About Us
Our Doctors & Staff
Nurses, EEG & Sleep Lab Technologists
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
Education:
- Oxford University, BA and MA (Neuroscience)
- Cambridge University, MD
Training:
- Residency (neurology): University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
- Fellowship (epilepsy, clinical electrophysiology): University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
- Fellowship (sleep): Harvard Medical School (Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center)
- Fellowship (neuroendocrinology): Harvard Medical School (Beth Israel-Deaconess)
Research:
- Novel treatments of epilepsy
- Dietary treatments of epilepsy in adults/ketogenic diet
- Prevention of epilepsy after traumatic brain injury
- The effect of hormones on epilepsy, in particular of sex and stress hormones
- Women’s issues in epilepsy
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
Education:
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Doctorate of Medicine
- National University of Ireland, LRCSI, LRCPI, MB, BCh, BAO (Cum Laude)
Training:
- Harvard Medical School, Epilepsy/EEG Fellowship
- Boston University School of Medicine, Neurology Residency
Research:
- Dr. Ross has multiple published studies, including “Alfentanil Induced Epileptiform Activity: A Simultaneous Surface and Depth Electroencephalographic Study in Complex Partial Epilepsy” (Epilepsia 2001) and”Epileptic Pseudodementia” (Neurology 1998). He has written book chapters and given numerous presentations and lectures on various neurology topics, including epilepsy management
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.
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Perry M. Smith, MD, PhD
Neurohospitalist, Stroke Director Shady grove Medical Center
Education:
- University of Connecticut School of Medicine, MD
Internship:
- Yale New Haven Medical Center
Residency:
- Yale New Haven Medical Center
Fellowship:
- NIH, National Cancer Institute
Hospital Affiliations:
- Adventist HealthCare Rehabilitation
- Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center
- Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center
Amanda Pong, MD, MSc
Pediatric Epilepsy
Education:
- Columbia College, Columbia University in the City of New York, BA Philosophy (Magna Cum Laude)
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, MD
- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, MSc in Biostatistics and Patient-Oriented Research
Training:
- University of San Diego, Pediatrics residency
- Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital (with Beth Israel Deaconess, Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospitals), Pediatric and Adult Neurology residency, Chief Resident
- Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship
Research:
- Genetic Testing and Evaluation of Epilepsy
- Inherited metabolic and genetic conditions involving epilepsy
- GLUT-1 Deficiency Syndrome
- Pharmacologic agents used to treat epilepsy
- Mechanisms of neuronal cell death
Dr. Alexander Ramos
Epilepsy, General Neurology. Director, Inpatient Epilepsy ServiceDirector, Epilepsy Neuromodulation Program
Education:
- Boston College, BA Spanish and Latin American Literature
- Tulane University: School of Science and Engineering, MSc in Neuroscience
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center: School of Medicine, MD
Training:
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center: School of Medicine. Internship
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center: School of Medicine. Neurology Residency
- Yale New Haven Medical Center, Clinical Fellowship in Epilepsy
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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