Faculty—The MedStar Health—Georgetown University Hospital Fellowship Program in Clinical Neurophysiology

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

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

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

Gholam Motamedi, MD

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

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

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

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