I also encourage families and caregivers to ask questions. I like to listen.
I also evaluate and share data, which provides insight and information to a child's larger clinical team. Explaining data to families can also help them make more informed decisions. For example, if I feel that a new medication may be better for a child, I support my recommendation with data.
1195 West Fremont Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Phone : (408) 426-5590
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, 05/28/2005
University of Washington Dept of Neurology, Seattle, WA, 06/30/2010
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Pediatric Residency, New York, NY, 06/30/2007
Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL, 06/30/2011
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2010
Epilepsy, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2016
Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2019
Epilepsy, American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2015
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