Karen R. Ballaban-Gil

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<p>Dr. Karen Ballaban-Gil is Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, the Director of the Child Neurology Residency Training Program and Director of Outpatient Child Neurology Services at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Union College and Cum Laude from Albany Medical College, in the 6 year combined B.S- M.D. program. Dr. Ballaban-Gil trained in general pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and trained in child neurology and clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She received board certifications in pediatrics, neurology with special competence in child neurology , clinical neurophysiology and in epilepsy.</p>
<p><br />Dr. Ballaban-Gil has a large clinical practice in child neurology, including the evaluation and treatment of children with epilepsy, headaches, sleep disorders, autism and other developmental disabilities. Her research interests include the relationship between epilepsy and language regression in youngsters with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, autism, and other developmental disorders of higher cognitive functioning. In addition, she runs the Ketogenic Diet program for the management of intractable epilepsy at the Montefiore Medical Center - Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. Her publications include numerous papers on autism, epilepsy related language disorders, and the Ketogenic Diet.</p>
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<p>Karen Ballaban-Gil, MD, is Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Center and Deputy Director, Division of Child Neurology at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein, and Professor, Pediatrics and Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Ballaban-Gil has a large clinical practice in child neurology, including the evaluation and treatment of children with epilepsy, headaches, sleep disorders, autism and other developmental disabilities.</p><p>After receiving her Bachelor of Science at Union College in 1984, Dr. Ballaban-Gil earned her Doctor of Medicine in 1986 at the Albany Medical College. She began her postgraduate training at Johns Hopkins Hospital, completing two years as an intern and assistant resident in pediatrics before coming to Einstein, where she completed a residency in child neurology, followed by a fellowship in epilepsy and electrophysiology in 1991.</p><p>Dr. Ballaban-Gil&rsquo;s research interests include the relationship between epilepsy and language regression in youngsters with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, autism and other developmental disorders of higher cognitive functioning. Her publications include numerous papers on autism, epilepsy related language disorders and the Ketogenic Diet. She has shared her work through national and international meetings, and has been a peer reviewer for a variety of medical journals, including <em>Epilepsia</em> and <em>Cephalgia</em>.</p><p>Dr. Ballaban-Gil is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology with special competence in Child Neurology and with Certification in Epilepsy.</p>

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Victor Ferastraoaru

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Sameen Farooq

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<p>Dr. Farooq is board certified in Internal Medicine, Addiction Medicine, Palliative and Hospice Medicine and Obesity Medicine. He works as a direct care Internal Medicine hospitalist at Moses campus.</p>

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Ronda L. Facchini

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<p>Ronda Facchini, PhD, is Director, Neuropsychology Externship Training Program at Montefiore Einstein and Instructor, Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Facchini's clinical focus is on clinical neuropsychology across the lifespan with a particular focus on pediatric neuropsychology.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in medical psychology from Bridgewater State College in 1983, Dr. Facchini completed medical sciences courses including physiology and chemistry at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences in 1984. She completed her Doctor of Philosophy in health psychology at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology in 1995. Dr. Facchini completed an internship and post-doctoral training in neuropsychology at Montefiore in 1997.</p><p>Building on her clinical focus, Dr. Facchini&rsquo;s research interests include neurodevelopmental disorders, neurodegenerative disorders and neuropsychological components of medical conditions. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed publications and poster presentations.</p><p>Dr. Facchini is a member of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN), the American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology (AAPdN), the International Neuropsychological Society (INS) and the New York State Association of Neuropsychology (NYSAN).</p>

