Dr. William Sutherling is the medical director at Epilepsy and Brain Mapping Program. He is known internationally for evaluating difficult-to-manage seizure disorders, brain mapping of seizures, tumors, and eloquent cortex and noninvasive techniques to diagnose and localize epilepsy for surgery. Dr. Sutherling has 25 years experience in epileptology and invasive monitoring studies. He is board-certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and in EEG, Evoked Potentials and Intensive Monitoring by the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology. Before moving to Huntington Memorial Hospital, he directed the Adult and Pediatric Epilepsy Subdural Grid and Brain Mapping Programs at UCLA. As the principal investigator on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant studying the use of magnetoencephalography (MEG), Dr. Sutherling continues to seek new noninvasive techniques to diagnose and localize epilepsy for surgery. He has written more than 30 publications on the treatment of epilepsy.
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Dr. Adam Mamelak is the neurosurgical director of the Epilepsy and Brain Mapping Program. He graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed residency training at the University of California at San Francisco with subspecialty training in epilepsy surgery, functional stereotaxy and neuro-oncology. He has extensive experience with intra-operative brain mapping techniques and image-guided resections. Dr. Mamelak is an associate fellow of the American College of Surgeons and has an appointment as an associate in biology at the California Institute of Technology. He is assistant professor at the City of Hope National Medical Center and has active research programs in MR Spectroscopy and the basic science of neuronal growth caused by seizures. He is the recipient of the 1997 Young Clinician Investigators Award by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and has published more than 25 articles.
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Dr. Roger Huf is the Epilepsy and Brain Mapping Program's pediatric neurologist and co-director of the ketogenic diet program. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Bologna in Bologna, Italy, he completed a fellowship in adult and pediatric neurology at UCLA. He serves as Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatric Neurology at UCLA School of Medicine and is the director of pediatric neurology at White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of the Child Neurology Society and American Academy of Neurology. He was co-founder of the Medical Outreach Program for Day Care Centers in Brooklyn, New York and co-founder and board member of the Para Los Ninos Day Care Center in Skidrow. He is a board member of the International Medical Committee in Los Angeles and serves as founding board member of International Orphan Care.
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Dr. Linda Philpott is the director of neuropsychology services. She received her doctorate from the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles and completed her post graduate education as a fellow in neuropsychology at the UCLA School of Medicine Neuropsychiatric Institute. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and International Neuropsychological Society. For eight years Dr. Philpott conducted research in memory and aging, Alzheimer's disease and neuropsychometric correlates in psychiatric disease at Harbor UCLA Meical Center. At The Epilepsy and Brain Mapping Program, she is involved in active research programs studying neuronal activity in the human brain during learning and memory, cognitive outcomes, post surgical treatment of epilepsy, WADA and intraoperative brain mapping.
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Dr. Tatiana Maleeva is an adult and pediatric neurologist. As a member of the Epilepsy and Brain Mapping team of physicians, Dr. Maleeva closely monitors patients and attends the surgical conference meetings.

Jeri Nichols-Sutherling is the director of adult and pediatric programs for the Epilepsy and Brain Mapping Program. She is a registered nurse with a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Florida State University. Her professional experience encompasses work in health care administration, neonatal nursing, pediatrics and adult critical care. She has been the director of adult and pediatric programs for the Epilepsy and Brain Mapping Program since 1993. After extensive training on the ketogenic diet at Johns Hopkins University’s medical school, she was instrumental in establishing the ketogenic diet program here at EBMP. She has been actively involved in treating patients with the diet and continues to coordinate one of 17 ketogenic diet centers in the United States.
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Danine Mele-Hayes, R.D. is a registered dietitian with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Indiana University. She completed an Accredited Dietetic Internship Program from Indiana University School of Medicine. After receiving extensive training on the ketogenic diet at Johns Hopkins University's medical school, she developed a successful approach to the diet by individualizing it to meet patient and family needs and providing quality nutritional care and ongoing support through regular accessibility via voice mail, e-mail, telephone, pager, and fax. She also provides continuous training to all hospital personnel involved in the program.
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