Epilepsy

Our Experts

Doctors

• Dr. Michael J. Aminoff, neurologist

• Dr. Nicholas Barbaro, co-director of the Functional Neurosurgery Program

• Dr. Paul A. Garcia, director of Clinical Epilepsy Services

• Dr. Hannah C. Glass, co-director of the Neurointensive Care Nursery

• Dr. John D. Hixson, neurologist

• Dr. Heidi E. Kirsch, epilepsy specialist

• Dr. Daniel H Lowenstein, epilepsy specialist and director of the Epilepsy Center

• Dr. William Marks, director of Surgical Treatment of Movement Disorders

• Dr. Samuel J. Pleasure, neurologist and epilepsy specialist

• Dr. Tina T. Shih, neurologist and epilepsy specialist

• Dr. Philip Starr, neurosurgeon

Other Experts

Brian K. Alldredge, a pharmacist, is an expert in the drug treatment of epilepsy and acute seizures and a member of the Epilepsy Center, working with neurologists and neurosurgeons to care for patients. He has participated on review groups for the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research and the Epilepsy branch of the National Institutes for Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Alldredge earned a bachelor's of science degree at UCLA and a doctorate of pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco. He is a professor of clinical pharmacy and neurology in the UCSF schools of pharmacy and medicine.