Neuromuscular/EMG
Shreya Gandhy, DO
Fellowship Program: University of Pennsylvania (2020)
Residency Program: George Washington University Hospital (2019)
Internship Program: Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple (2016)
Medical School: UNTHSC -Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (2015)
Graduate Education: Johns Hopkins University (2010)
Noushin Jazebi, MD
Fellowship Program: National Institute of Health (2020)
Residency Program: University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals (2019)
Internship Program: University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals (2016)
Internship Program: Alzahra Hospital (2010)
Medical School: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (2010)
Shakti V. Nayar, MD
Program Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: EMG/Neuromuscular diseases
Medical Degree: George Washington University School of Medicine, 2009
Internship: University of Maryland Medical Center, 2010 (Internal Medicine)
Residency: George Washington University Hospital, 2013 (Neurology)
Fellowship: Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 2014 (Clinical Neurophysiology)
Special Interests: Myasthenia gravis, hereditary neuropathies, muscular dystrophies, spinal muscular atrophy, ALS, multidisciplinary MDA/ALSA clinic, neuropathies, myopathies, EMG/NCS, single-fiber EMG
Pooja Mohan Rao, MD
Fellowship Program: MedStar Georgetown Univ Hosp/Washington Hosp Ctr (2019)
Residency Program: MedStar Georgetown Univ Hosp/Washington Hosp Ctr (2018)
Residency Program: Providence Hospital (2015)
Medical School: K S Hegde Medical Academy (2010)
Michael D. Sirdofsky, MD
Director, EMG Laboratory/Neuromuscular Division and MDA Clinic
Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: EMG/Neuromuscular diseases
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1976
Internship: Long Island Jewish–Hillside Medical Centers, 1977 (Internal Medicine)
Residency: Georgetown University Medical Center, 1980 (Neurology)
Special Interests: neuromuscular clinic, MDA/ALS clinic, autonomic testing, electroencephalography, electromyography, electrodiagnosis, neuromuscular diseases
Nicholas Samuel Streicher, MD
Fellowship Program: Hospital for Special Surgery (2021)
Fellowship Program: University of Michigan (2020)
Residency Program: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (2019)
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine (2015)
Graduate Education: University of Michigan (2012)
Epilepsy/EEG
Gholam Motamedi, MD
Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: EEG/Epilepsy, Sleep Disorders
Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran, 1987
Internship: Yale University, 1995
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, 1998
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Epilepsy, 1998–2001
Special Interests: epilepsy research, cortical stimulation and brain mapping, drug-resistant epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, hypothermia in animal models of epilepsy sleep disorders
Francis G. Tirol, MD
Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialties: EEG/Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2003
Internship: NYU School of Medicine, 2004
Residency: NYU School of Medicine, 2007
Fellowship: UCLA/David Geffen School of Medicine, 2009
Special Interests: drug-resistant epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, brain stimulation for epilepsy, continuous EEG monitoring
Tricia Y. Ting, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Regional Director of Epilepsy, MedStar Health
Specialty: EEG/Epilepsy
Undergraduate Education: Duke University, Certificate in Neuroscience, 1991
Research Fellowship: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Scholar, 1995
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1996
Residency and Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania, 2002
Special Interests: new onset seizures, treatment of women with epilepsy, novel therapies and clinical trials in epilepsy
Prerna Malla, MD
Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Specialty: Neurology, Epilepsy, Neuromuscular Disorders
Medical School: Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 2008
Internship: University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 2011
Residency: University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 2014
Fellowship: Harvard Partners (Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital), 2015 & University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 2016
Epilepsy
Alexander S. Andrews, MD
Fellowship Program: The George Washington University (2020)
Fellowship Program: Children's National Medical Center (2019)
Residency Program: Children's National Medical Center (2016)
Medical School: University of Michigan School of Medicine (2014)
Matthew R Levine, MD
Fellowship Program: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (2022)
Residency Program: MedStar Georgetown Univ Hosp/Washington Hosp Ctr (2021)
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine (2017)
Prerna Malla, MD
Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Specialty: Neurology, Epilepsy, Neuromuscular Disorders
Medical School: Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 2008
Internship: University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 2011
Residency: University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 2014
Fellowship: Harvard Partners (Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital), 2015 & University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 2016
Gholam Motamedi, MD
Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialty: EEG/Epilepsy, Sleep Disorders
Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran, 1987
Internship: Yale University, 1995
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, 1998
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Epilepsy, 1998–2001
Special Interests: epilepsy research, cortical stimulation and brain mapping, drug-resistant epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, hypothermia in animal models of epilepsy sleep disorders
Thuy Nguyen, MD
Fellowship Program: Children's National Medical Center (2022)
Residency Program: Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (2021)
Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine (2016)
Tricia Y. Ting, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Regional Director of Epilepsy, MedStar Health
Specialty: EEG/Epilepsy
Undergraduate Education: Duke University, Certificate in Neuroscience, 1991
Research Fellowship: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Scholar, 1995
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1996
Residency and Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania, 2002
Special Interests: new onset seizures, treatment of women with epilepsy, novel therapies and clinical trials in epilepsy
Francis G. Tirol, MD
Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Specialties: EEG/Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2003
Internship: NYU School of Medicine, 2004
Residency: NYU School of Medicine, 2007
Fellowship: UCLA/David Geffen School of Medicine, 2009
Special Interests: drug-resistant epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, brain stimulation for epilepsy, continuous EEG monitoring
Tian Wang, MD
Fellowship Program: Johns Hopkins Hospital (2022)
Residency Program: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (2021)
Medical School: Fudan University School of Medicine (2015)