Find A Physician

The list below is a compilation of doctors that have either been recommended by our families or who have self-identified as having both an interest in and an understanding of CACNA1A disorders. We hope this list will be helpful to families when trying to find experienced care for their loved ones.

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In the US and Canada (listed alphabetically)

Danielle M. Andrade, MD, MSc, FRCPC, CSCN (EEG)
Professor of Medicine (Neurology); Medical Director, Epilepsy Program; Director of Epilepsy Genetics Research Program; Director, Epilepsy Transition Program
University of Toronto
Toronto Western Hospital
5W-445, 399 Bathurst St.
Toronto, ON, Canada, M5T 2S8

Clinical Interests - Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies, Genetic epilepsies in adults and children, Natural history of DEEs, Transition of pediatric patients with genetic epilepsies to adult care.

Kristen Barranano, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Kennedy Krieger Division of Neurogenetics Ataxia and Cerebellar Disorders Clinic
801 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205
443-923-9400

Santosh Bhaskarabhatia, MD
Neurologist
Kaiser Permanente - Northern California *Currently only able to accept patients of Kaiser Health Plans
4501 Sand Creek Road
Antioch, CA 94531
925-813-3840

The Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative (ENGIN) and Dr. Ingo Helbig, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-590-3743

Christopher Gomez, MD, PhD
Albina Y. Surbis Professor of Neurology
The University of Chicago Department of Neurology
MC 2030, Room S 228
5841 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 702-6390

Clinical Interests - Neurogenetic disorders, gait and balance disorders, and the diagnosis and treatment of patients with ataxias

Joanna Jen, MD, PhD
Dr. Morris B. Bender Professor of Neurology
Professor of Otolaryngology & Neurosurgery
Chief, Division of Neuro-otology & Neurogenetics, Department of Neurology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
1468 Madison Avenue, Annenburg 2nd Floor 
New York, NY 10029
(212) 241-7076

Clinical Interests - Neuro-otology, the neurology of hearing, balance, and eye movement control. Dr. Jen evaluates and treats patients with dizziness due to a variety of causes, including episodic ataxia.

Sookyong Koh, MD, PhD
Chief of Pediatric Neurology, Professor of Pediatrics, Child Neurology and Pediatric Epilepsy Children’s Hospital and Medical Center Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68114 skoh@childrensomana.org, 402-955-6143

Clinical Interests - Epileptic encephalopathy, Drug-resistant epilepsy, Dravet syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, Fever/infection-related epilepsy syndrome

Mohamad Mikati, MD
Wilburt C. Davison Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Neurobiology
Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine
Director of Pediatric Epilepsy Program
Duke University Medical Center
Suite T0913J, Children Health Center
2301 Erwin Road
Durham, NC 27710
919-668-4073

Clinical Interest - Drug-resistant epilepsy, Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood

Edward “Rusty” Novotny, MD
Professor, Neurology and Pediatrics
Seattle Children's Hospital/University of Washington
Neurology M/S MB.7.420, 4800 Sandpoint Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
(206) 987-2078
https://www.seattlechildrens.org/clinics/neurosciences/

Clinical Interest - Pediatric epilepsy, neuroimaging and epilepsy genetics clinical research

Annapurna Poduri, MD, MPH
Associate, Department of Neurology; Director, Epilepsy Genetics Program
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Epilepsy & Clinical Neurophysiology 
300 Longwood Avenue, Fegan, 9th Floor 
Boston, Massachusetts 02115 
617-355-7970

Clinical Interest - Genetic epilepsy, SUDEP causes

Joshua Rotenberg, MD
Child & Adolescent Neurology with Added Qualifications in:
Epilepsy, Sleep Medicine
Houston Specialty Clinic
902 Frostwood Dr #210
Houston, TX 77024
713-464-4107

Dr. Laura Tochen
Neurologist, Movement Disorders
Co-Director, Myelin Disorders Program
Children's National Medical Center
111 Michigan Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20010
Washington, DC
888-884-2327

In Australia

A/Prof Michael Fahey 
Head of Paediatric Neurology and Director of Neurogenetics
Monash Children’s Private Clinic and the Royal Melbourne Hospital
Clayton, VIC 3168
(03) 8572 1222,
reception@mcpc.com.au
Melbourne, Australia

In the EU

Prof. Dr. medical Steffen Syrbe

Section of Pediatric Epileptology, Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany

steffen.syrbe@med.uni-heidelberg.de

clinical interest - Neuropediatrics, presurgical epilepsy diagnostics

Mihaela Adela-Vintan, MD, Phd 
Senior Consultant in Pediatric Neurology
Clinical Emergency Hospital for Children Cluj-Napoca
Cluj, Romania
+40 745 617 441
adelavintan@yahoo.com

In the UK

Oxford Ataxia Clinic @ The John Radcliffe Hospital  
A specialised service for all patients (adults and children) with a suspected or confirmed ataxia. The service is provided by a multidisciplinary team.
Prof George Tofaris/A/Prof Carlo Rinaldi (Adult Neurologists)
Department of Neurology
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU
Secretary to Prof Tofaris: 01865 231295 

Prof Andrea Nemeth (Clinical Geneticist sees adults and children)
Department of Clinical Genetics
Churchill Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7LJ
Secretary to Prof Nemeth: 01865 220624, Option 5 

Dr Martin Smith (Paediatric Neurologist)
Department of Paediatric Neurology
Oxford Childrens' Hospital, OX3 9DU
Secretary to Dr Smith: 01865 221579 

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