Our epilepsy and seizures community of patients, family, friends and doctors has been busy.
Our NEREG team has been very busy during these past months. A major update is that NEREG epileptologists and Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (CBMC) have come together to provide exceptional care to adult and pediatric patients with epilepsy at CMBC. Enrique Feoli, MD, is now the Director of the CBMC Adult Epilepsy Program, Lorraine Lazar, MD, PhD, is the Director of the CBMC Pediatric Epilepsy Program, and Rajeshwari Mahalingam, MD, is the Director of Pediatric Neurology at CBMC.
The Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group and Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center have come together to offer exceptional care to their patients with epilepsy and seizures.
As part of this, Guha Venkatraman, MD, FAAN, Neurology Section Chief, announced the following appointments within Neurology:
Enrique Feoli, MD, will be the Director of the CBMC Adult Epilepsy Program. Dr. Feoli is board certified in the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology. He earned his doctorate in medicine at the National University of Cordoba Medical School in Argentina, trained as a neurologist at New York University Medical Center and as an epileptologist at New York University Medical Center and New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell Campus. He has been with Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group (NEREG) for 15 years. He brings with him decades of experience as an epilepsy specialist and his research interests in primary generalized epilepsy, neuro-stimulation, and epilepsy surgery.
Lorraine Lazar, MD, PhD, will be the Director of the CBMC Pediatric Epilepsy Program. Dr. Lazar is board certified in the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and in Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology. She earned her bachelor of arts in biology at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, and her MD and PhD at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. She completed her training in pediatrics at the New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY, in Neurology and Child Neurology at the New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY, and her residency in senior pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. She trained as an epileptologist at the New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY. She has been with NEREG for 10 years. She brings with her decades of experience as a pediatric epilepsy specialist and her research interests in pediatric epilepsy, vagal nerve stimulator, and complementary and alternative medicine.
Rajeshwari Mahalingam, MD, will be the Director of Pediatric Neurology at CBMC. Dr. Mahalingam is board certified in the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and in Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology. She earned her doctorate in medicine at the L.T.M. Medical College in Mumbai, India. She completed her training in pediatrics at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY, completed her fellowship in child neurology at the Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, NY and in clinical neurophysiology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA. She has been with NEREG for one year. She brings with her many years of experience as a pediatric epilepsy specialist and her research interests in clinical trials, epilepsy diets, and epilepsy surgery.
These physicians can be contacted in Epic utilizing Qgenda or On-call finder or through their office at 973-695-8033.
Our NEREG/MAESC Epilepsy Book Club met on a Friday in May to discuss the moving and powerful book by Kurt Eichenwald, “A mind unraveled”. The group discussed their thoughts and emotional reactions to the book’s content including Mr. Eichenwald’s experiences with epilepsy, how this played out in his college years, his work experiences, and when he interacted with medical doctors and even a neuropsychologist over the years.
Our monthly epilepsy support group met with new members arriving every month. Participation has been active, questions and answers come up every month, and solid support is provided between group members which is the main reason for this group’s existence in the first place.