Clinic Care Team
The Baylor Comprehensive Epilepsy Center is staffed by a team of health care professionals with an interest and expertise in epilepsy and in Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neurophysiology, Neuropsychology, Neuroradiology, Neuropathology, Pediatric Neurology, Nursing and Electroneurodiagnostic Technology. In addition, consultations from Social Services, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine, Internal Medicine and its medical subspecialties, and Psychiatry are available. The Core Team Members are:
Director
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Eli M. Mizrahi, M.D.
Dr. Mizrahi is also head of the Peter Kellaway Section of Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, BCM and professor of neurology and pediatrics. He received training in pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York; neurology at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California; and neurophysiology at BCM. He is experienced in the tertiary care of children and adults with complex epilepsy. He is immediate past chair of the Professional Advisory Board, Epilepsy Foundation of America (EFA), current member of the Board of Directors, EFA and is the president of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society. Dr. Mizrahi oversees the Center activities and interprets EEG/video monitoring studies and other epilepsy related clinical studies.
Epileptology and Neurophysiology
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Ian L. Goldsmith, M.D.
Dr. Goldsmith is the medical director of the Epilepsy Clinic. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology, BCM. He received his medical degree from the University of New York at Syracuse, New York. Dr. Goldsmith did an internship in internal medicine at Montifoire Medical Center, Bronx, New York; residency training in neurology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and a fellowship in neurophysiology and epilepsy at the Mayo Clinic. He joined the faculty and medical staff in July 2000. Dr. Goldsmith evaluates and provides clinical management for patients with epilepsy and interprets EEG/video monitoring studies and other epilepsy-related clinical studies.
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L. Forbes Barnwell, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Barnwell is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology, BCM. He received both his medical degree and Ph.D. in neuroscience at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN. Dr. Barnwell did both an internship and residency in Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine, as well as a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology.
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David K. Chen, M.D.
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David E. Friedman, M.D.
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Neurogenetics of Epilepsy
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Alica M. Goldman, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Goldman is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology, BCM. She received her medical degree at Jesenius Medical School, Comenius University in Slovakia. Dr. Goldman completed internship in internal medicine, residency in neurology, and fellowship in neurophysiology and epilepsy at The University of Texas-Health Science Center in Houston, Texas. She joined the faculty and medical staff in July 2004. Dr. Goldman evaluates and provides clinical management for patients with epilepsy.
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Jeffrey L. Noebels, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Noebels is director of the Blue Bird Circle Developmental Neurogenetics Laboratory, Department of Neurology, BCM and professor of neurology, neurosciences, and human genetics. He received his Ph.D. in neurological science from Stanford University School of Medicine and his M.D. from Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Noebels did his internship and residency in Neurology at Harvard Medical School, where he also held fellowships in Neuroscience. Until 2001, he acted as director of the Neurobiology of Disease Program, BCM, and is currently vice chair of research in the Department of Neurology, BCM.
Neurosurgery
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Daniel Yoshor, M.D.
Dr. Yoshor is the director of Epilepsy Surgery and an assistant professor of neurosurgery, BCM. Dr. Yoshor received his training in neurosurgery at BCM and University of California at San Francisco, California. Dr. Yoshor has developed an expertise in epilepsy surgery, with particular emphasis on so-called "eloquent" brain regions - those which require resection, but which also are necessary for specific brain functions. He joined the BCM faculty in December, 1999. Dr. Yoshor cares for patients requiring epilepsy surgery and implantable devices for epilepsy therapy.
Neuropsychology
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Harvey S. Levin, Ph.D.
Dr. Levin is professor neurosurgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, pediatrics, and neurology. He received training in clinical neuropsychology at the University of Iowa where he earned a Ph.D. and completed a postdoctoral fellowship. He is past president of the International Neuropsychological Society. He joined the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine in 1995. He has expertise in the clinical neuropsychological assessment of children and adults with complex epilepsy.
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Michele K. York, Ph.D.
Dr. York is an assistant professor neurology and psychiatry, BCM and a licensed clinical neuropsychologist. Dr. York received her training in clinical psychology at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN and completed her neuropsychology internship and postdoctoral fellowship at BCM, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Neurology, and Neurosurgery. Dr. York joined the BCM faculty in November, 2000. She is experienced in the neuropsychological assessment of epilepsy patients prior to and following temporal lobectomy or lesionectomy. Dr. York conducts neuropsychological evaluations and provides counseling services for patients requiring epilepsy surgery.
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Mario Dulay, Jr., Ph.D.
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Neuropathology
Dawna D. Armstrong, M.D.
Dr. Armstrong is a professor of pathology, BCM.
Meena Bhattacharjee, M.D.
Dr. Bhattacharjee is an assistant professor of pathology, BCM.
Additional Staff
Include those from Neuroradiology, Nuclear Medicine, Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Sleep Medicine, Nursing and Electroneurodiagnostic Technology.