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Emad N. Eskandar

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<p><strong>Clinical Interests: Epilepsy, Trigeminal neuralgia, Parkinson Disease, and Brain tumors</strong>.<br /> Dr. Eskandar specializes in the surgical diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in both children and adults.&nbsp;&nbsp; He is a world-leader in this field, and has over 15 years of experience in utilizing the most current techniques. &nbsp;These techniques include keyhole surgery (minimal incision), stereotactic electro-encephalography (SEEG), minimally invasive foramen-ovale electrodes, vagal nerve stimulation, responsive neuro-stimulation (RNS or Neuropace), and laser ablation of epileptic areas. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>In addition, Dr. Eskandar is an expert in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, an extremely painful condition affecting the face.&nbsp;&nbsp; He has vast experience in all the major therapeutic treatment modalities including micro-vascular decompression, percutaneous rhizotomy, and radiosurgery.&nbsp; He can provide comprehensive medical and surgical care for this debilitating condition.</p>
<p>Dr. Eskandar has vast experience in using deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of Parkinson Disease, Dystonia, Essential Tremor, and severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.&nbsp;&nbsp; He employs different methods for surgery including awake-surgery with micro-electrode recordings, frameless surgery, and surgery under anesthesia using real-time imaging.</p>
<p>Finally, Dr. Eskandar treats all types of brain tumors including meningiomas, gliomas, low grade tumors, and metastatic brain tumors.&nbsp; He specializes in the use of advanced brain-imaging and brain-mapping techniques to minimize the risk of injury and to maximize tumor resection.&nbsp; Dr. Eskandar is a pioneer in brain mapping and has published many seminal papers on this topic.</p>
<p><strong>Research Interests</strong>: <br /> Dr. Eskandar also heads an active basic research laboratory investigating the Basal Ganglia, a group of centrally located nuclei in the brain.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Basal Ganglia play a central role in theories of learning, motivation, depression and drug addiction.&nbsp; His group uses microelectrode and electrochemical recordings to evaluate the role of the basal ganglia in both primates and humans performing complex behavioral tasks.&nbsp; The group also uses electrical stimulation to directly modulate neuronal activity during complex behaviors. This is a unique approach in that ideas from the laboratory can quickly be tested in the clinical arena and vice-versa.&nbsp; In addition, his group is actively working to develop the next generation of brain stimulators that will be MRI safe, use more intelligent technological interfaces and employ the latest innovations in miniaturization and battery technology.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Eskandar lab has made numerous important scientific contributions.&nbsp; For example, one recent study, published in <em>Nature</em>, found that a part of the brain called the Cingulate Cortex plays an important role in adapting to varying degrees of cognitive difficulty.&nbsp; Another recent paper in <em>Nature Neuroscience,</em> found that delivering micro-stimulation in one part of the basal ganglia, the caudate nucleus, significantly increases the rate of learning beyond baseline rates.&nbsp; These findings suggest that the caudate plays a critical role in learning, and that learning can be enhanced to promote recovery after traumatic brain injury or stroke.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Background:<br /> </strong>Dr. Eskandar received a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry from the University of Nebraska. He earned a medical degree at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and a master of business administration degree at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a neurological surgery resident at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, and a neurophysiology fellow at Harvard Medical School.&nbsp;He previously, held the Charles Anthony Pappas endowed chair of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School where he also served as Professor of Neurosciences.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Dr. Eskandar is board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons. He is the current President of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.</p>

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<p>Emad N. Eskandar, MD, specializes in the surgical diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in both children and adults. He is a world leader in this field, with more than 15 years of experience in utilizing the most current techniques. These techniques include keyhole surgery (minimal incision), stereotactic electro-encephalography (SEEG), minimally invasive foramen-ovale electrodes, vagal nerve stimulation, responsive neuro-stimulation (RNS or NeuroPace) and laser ablation of epileptic areas.</p><p>In addition, Dr. Eskandar is an expert in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, an extremely painful condition affecting the face. He has vast experience in all the major therapeutic treatment modalities, including micro-vascular decompression, percutaneous rhizotomy and radiosurgery. He can provide comprehensive medical and surgical care for this debilitating condition.</p><p>Dr. Eskandar also has long-standing expertise in using deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of Parkinson disease, dystonia, essential tremor and severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. Dr. Eskandar employs all current available techniques, including awake-surgery with micro-electrode recordings, frameless surgery and surgery under anesthesia using real-time imaging.</p><p>Finally, Dr. Eskandar treats all types of brain tumors, including meningiomas, gliomas, low-grade tumors and metastatic brain tumors. He specializes in the use of advanced brain-imaging and brain-mapping techniques to minimize the risk of injury and to maximize tumor resection. Dr. Eskandar is an expert in brain mapping and has published many seminal papers on this technique.</p>

