Professional Advisors

The Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan’s Professional Advisors are individuals whose professional training, expertise, and interest in epilepsy qualify them to provide active policy guidance and technical assistance to the Board of the Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan. Professional Advisors work, along with our Clinical Ambassadors, to advance the mission of the Foundation and to serve the epilepsy community. The following are our current Professional Advisors.

Chairperson
Epileptologist
Corewell Health East

Adult Vice Chair
Epileptologist
Corewell Health West

Pediatric Vice Chair
Pediatric Epileptologist
Corewell Health East

Immediate Past Chair
Epileptologist
Henry Ford Medical Group

Shan Abbas, MD, FAES
Epileptologist
Corewell Health West

Mira Agrawal Cooper, MD, FACP, dipABLM
Primary Care Physician

Ellen Air, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon
Henry Ford Health

Iqbal Allarakhia, MD
Pediatric Epileptologist
Henry Ford St. John Hospital

Daniel Arndt, MD, MA, FACNS, FAES
Pediatric Epileptologist
Specialists in Pediatric Neurology, PLLC

Eishi Asano, MD, PhD
Neurologist
Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Erica Austin, DO
Epileptologist
Munson Healthcare

Maysaa Basha, MD
Epileptologist
Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University

Nicholas Beimer, MD, FAES
Epileptologist
University of Michigan Michigan Medicine

Tyson Burghardt, MD
Neurologist
Michigan State University

Michael Cools, MD
Pediatric Neurosurgeon
Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Omar Danoun, MD
Epileptologist
Henry Ford Health

Angela DeBastos, PhD
Pediatric Neuropsychologist
Corewell Health East

Russ Derry, MPH
Pediatric Epilepsy Program Manager
Michigan Medicine

Seth DeVries, MD
Pediatric Epileptologist
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital

Sarah Dixon, MD
Pediatric Epileptologist
Michigan Medicine

Erin Fedak Romanowski, DO
Pediatric Epileptologist
Corewell Health East

Elizabeth Fischetti, R.EEG T
EEG Technologist
Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital

Patricia Grayson, PNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Corewell Health at William Beaumont Children’s Hospital

Mary Harvey, REEG/EPT, CNIM, RNCST, CNCT
EEG Technologist
MyMichigan Health

Chloe Hill, MD, MS
Epileptologist
University of Michigan

Velisa Johnson, PhD, ABPP-CN
Pediatric Neuropsychologist
Westside Neuropsychology

Ahmad Kaddurah, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
Hurley Medical Center

Ryan Keating, DO
Neurologist
Michigan State University

Amanda Lovely, R.EEG T
EEG Technologist
University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

 

Aimee Luat, MD
Pediatric Epileptologist
Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Brian MacFalda, DO, MBA
Neurologist
MyMichigan Health

Naznin A. Mahmood, MD, MEd, MHSA
Neurologist
Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Joanna Mattis, MD, PhD
Epileptologist
Michigan Medicine

Stephanie Maul, LMSW
Social Worker
Great Lakes Psychology Group

Anne Marie Michon, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Corewell Health East

Alexandra (Lexi) Mock, DNP, CPNP-AC
Nurse Practitioner
Michigan Medicine – C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

Christopher Parres, MD
Epileptologist
Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital

Elissa Patterson, PhD
Clinical Health Psychiatrist
Michigan Medicine

Danika Paulo, MD
Neurosurgeon
Henry Ford Health

Maria “Victoria” Perry, R.EEG T., CLTM
EEG Technologist
Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital

Najda Robinson-Mayer, LMSW
Clinical Social Worker
University of Michigan

Laura Ronse, R.EEG T., CLTM
EEG Technologist

Robert Rothermel, Jr., PhD
Pediatric Psychologist
Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Beata Ruprecht, DO
Pediatric Epileptologist
Henry Ford St. John Hospital

Barbara Swartz, MD, PhD
Epileptologist

Evan Tank, DO
Epileptologist
Corewell Health

Ashleigh Terrell, MSN, RN, NP-C, CNRN
Nurse Practitioner
Corewell Health East

Andrea Thomas, MA, LLP
Psychologist
Henry Ford Health

Vibhangini Wasade, MD, FAES
Epileptologist
Henry Ford Health

Andrew White, MD
Psychiatrist
University of Michigan – Michigan Medicine

Michael Wolff, PsyD, ABN, ABPdN
Neuropsychologist
BRAINS – A Service of Pine Rest

Ivanna Yau, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Specialists in Pediatric Neurology, PLLC

Maya Zayat, Psy.D, ABPP-CN
Pediatric Neuropsychologist
Corewell Health Beaumont Children’s Hospital

Nicholas Zendler, DO
Neurologist
Munson Healthcare

Julie Ziobro, MD, PhD
Pediatric Epileptologist
University of Michigan

Shan Abbas, MD, FAES
Epileptologist
Corewell Health West

Mira Agrawal Cooper, MD
Primary Care Physician
Trinity Health IHA Medical Group

Ellen Air, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon
Henry Ford Health

