Jennifer Summerlin
Practice Manager
Ivana Tyrlikova, MD
Senior Research Coordinator
Arkady Barber, MSCN
Senior Research Coordinator
Salman Hashimi
Research Coordinator
Marc Key, RPSGT CCSH
EEG Laboratory Manager
Valerie Ellis
Billing Specialist
Pavel Klein, MD
Director, Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center
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Before founding Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center, Dr. Klein was Instructor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School (1996-99), and Director of the Epilepsy Program, of the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory and of the Neuroendocrine Unit at the Georgetown University Hospital (1999-2003). Dr. Klein is currently Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology at George Washington University. Dr. Klein’s clinical research includes novel treatments of epilepsy, dietary treatments of epilepsy in adults, prevention of epilepsy after traumatic brain injury, the effect of sex and stress hormones on epilepsy, and women with epilepsy. He has received grants from the National Institutes of Health and from the American Epilepsy Society. Dr. Klein has published more than 45 peer-reviewed articles and has contributed chapters to several books on epilepsy. He acts as a reviewer for a number of neurological, epilepsy and endocrinological journals. He is currently the Chair of the American Epilepsy Society Corporate Advisory Committee, as well as past member of the American Epilepsy Society Scientific Program Committee, Treatment Committee, the Health Reform Task Force and the Co-Chair of the AES Private Practice Special Interest Group. He is the co-founder and co-chair of the North American Consortium of Private Epilepsy Centers, and serves on the executive committee of The Epilepsy Study Consortium.
Jonathan Ross, MD
Neurologist, Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center
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Dr. Ross is board certified in Adult Neurology, with added qualifications in clinical neurophysiology, epilepsy, and epilepsy monitoring. Prior to joining the Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center, Dr. Ross was Director of The New England Epilepsy Institute, a division of New England Neurological Associates (NENA) in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He also served as head of the Neurology division at NENA. After graduating medical school in 1991, Dr. Ross completed postgraduate training at Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine, and also served as Teaching Fellow at Harvard and Boston University. Dr. Ross is an active member of the American Epilepsy Society, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Massachusetts Medical Society, and the American Academy of Neurology.
TopPerry M. Smith, MD, PhD
Neurohospitalist, Stroke Director Shady grove Medical Center
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Amanda Pong, MD, MSc
Pediatric Epilepsy
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Dr. Alexander Ramos
Epilepsy, General Neurology. Director, Inpatient Epilepsy ServiceDirector, Epilepsy Neuromodulation Program
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Dr. Deidre Ammah
Neurohospitalist, Stroke Director, White Oak Medical Center
Deidre Janelle Ammah, MD is board certified in neurology and clinical neurophysiology. Dr. Ammah received her medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine. She completed an internship in internal medicine at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
She completed her residency in Neurology and fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology EMG/Neuromuscular track at University of Maryland Medical Center.
Dr. Ammah performs and interprets electromyography and nerve conduction studies which are used to diagnose muscle and nerve disorders. These include myopathies, generalized neuropathies, radiculopathies, and nerve entrapment syndromes .
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