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<p>Dr. Eskandar heads an active basic research laboratory investigating the Basal Ganglia, a group of centrally located nuclei in the brain. The Basal Ganglia play a central role in theories of learning, motivation, depression and drug addiction. His group uses microelectrode and electrochemical recordings to evaluate the role of the basal ganglia in both primates and humans performing complex behavioral tasks. The group also uses electrical stimulation to directly modulate neuronal activity during complex behaviors. This is a unique approach in that ideas from the laboratory can quickly be tested in the clinical arena and vice-versa. In addition, his group is actively working to develop the next generation of brain stimulators that will be MRI safe, use more intelligent technological interfaces and employ the latest innovations in miniaturization and battery technology.</p>

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<p><strong>Selected Publications from over 200</strong></p>
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<li>Martinez-Rubio C, Paulk AC, McDonald EJ, Widge AS, <strong>Eskandar EN</strong>. Multimodal Encoding of Novelty, Reward, and Learning in the Primate Nucleus Basalis of Meynert. <strong>J Neurosci.</strong> 2018 Feb 21;38(8):1942-1958<strong>. </strong></li>
<li>Herrington TM, Briscoe J, <strong>Eskandar E</strong>. Structural and Functional Network Dysfunction in Parkinson Disease. <strong>Radiology</strong>. 2017 Dec;285(3):725-727.</li>
<li>Asaad WF, Lauro PM, Perge JA, <strong>Eskandar EN</strong>. Prefrontal Neurons Encode a Solution to the Credit-Assignment Problem. <strong>J Neurosci</strong>. 2017 Jul 19;37(29):6995-7007.</li>
<li>Herrington TM, Cheng JJ, <strong>Eskandar EN</strong>. Mechanisms of deep brain stimulation. <strong>J </strong><strong>Neurophysiol</strong>. 2016 Jan 1;115(1):19-38.</li>
<li>Katnani HA, Patel SR, Kwon CS, Abdel-Aziz S, Gale JT, <strong>Eskandar EN</strong>. Temporally Coordinated Deep Brain Stimulation in the Dorsal and Ventral Striatum Synergistically Enhances Associative Learning. <strong>Sci Rep</strong>. 2016 Jan 4;6:18806.</li>
<li>Ishizawa Y, Ahmed OJ, Patel SR, Gale JT, Sierra-Mercado D, <strong>Brown EN</strong>, <strong>Eskandar&nbsp; EN</strong>. Dynamics of Propofol-Induced Loss of Consciousness Across Primate Neocortex.&nbsp; <strong>J Neurosci</strong>. 2016 Jul 20;36(29):7718-26.</li>
<li>Patel SR, Sheth SA, Martinez-Rubio C, Mian MK, Asaad WF, Gerrard JL, Kwon CS,&nbsp; Dougherty DD, Flaherty AW, Greenberg BD, Gale JT, Williams ZM, <strong>Eskandar EN</strong>. Studying task-related activity of individual neurons in the human brain. <strong>Nature Protocols</strong>. 2013 Apr 18;8(5):949-957.</li>
<li>Sheth S, Mian M, Patel S, Asaad W, Williams Z, Dougherty D, Bush G, <strong>Eskandar E</strong>.&nbsp; Human Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Neurons Mediate Behavioral Adaptation.&nbsp; <strong>Nature. </strong>2012 Aug 9;488(7410):218-21<strong>.</strong></li>
<li>Patel S, Sheth S, Mian M, Gale J, Dougherty D, Greenberg B, <strong>Eskandar E</strong>.&nbsp; Single neuronal responses during a financial decision-making task in the human nucleus accumbens.&nbsp; <strong>J Neuroscience</strong>, 2012 May 23;32(21):7311-5. PubMed PMID:22623676.</li>
<li>Mian MK, Sheth SA, Patel SR, Spiliopoulos K, <strong>Eskandar EN</strong>, Williams ZM. Encoding of Rules by Neurons in the Human Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex. <strong>Cereb Cortex.</strong> 2012 Nov 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23172774.</li>
<li>Sheth SA, Abuelem T, Gale JT, <strong>Eskandar EN</strong>. Basal ganglia neurons dynamically facilitate exploration during associative learning. <strong>J Neurosci</strong>. 2011. Mar 30;31(13):4878-85.</li>
<li>Asaad W<strong>, Eskandar, E. </strong>&nbsp;Encoding of both Positive and Negative Reward Prediction Errors by Neurons of the Primate Lateral Prefrontal Cortex and Caudate Nucleus.&nbsp; <strong>&nbsp;J. Neurosci. </strong>2011 Dec 7;31(49):17772-87<strong>. </strong></li>
<li>Truccolo W, Donoghue JA, Hochberg LR, <strong>Eskandar EN,</strong> Madsen JR, Anderson WS, <strong>Brown EN,</strong> Halgren E, Cash SS. Single-neuron dynamics in human focal epilepsy. <strong>Nat Neurosci</strong>. 2011 May;14(5):635-41.</li>
<li>Kramer MA, Eden UT, Kolaczyk ED, Zepeda R, <strong>Eskandar EN</strong>, <strong>Cash SS</strong>. Coalescence and fragmentation of cortical networks during focal seizures. <strong>J Neurosci</strong>. 2010 Jul 28;30(30):10076-85.</li>
<li>Williams ZM<strong>, Eskandar EN</strong>. Selective enhancement of associative learning by microstimulation of the anterior caudate.&nbsp; <strong>Nature Neurosci</strong>. 2006. 9(4):562-8.</li>
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<p>Dr. Eskandar is a world-renowned neurosurgeon and a prominent neurosurgical leader. He is an expert in the management of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), brain tumors, epilepsy, trigeminal neuralgia and Parkinson Disease.</p><p>Dr. Eskandar received a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry from the University of Nebraska. He earned a medical degree at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and a master of business administration degree at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a neurological surgery resident at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, and a neurophysiology fellow at Harvard Medical School.</p><p>Previously, he was the Charles Anthony Pappas endowed chair of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School where he also served as Professor of Neurosciences. He was a Neurosurgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he also held several positions including Director of Functional Neurosurgery, Director of Neurosurgery Residency, Director of Movement Disorders Surgery Service and Director of Epilepsy Surgery Service.</p><p>Dr. Eskandar is board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons. He is the current President of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.</p>

