Pregnancy Neurology Care Team

Our care team brings together maternal-fetal medicine specialists from Stanford Medicine Children’s Health and neurologists from Stanford Health Care (the adult hospital) to provide highly specialized care for individuals with neurological disorders desiring to start a family and to guide them safely through pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period.

Danielle Panelli, MD

Danielle Panelli, MD

Dr. Panelli is the director of the Pregnancy Neurology Program. She is board certified in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology. 

Areas of expertise:Perinatal diagnostics, obstetrics, high-risk pregnancy

Kathleen Minor, MD

Kathleen Minor, MD

Dr. Minor is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist with the Pregnancy Neurology Program. She is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Areas of expertise:Perinatal diagnostics, obstetrics, high-risk pregnancy

May Han, MD

May Han, MD

Dr. Han is a neuroimmunologist with the Pregnancy Neurology Program. She is board certified in Neurology.

Areas of expertise:Neuroimmunology, multiple sclerosis (MS), high-risk MS, neuromyelitis optica, MOGAD, and multiple sclerosis in pregnancy

Kimford J. Meador, MD, FAAN, FAES, FRCPE

Kimford J. Meador, MD, FAAN, FAES, FRCPE

Dr. Meador is an epileptologist with the Pregnancy Neurology Program. He is board certified in Neurology.

Areas of expertise:Epilepsy, epilepsy in pregnancy

Christina Mijalski Sells, MD, MPH

Christina Mijalski Sells, MD, MPH

Dr. Mijalski Sells is a vascular neurologist with the Pregnancy Neurology Program. She is board certified in Vascular Neurology.

Areas of expertise:Vascular neurology, vascular neurology in pregnancy

Rebecca Miller-Kuhlmann, MD

Rebecca Miller-Kuhlmann, MD

Dr. Miller-Kuhlmann is a comprehensive neurologist with the Pregnancy Neurology Program. She is board certified in Neurology and Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

Areas of expertise:Comprehensive clinical neurology, movement disorders, neuromuscular medicine, therapeutic botulinum toxin

Addie Peretz, MD

Addie Peretz, MD

Dr. Peretz is a headache and facial pain specialist with the Pregnancy Neurology Program. She is board certified in Neurology and Headache Medicine, and completed a fellowship in facial pain at Stanford Health Care.

Areas of expertise:Headache medicine, pain medicine, headache and facial pain during pregnancy

Sarada Sakamuri, MD

Sarada Sakamuri, MD

Dr. Sakamuri is a neuromuscular neurologist with the Pregnancy Neurology Program. She is board certified in Neurology, Neuromuscular Disorders, and Electromyogram (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS).

Areas of expertise:Neuromuscular medicine, peripheral nerve trauma and injury, nerve and muscle testing, neuromuscular disease in pregnancy

Ask your obstetrician for a referral if you are seeking an evaluation from our Pregnancy Neurology Program.