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Meet the Epilepsy Surgery Team

The Epilepsy Surgery Program of Children’s Hospital's Brain Care Institute comprises a team of pediatric specialists from Child Neurology, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Adult Neurology, Pediatric Neurorimaging, Pediatric Nuclear Medicine, and Pediatric Neurophysiology.

Pediatric Neurosurgeons
	Mandeep Tamber, MD, PhD Pediatric Neurosurgeon Dr. Tamber's interests include brain and spinal cord tumor surgery, neuro-oncology clinical trials, and the clinical outcomes of epilepsy surgery. Read more.
	Elizabeth C. Tyler-Kabara, MD, PhD Pediatric Neurosurgeon Dr. Tyler-Kabara is a pediatric neurosurgeon who is widely recognized for her research into stem cell therapies for traumatic brain injury and brain tumors. Read more.
Pediatric Epileptologists
	Satya Gedela, MD Interim Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Interim Medical Director, Epilepsy Surgery Program Dr. Gedela is a pediatric neurologist specializing in Pediatric Epilepsy. He is actively involved in the Epilepsy Surgery Program and serves as its interim medical director. He is the co-director for Ketogenic Diet Clinic. Read more.
	Patricia Crumrine, MD Director of Medical Epilepsy and EEG Dr. Crumrine specializes in epilepsy neurology. She reads EEGs and is an attending physician for the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. She also researches anticonvulsant drug treatments for childhood epilepsy. Read more.
	Christina Patterson, MD Pediatric Epileptologist Dr. Patterson has specialty training in epilepsy and electroencephalography. Her research interest is in studying new medications to treat children with seizures and in using epilepsy surgery to improve the lives of children with epilepsy. Read more.
	Bilal Sitwat, MD Pediatric Epileptologist Dr. Sitwat specializes in treating comorbid conditions and refractory seizures in children with epilepsy. He is also actively involved in the Epilepsy Surgery Program. Read more.
	Yoshimi Sogawa, MD Pediatric Epileptologist Dr. Sogawa completed a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology. Her interests include understanding the relationship between infantile onset epilepsy and cognitive/developmental outcomes, and exploring optimal management options for brain tumor–related epilepsy in children. Read more.
	Inna Vaisleib, MD Pediatric Epileptologist Dr. Vaisleib is a neurologist specially trained in epilepsy, with a particular interest in sleep disorders and headaches in children. She also consults at the Sleep Disorders Clinic. Read more.
	Shelley Williams, MD Pediatric Epileptologist Dr. Wiliams specializes in child neurology and pediatric epilepsy. She directs the Tuberous Sclerosis Clinic as well as the Ketogenic Diet Clinic. Read more.
Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Staff
Emily Oberst, PA-C Geri vonHofen, RN, Supervisor, Patient Services Pat Lordeon, R. EEG T., Supervisor, Neurodiagnostics Donette Svidron, CRNP