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Susan E. Duberstein Coad

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<p>Susan Duberstein, MD, is Associate Professor, Child Neurology and Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Duberstein is an epileptologist with a special interest in complex care. She is the collaborating neurologist for the Linking Individual Needs of Children with Services (LINCS) clinic, which provides a &ldquo;medical home&rdquo; and family-centered care for children with chronic illnesses, multiple conditions and medical technologies. She is also the Associate Director of the Neurocutaneous Clinic, serving children with neurofibromatosis, Sturge-Weber, tuberous sclerosis complex and other neurocutaneous conditions.</p><p>After earning her Doctor of Medicine at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in 2008, Dr. Duberstein completed her internship and residency in pediatrics at the same institution in 2010. She then came to Montefiore Einstein to continue her medical training, completing her residency in child neurology in 2013 and a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology and electroencephalography (EEG) in 2014.</p><p>Dr. Duberstein's research focuses include retrospective studies on neurofibromatosis and tuberous sclerosis complex. She is also one of the leaders of a research project investigating the clinical outcomes of autoimmune encephalopathies. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and abstracts.</p><p>Dr. Duberstein is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology with a special qualification in Child Neurology and holds a subspecialty certificate in Epilepsy. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the Child Neurology Society and the American Epilepsy Society. Dr. Duberstein was elected a Fellow of the American Epilepsy Society in 2022.</p>

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Nagma Dalvi

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Gina N. Cassel

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<p>Gina Cassel-Choudhury, DO, is Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Quality &amp; Safety Council, Assistant Medical Director, Patient Safety, and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) and Montefiore Einstein. Her focus at CHAM is a multidisciplinary approach to the introduction and maintenance of quality improvement initiatives which promote patient safety.</p><p>After earning her Bachelor of Science in 2003, Dr. Cassel-Choudhury attended the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, receiving her Doctor of Osteopathy in 2007. She began her postgraduate training with an internship and residency at North Shore-LIJ, Cohen Children&rsquo;s Hospital from 2007 to 2010. Following this, she came to CHAM for a three-year fellowship in pediatric critical care, which she completed in 2013.</p><p>Dr. Cassel-Choudhury&rsquo;s research focus revolves around the standardization, implementation and maintenance of guidelines to optimize patient safety. Such work has included a protocol for enteral feeding of patients on high-flow nasal cannula, a standardized algorithm to prevent iatrogenic drug withdrawal and protocol-driven management of convulsive status epilepticus. She has shared her work through peer-reviewed journals, abstracts and presentations.</p><p>Dr. Cassel-Choudhury is board-certified in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society of Critical Care, Section on Pediatrics. She is also a member of the Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) network.</p>

