Training and Education

Clinical Epilepsy Fellowship at UCSF

The goal of the epilepsy fellowship program at UCSF is to develop world-class epileptologists who become leaders in the field. The fellowship provides trainees ample opportunities to work with passionate and dedicated faculty while caring for the most complex patients living with epilepsy. Our graduates have made lasting contributions to the field of epilepsy through groundbreaking research, innovations in treatment including advanced epilepsy surgery and neuromodulation, education of future neurologists, and by fostering the early careers of clinical or laboratory research physician-scientists. This program is an ACGME-accredited epilepsy fellowship.

More information can be found at: https://neuroeducation.ucsf.edu/ucsf-epilepsy-clinical-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

Monica Chao MD, MPhil

Dr. Chao is a Neurologist and an Epilepsy Clinical Fellow in the Department of Neurology at UCSF. She is interested in epilepsy surgery, neuromodulation devices and computational neuroscience research.

Education:
Harvard University, BA in Computer Science and MA in Physics, 2015
University of Cambridge, MPhil in Computational Biology, 2016
Harvard Medical School, MD, 2020
UCSF, Internship in Internal Medicine, 2021
UCSF, Residency in Adult Neurology, 2024

Sharon Chiang MD, PhD

Dr. Chiang is a Neurologist and an Epilepsy Clinical Fellow in the Department of Neurology at UCSF. She is interested in cellular circuit mechanisms of memory and learning impairment in epilepsy and circuit-based therapies for memory and seizure modulation.

Education:
Rice University, BA in Statistics, BA in Mathematical Economic Analysis, 2009
Rice University, PhD in Statistics, 2016
Baylor College of Medicine, MD, 2018
UCSF, Internship in Internal Medicine, 2019
UCSF, Residency in Adult Neurology, 2022
UCSF, R25 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Frank Lab, Department of Physiology, 2024

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

Ehsan Tadayon MD

Dr. Tadayon is a Neurologist and an Epilepsy Clinical Fellow in the Department of Neurology at UCSF. He is interested in improving the quality of life for patients with refractory epilepsy through clinical care and research. He is interested in studying the epileptic network by combining electrophysiology and brain imaging to develop novel circuit-based neuromodulation.   

Education 
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, MD
Harvard Medical School, Research fellowship
Tufts School of Medicine, Residency in Adult Neurology

Sarah Vinette MD

Dr. Vinette is a Neurologist and Epilepsy Clinical Fellow in the Department of Neurology at UCSF.  She is interested in better understanding and addressing barriers to accessing epilepsy care and optimizing the health of individuals with epilepsy.

Education:
Dalhousie University, BSc Combined Honors Neuroscience and Mathematics, 2011
University of Calgary, MSc Neuroscience, 2014
University of Toronto, MD, 2019
University of Toronto, Adult Neurology Residency, 2024

Fellowship Alumni

2024
Lauren Hophing MD - University of Toronto
Adriana Koek MD - Jackson & Coker
Emily Liu MD - University of Colorado
Nausheen Mahmood MD - University of Washington

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

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