Epilepsy & Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship

Leadership

Name: Maromi Nei, MD
Position:
  • Program Director
  • Adult Epilepsy Fellowship Program
  • Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Program
Position: Department of Neurology
Contact Number(s):

For Program Information

Name: Bruce R. Allen
Position: Fellowship Program Coordinator

901 Walnut Street
Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Fellows & Alumni

Current Fellows  2024 - 2025 

Adult epilepsy fellows:
  • Pooneh Ardestani, MD, PhD
  • Marjan Asadollahi, MD
  • Nathaniel Fox, MD
  • Anya Volski, MD
Pediatric epilepsy fellows:
  • Amelia Ahmed, MD
  • Nicholas Harris, MD  

Alumni

Adult Epilepsy Fellowship (2-year program)
Juan-Luis Alcala-Zermeno, MD  Columbia University, New York, NY  
Timothy Ambrose, MD Jefferson Univ. Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA  
Shmuel Appel, MD Ben-Gurion Univ of Negev, Beersheba, Isreal  
Ritu Bagla, MD Lahey Clinic/Tufts Univ SoM, Burlington, MA  
Niravkumar Barot, MD Beth Israel Deaconess MC, Boston, MA  
Annapoorna Bhat, MD Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM  
Krzysztof Bujarski, MD Dartmouth Hitchcock MC, Lebanon, NH  
Melissa Carran, MD Cooper Univ Health Care, Camden, NJ  
David Chuang, MD Weill Cornell MC, New York, NY  
Sonia Gill, MD Inova Medical Group, Fairfax, VA  
Lilach Goldstein, MD Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel  
Maria Guina, MD Tidewater Physicians Group, Williamsburg, VA  
Camilo Gutierrez, MD Univ of Maryland, Baltimore, MD  
Ryan Hays, MD Univ of Texas SW Med Center, Dallas, TX  
Sigmund Jenssen, MD Presbyterian Neurology, Santa Fe, NM  
Joon Kang, MD Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD  
Itai Loushy, MD Jefferson Univ. Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA  
Megan Margiotta, MD Main Line Health, Paoli, PA  
William O'Connor, MD Center for Neuroscience, Media, PA  
James Park, MD Hoag Epilepsy Prog, Newport Neurospecialist, Irvin, CA  
Allyson Pickard, MD Jefferson Univ Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA  
Jyoti Pillai, MD Drexel Univ CoM, Philadelphia, PA  
Louis Porreca, MD  Virtua Neurosciences, Marlton, NJ  
Mahnoor Rehman, MD Advocate Health Care, Park Ridge, IL  
Daniel Schere, MD Austin Epilepsy Care Center, Austin, TX  
Nicole Simpkins, MD Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, TX  
Kartik Sivaraaman, MD Jefferson Abington Hospital, Abington, PA  
Joanna Suski, MD Lahey Clinic/Tufts Univ SoM, Burlington, MA  
Lev Vaisman, MD, PhD Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolia, IN   
Andro Zangaladze, MD, PhD Jefferson Health NJ, Marlton, NJ  
Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship (1-year program)
Imane Abdelmoumen, MD Pediatric Specialist at Elm St, Cone Health, Greensboro, NC
Nicole Brescia, MD Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Padmavati Eksambe, MD Banner Health, Tucson, AZ
Sharyu Krishnakumar, MD St. Peter's Univ Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
Anna Melikshivili, MD Nemours Children's Health/Jefferson Univ. Willmington, DE
Elise Mercier, MD  St. Christopher's Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Rachit Patil, MD Brown Univ, Providence, RI
Aparna Polavarapu, MD Montefiore MC, Albert Einstein COM
Sohum Trivedi, MD Neurology Center for Epilepsy * Seizures, Marlboro, NJ
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship (1-year program)
Lara Basovic, MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Marco Castro, MD Neurology Center of Fairfax, Fairfax, VA
Kelly Geary, DO Tower Health Med Group, Limerick, PA
Eric Goldberg, MD Tidewater Neurologists & Sleep Specialist, Portsmouth, VA
Myra Hu, MD Sutter Health, Davis, CA
James Ko, MD Bergen Neurology, Englewood, NJ
Susan Lotkowski, DO Inspire Medical Group, Mullica Hill, NJ
Anca Popescu, MD Jefferson Health NJ, Cherry Hill, NJ
Shoichi Shimamoto, MD Baylor Scott & White Health, Round Rock, TX
Steven Swavely, MD Penn Medicine Lancaster, Lancaster, PA
Crystal Thomas, MD Weill Cornell Med College, NY-Presbyterian Med Group, Jackson Heights, NY
Seth Tuwiner, MD Virginia Center for Neuroscience, Leesburg, VA