Faculty | Fellowship In Clinical Neurophysiology | MedStar Health

Neuromuscular/EMG

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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

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 Nayar

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 Rao

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 Sirdofsky

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 Streicher

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

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 Tirol

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 Ting

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

Perna Malla

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 Andrews

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)

Matt Levine

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)

Perna Malla

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

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

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 Ting

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 Tirol

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

Tian Wang, MD

Fellowship Program: Johns Hopkins Hospital (2022)
Residency Program: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (2021)
Medical School: Fudan University School of Medicine (2015)