Meet Our Epilepsy Program Team

At our Pediatric Epilepsy Program, your child will be treated by a multidisciplinary team that includes neurologists, certified nurse practitioners and clinical nurses, a neuropsychologist, neurosurgeon, neuropathologist, neuroradiologist and social worker.

Neurology attending physicians

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Nicholas S. Abend, MD, MSCE
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Jennifer M. Avallone, DO
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Christina Bergqvist, MD
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Danielle deCampo, MD, PhD
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Marissa P. DiGiovine, MD
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Dennis Dlugos, MD, MSCE
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Mark P. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD
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Lawrence E. Fried, MD
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France W. Fung, MD
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Ingo Helbig, MD
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Sudha K. Kessler, MD, MSCE
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Naomi Lewin, MD, PhD
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Eric Marsh, MD, PhD
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Shavonne L. Massey, MD, MSCE
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Sara Molisani, MD
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Pamela Pojomovsky McDonnell, MD
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Marisa S. Prelack, MD
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Alyssa R. Rosen, MD
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Katherine S. Taub, MD
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Donald P. Younkin, MD

Advanced nursing support

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Ekatarene (Cathy) Horiates, RN
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Susan E. Melamed, MSN, CRNP, RN
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Sarah Tefft, MSN, CRNP

Psychologists

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Amanda C. Riisen, PsyD

Neuropsychologists

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Thomas B. Flynn, PhD, ABPP-Cn

Neurogeneticists and genetic counselors

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Holly A. Dubbs, MS, LCGC
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Laina Lusk, MMSc, LCGC
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Sarah M. Ruggiero, MS, LCGC

Neurosurgery attending physicians

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Gregory Heuer, MD, PhD
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Benjamin C. Kennedy, MD
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Phillip B. Storm, MD

Ketogenic diet specialists

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Christina Bergqvist, MD
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Cagla Fenton, RD, CSP, LDN
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Sue Groveman, MS, RD, LDN
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Meghan Walker RN, BSN, CPN

Vagus nerve stimulation

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Susan E. Melamed, MSN, CRNP, RN

Investigational studies

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Samantha Hagopian, RN

Clinical neurophysiology

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Lyndsay Aaron
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Erica Alexiadis, REEGT
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Alexandra Almony

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Deborah Anzideo, REEGT
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Amanda McDonald, REEGT
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Allyson Beninato, REEGT
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Lori Beyers, MBA, REEGT
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Marguerite Brazill, REEGT
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Alyssa Chase, REEGT
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Katherine R. Conn, REEGT
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Maureen Corcoran-Donnelly, REEGT, RPSGT, CLTM
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Amber Haywood, REEGT
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Jenna Holz, REEGT
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Jennifer Lynn Hughes, REEGT
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Ashley Kilday, REEGT, AAS
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Tiffany Kilday, REEGT
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Carolyn Koppenhafer, REEGT
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Margaret Krauss, REEGT
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Denise LaFalce, REEGT
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Tina LaJudice, REEGT
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Cara Linenbroker, REEGT
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Maria Lusi, REEGT, AS
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Eileen McGuire, REEGT
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Erin Murphy, REEGT
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Heidi Puliti, REEGT
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Scott Schwartzengraber, REEGT
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Samantha Turvey, REEGT
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Ann (Nancy) Spor, REEGT
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Urszula Susul, REEG/EPT, MA
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Paula Trongone, REEGT, MS, CRA, RYT
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Tracy Tucker, REEGT
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Lisa Vala, RN, BSN, REEGT
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Dana Yaniscavich, REEGT
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Alla Zhoba, REEGT

Neuroradiologists

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Erin Simon Schwartz, MD, FACR
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Arastoo Vossough, MD, PhD

Administrative Staff

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Nicole McNamee