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Jonathan A. Bradlow

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Dr. Jonathan A. Bradlow specializes in all areas of noninvasive cardiology, with a focus on medical treatment of hypertension, lipids, heart failure, arrhythmias and coronary artery disease both for primary and secondary prevention of disease and optimization of outcomes.

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Alexis D. Boro

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<p>Dr. Boro&#8217;s primary interest is providing clinical care for adolescents and adults with epilepsy, including those who are potential candidates for epilepsy surgery and in diagnosing "spells" of uncertain etiology. His research interests include photosensitive epilepsy, the autonomic effects of seizures and EEG monitoring in the critically ill.</p>

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Dr. Boro&rsquo;s primary interest is in providing care for adolescents and adults with epilepsy. His practice focuses on tailoring the evaluation and the treatment of epilepsy to meet the needs of the individual, from the diagnosis of "spells" of uncertain etiology, addressing quality-of-life issues in epilepsy, to medical and surgical therapies.&nbsp;

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<p class="MsoNormal">Boro A, Lado F, Shinnar S, Mosh&eacute; S. Heart Rate Modulation in Temporal Lobe Seizures. Abstract. American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, 2005.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Boro A, Mosh&eacute; S. Brain Death.&nbsp; In: Clinical Neurophysiology of Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence, Holms GL, Mosh&eacute; S, Jones HR, eds. In Press.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ettinger, A, Boro A, Mosh&eacute; S. Basic Principles of Electroencephalography. In: Clinical Neurophysiology of Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence, Holms GL, Mosh&eacute; S, Jones HR, eds. In Press.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kepecs M, Boro A, Haut S, Kepecs G, Mosh&eacute; S. A novel non-pharmacologic treatment for photosensitive epilepsy: a report of three patients tested with blue cross-polarized glasses.&nbsp; Epilepsia 2004;45:1158-62.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Haut S, Boro A. Emerging and Alternative treatments for Epilepsy: Epilepsy. Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology 2004;10(4).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Boro A, Haut S.&nbsp; Medical comorbidities in the treatment of epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2003;4 Supp.2:S2-12.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Boro A, Vidaurre J, Kepecs M, Ballaban-Gil K, Legatt A, Mosh&eacute; S. An Electrographic Signature of Nocturnal Dystonic Movements of Epileptic Origin.&nbsp; Abstract. Muscle and Nerve 2003;28:S27.</p>
<p>Kepecs M, Vidaurre J, Boro A, Haut S, Mosh&eacute; S. Blue cross-polarized glasses in photosensitive epilepsy. Abstract. Muscle and Nerve 2003;28:S28.</p>

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<p>Dr. Alexis D. Boro coordinates the Epilepsy Surgery program at Montefiore Medical Center and oversees epilepsy fellowship education and the epilepsy clinical trials program. He has been an Investigator for studies involving the safety, tolerability and efficacy of a variety of epilepsy drugs. He is a co-investigator (EEG Core) of the Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project, an international NIH funded project investigating the causes and inheritance of epilepsy and the determinants which anti-seizure medications will work best for a given individual.</p><p>Dr. Boro&rsquo;s primary interest is in providing care for adolescents and adults with epilepsy. His practice focuses on tailoring the evaluation and the treatment of epilepsy to meet the needs of the individual, from the diagnosis of "spells" of uncertain etiology, addressing quality-of-life issues in epilepsy, to medical and surgical therapies.&nbsp;</p><p>Dr. Boro&nbsp;completed medical school and internship at SUNY Stony Brook. He was resident and chief resident of Neurology at the the Mt. Sinai Medical Center. He joined the faculty at Montefiore Medical Center /Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2003 after completing a fellowship in Epilepsy and Neurophysiology there.</p>

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