Training and Education

Clinical Epilepsy Fellowship at UCSF

The overall goal of the epilepsy fellowship program at UCSF is to train outstanding clinical neurologists capable of caring for the most complex epilepsy cases. The aim of the program also includes the training of academic leaders in epilepsy—whether by virtue of lasting contributions to the clinical care of patients, improvements in public health, educating future neurologists, or fostering the early careers of clinical or laboratory research physician-scientists. This program is an ACGME-accredited epilepsy fellowship.

We are accepting applications for our adult and pediatric fellowships for fellowship positions starting in 2025. We participate in the NRMP match

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Current Fellows

Lauren Hophing MD

Dr. Hophing is a Neurologist and Epilepsy Clinical Fellow in the Department of Neurology at UCSF. She is interested in improving health equity in epilepsy care and closing the gap in epilepsy training and education globally.  

Education 
McMaster University, BHSc, 2015
McMaster University, MD, 2018
University of Toronto, Residency in Adult Neurology, 2023
 

Adriana Koek MD

Dr. Koek is a Neurologist and an Epilepsy Clinical Fellow in the Department of Neurology at UCSF. She is interested in the use of semiology as a means of localizing seizure onset in the context of epilepsy surgery evaluation. She is also curious about what seizures can teach us about the neural mechanisms of consciousness.

Education:
University of California Berkeley, BA (Biology), 2013
Florida Atlantic University College of Medicine, MD, 2019
University of Michigan, Internship in Internal Medicine, 2020
University of Michigan, Residency in Adult Neurology, 2023

 

Emily Yang Liu MD

Dr. Liu is a Neurologist and an Epilepsy Clinical Fellow in the Department of Neurology at UCSF. She is interested in health disparities and the ethical dimensions of implantable devices in epilepsy care.

Education:
Harvard University, BA (History of Science), 2011
Stanford School of Medicine, MD, 2018
University of Pennsylvania Healthcare Systems, Internship, 2019
University of Pennsylvania Healthcare Systems, Residency in Adult Neurology, 2022

 

Nausheen Mahmood MD

Dr. Mahmood is a Neurologist and Epilepsy Clinical Fellow in the Department of Neurology at UCSF. She is interested in healthcare delivery for the urban underserved and medical education. She hopes to treat and manage refractory epilepsy in medically vulnerable populations.

Education
Stanford University, BA (Human Biology), 2014
UCSF School of Medicine, MD, 2018
UCSF Medicine Internship, 2029
UCSF Adult Neurology Residency, 2022

Nadine Patton MD

Dr. Patton is primarily interested in health equity, as well as outcomes research aimed at serving underserved populations—particularly pediatric vulnerable populations. She also has strong interests in surgical epilepsy and surgical interventions.

Education
Boston University, B.A. (Spanish Literature), 2007
Boston University, B.A. (Psychology), 2007
UC San Diego, Masters in Advanced Studies of Clinical Research, 2017
UC San Diego School of Medicine, M.D, 2018
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Residency in Child Neurology, 2023

 

Fellowship Alumni

2023
Samantha Allen MD, MS - University of California, Davis
Michelle Braslavsky DO - Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA
Matthew Jensen MD - University of Utah
Robert McInnis MD - NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Clare Timbie MD, PhD - University of California, San Francisco

2022
LeeAnn Chang MD, MS
Anthony Mefford MD - University of California, San Francisco
Clare Timbie MD, PhD - University of California, San Francisco

2021
Joline Fan MD, MS - University of California, San Francisco
Patrick Hullett MD, PhD - University of California, San Francisco
Virginia Liu MD - Children's Hospital Orange County, Orange, CA
Joseph Sanford, MD - UCSF Fresno
Roxanne Simmons MD - UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

2020
Besim Uzgil MD, PhD - Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA

2019
Brandy Ma MD, MPH - Houston Methodist Hospital
Rawan Daghistani MBBS - King Fahad Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Jon Kleen MD, PhD - University of California, San Francisco

2018
Proleta Datta MBBS - University of Nebraska Medical Center
Samantha Coffino MD - Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA
Philip Larimer MD, PhD - Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

2017
June Yoshii-Contreras MD - University of California, San Diego
Archana Pasupuleti MD - Children's National Medical Center

2016
Emily Matthews MD, PhD - Stanford Medical Center
Brian Cabaniss MD - Emory University
Wolfgang Mulhofer MD - University of Alabama, Birmingham

2015
Michael Oldham MD - Medpace, Inc.

2014
Marisa Gardner MD - UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Arti Muralidhara, MD - Jackson & Coker
Vikram Rao MD, PhD - University of California, San Francisco

2013
Nilika Singhal MD - University of California, San Francisco
Yana Kriseman MD - Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, CA
Sarah Shalev MD - Sutter Health

2012
Siddharth Kharkar MBBS - Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai, India
Jeffrey Bigelow MD - Intermountain Healthcare

2011
Manu Hegde MD PhD - University of California, San Francisco
Josiah Ambrose MD - Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, CA
John Betjemann MD – Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA
Kendall Nash MD - University of California, San Francisco

2010
Susannah Cornes MD - University of California, San Francisco
Arif Kabir MD - University of Maryland

2009
Jeffrey Tsai MD, PhD - University of Washington

2008
Nina Garga MD - University of California, San Francisco
Joyce Matsumoto MD - University of California, Los Angeles
Rachel Kuperman MD - Eysz, Inc