Iqbal Allarakhia, MD
Pediatric Epileptologist
Ascension Health

Eishi Asano, MD, PhD
Neurologist
Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Erica Austin, DO
Epileptologist
Munson Healthcare Neurology

Maysaa Basha, MD
Epileptologist
Wayne State University School of Medicine

Nicholas Beimer, MD
Epileptologist
Michigan Medicine

Tyson Burghardt, MD
Neurologist
Michigan State University

Omar Danoun, MD
Epileptologist
Henry Ford Health

Angela DeBastos, PhD
Pediatric Neuropsychologist
Beaumont Health System

Russ Derry, MPH
Michigan Medicine

Seth DeVries, MD
Pediatric Epileptologist
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital

Sarah Dixon, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
Michigan Medicine

Erin Fedak Romanowski, DO
Pediatric Neurologist
Corewell Health

Elizabeth Fischetti, R. EEG T
EEG Technologist
Corewell Health

Chloe Hill, MD, MS
Epileptologist
University of Michigan

Ahmad Kaddurah, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
Hurley Medical Center

Ryan Keating, DO
Neurologist
Michigan State University

Suad Khalil, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
Michigan State University

Aimee Luat, MD
Pediatric Epileptologist
Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Laurie Lundblad, PsyD, PPCNP-BC, LP
Clinical Psychologist
Building Bridges Therapy Center

Brian MacFalda, DO, MBA
Neurologist
MyMichigan Health

Stephanie Maul, LMSW
Social Worker
Great Lakes Psychology Group

Anne Marie Michon, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Corewell Health – Beaumont Children’s Hospital

Christopher Parres, MD
Epileptologist
Beaumont Neuroscience Center

Elissa Patterson, PhD
Clinical Health Psychiatrist
Michigan Medicine

Laurel Reed, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
Michigan Medicine, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

Robert Rothermel, Jr., PhD
Pediatric Psychology 
Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Beata Ruprecht, DO
Pediatric Epileptologist
Ascension St. John Children’s Hospital

Alexandra Shaw, MD
Epileptologist
Corewell Health – Beaumont Children’s Hospital

Barbara Swartz, MD, PhD
Epileptologist
University of Michigan Health-West

Evan Tank, DO
Epileptologist
Corewell Health West

Ashleigh Terrell, MSN, RN, NP-C, CNRN
Nurse Practitioner
Corewell Health 

Andrea Thomas, MA, LLP
Psychologist
Henry Ford Health

Vibhangini Wasade, MD, FAES
Epileptologist
Henry Ford Health

Michael Wolff, PsyD, ABN, ABPdN
Neuropsychologist
BRAINS

Julie Ziobro, MD, PhD
Pediatric Epileptologist
Michigan Medicine C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

Deepti Zutshi, MD
Epileptologist
Detroit Medical Center

Amer Aboukasm, MD
Henry Ford Health System

Mira Agrawal Cooper, MD, FACP
Integrated Health Associates

Judy Ahn-Ewing, R.EEG/EP T., CNIM, CLTM, FASET
ABRET

Nikesh Ardeshna, MD
McLaren Medical Group

Eishi Asano, MD, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Basel, Assaad, MD
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland

Tyson Burghardt, MD
Michigan State University

Jules Constantinou , MD
Henry Ford Medical Group

Seth DeVries, MD
Helen Devos Children’s Hospital

Daniel Fain, MD, FAAN
Spectrum Health

Erin Fedak Romanowski, DO
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

Michelle Figueroa, MD
Wayne State University/DMC

Mohamad Aymon Haykal, MD, FAES
Beaumont Health System

Angel W. Hernandez, MD
Helen Devos Children’s Hospital

Velisa Johnson, PhD
Helen Devos Children’s Hospital

Sucheta Joshi ,MD, MS, FAES
Michigan Medicine

Ryan Keating, DO
Michigan State University

Aimee Luat, MD
Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Rohit Marawar, MD
Wayne State University/DMC

Amy Martyanov, MD UP
Health System Marquette

Danielle Nolan, MD
Beaumont Children’s Hospital

Sanjay Patra, MD
Spectrum Health

Alexandra Shaw, MD
Beaumont Health System

Sandeep Sood, MD
Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Olufemi Soyode, MD
Center for Adolescent and Child Neurology

Connie Sung, Ph.D, CRC, LPC
Michigan State University

Gerald Scott Winder, MD
Michigan Medicine

Michael Wolff, PsyD, ABPdN
BRAINS

Karol Zakalik, MD
Beaumont Health System

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The Professional Advisors are individuals whose professional training, expertise, and interest in epilepsy qualify them to provide active policy guidance and technical assistance to the Board of the Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan. Much of the work will be done by email and conference call. Professional Advisors will serve a two-year term with the ability to renew.

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