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Best West syndrome neurologists: TOP 88 doctors

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Antonio Russi
Neurologist
52 years of experience
4.7
400 reviews
Spain, Barcelona
Centro Médico Teknon

Antonio Russi

Neurologist
52 years of experience

accreditations:

International League Against Epilepsy
  • Prof. Antonio Russi specializes in the treatment of West syndrome using non-surgical therapies and medication management.
  • Standard treatments include ACTH therapy, corticosteroids, antiepileptic drugs, and the ketogenic diet.
  • Prof. Russi has experience practicing at medical institutions in Spain and provides remote consultations via Skype.
  • Ranked among the Top 100 Spanish doctors by Forbes magazine.
  • Member of the Neurophysiology Catalan Society, International League Against Epilepsy, and American Epilepsy Society.
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4.7
400 reviews
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Bartolome Oliver
Neurosurgeon
48 years of experience
4.7
400 reviews
Spain, Barcelona
Centro Médico Teknon

Bartolome Oliver

Neurosurgeon
48 years of experience

accreditations:

Congress of Neurological Surgeons
International Society for Advancement of Spine Surgery
  • Dr. Bartolome Oliver specializes in West syndrome treatment, utilizing advanced methods like ACTH therapy, vigabatrin, and ketogenic diet.
  • He has extensive international training at medical institutions in Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, and the USA.
  • Dr. Oliver performs over 200 operations annually, demonstrating his high level of expertise in neurological conditions.
  • He is a member of prestigious organizations including the European Society of the Brain Tumors Neurosurgery and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
  • Dr. Oliver offers remote consultations, providing diagnosis and treatment plans via Skype.
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4.7
400 reviews
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Baris Metin
Neurologist
24 years of experience
4.2
51 reviews
Turkey, Istanbul
NP Istanbul Brain Hospital

Baris Metin

Neurologist
24 years of experience
  • Dr. Baris Metin specializes in West syndrome treatment, focusing on early diagnosis and intervention.
  • Standard treatment methods include ACTH therapy, Vigabatrin, ketogenic diet, and anti-epileptic drugs.
  • He has over 7 years of experience practicing at clinics in Turkey and Belgium, which has enhanced his clinical expertise.
  • Dr. Metin has contributed numerous research papers to national and international scientific journals.
  • He is a member of professional organizations, ensuring adherence to the highest medical standards.
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Sinan Comu
Neurologist
28 years of experience
4.6
289 reviews
Turkey, Istanbul
Memorial Şişli Hospital

Sinan Comu

Neurologist
28 years of experience

accreditations:

Child Neurology Society
  • Dr. Sinan Çomu specializes in treating West syndrome using ACTH therapy, anti-epileptic drugs, and the ketogenic diet.
  • He completed his training in pediatrics and child neurology at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh in the USA.
  • Dr. Çomu practices at the Pediatric Neurology Department at Memorial Şişli Hospital in Turkey.
  • He is a member of the Turkish Neurological Society and the Child Neurology Society.
  • Dr. Çomu has over 20 years of experience in treating neurological disorders in infants, children, and adolescents.
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4.6
289 reviews
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Stereotaxic surgeries $4750 - $6450
Vagus nerve stimulation $18500
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Ralf Buhl
Neurosurgeon
26 years of experience
4.6
56 reviews
Germany, Solingen
Medical Center in Solingen

Ralf Buhl

Neurosurgeon
26 years of experience
  • Prof. Ralf Buhl specializes in the treatment of West syndrome, including ACTH therapy, Vigabatrin, and a ketogenic diet.
  • He leads the Neurosurgery Department at Solingen Klinikum, Germany, with over 20 years of experience.
  • Dr. Buhl has successfully performed over 4,000 neurosurgeries and is recognized for his expertise worldwide.
  • His international experience includes giving lectures and providing consultations at clinics in China and the US.
  • Professional memberships include the German Society of Neurosurgery (DGNC) and the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS).
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Ebru Erbayat Altay
Neurologist
27 years of experience
4.5
461 reviews
Turkey, Istanbul
Medipol Mega University Hospital

Ebru Erbayat Altay

Neurologist
27 years of experience
  • Neurologist and Epileptologist with 25 years of experience in treating West syndrome.
  • Trained at the University of Washington and Barnes-Jewish Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (USA).
  • Specializes in ACTH therapy, anti-epileptic drugs, ketogenic diet, and surgical options for West syndrome.
  • Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
  • Fluent in English, providing accessible care for patients from around the world.
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Find out about the best doctors here

20 top ranked West syndrome doctors in the world are represented on this page. The list includes only verified specialists known for their experience and high success rates.

The ranking is composed according to the Bookimed patient reviews and considers the rating of hospitals where doctors practice.

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Veronika Chernuha
Neurologist
29 years of experience
4.4
138 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Veronika Chernuha

Neurologist
29 years of experience
Dr. Veronika Chernuha is a neurologist and pediatrician with over 25 years of experience, specializing in pediatric neurology, epilepsy, and neurogenic diseases. She has significant expertise in treating neurologic patients, especially after neurosurgical interventions, and is known for her work in areas such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery and surgical treatment of epilepsy.Read more
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Halil Can
Neurologist
29 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Atlas University Medicine Hospital

Halil Can

Neurologist
29 years of experience

2002-2007 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Department of Brain and Nerve Surgery

1988-1995 Trakya University Faculty of Medicine

 

2015- Atlas University Medicine Hospital

2014-2015 Private Pendik Yüzyıl Hospital Brain and Neurosurgery Clinic

2009-2014 Medicine Hospital Brain and Neurosurgery Clinic

2009-2009 Nisa Hospital Brain and Neurosurgery Clinic

2007-2009 Mardin State Hospital Brain and Neurosurgery Clinic

2002-2007 Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Brain and Neurosurgery

1997-2001 Enez Health Center and Enez State Hospital

 

Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Disc Surgery (endoscopic/microsurgery)

Far lateral (non-canal) lumbar disc surgery (lateral microsurgical approach)

Neurovascular surgery

Cerebrovascular diseases (vascular diseases of the brain)

Aneurysms

Arteriovenous malformations

Cavernomas

Neuro-oncological surgery

Brain tumors

Glial tumors

Meningiomas

Pituitary gland tumors

Metastatic brain tumors

Skull base tumors

Pontocerebellar angle tumors

Pineal tumors

Intraventricular tumors

Spinal disease surgery

Cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine fractures

Spine and spinal cord tumors

Scoliosis

Degenerative spine diseases

Peripheral nerve disease surgery

Peripheral nerve tumors

Entrapment neuropathies

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Ulnar groove syndrome

Tarsal tunnel syndrome

Functional neurosurgery and pain surgery

Trigeminal neuralgia

Microvascular decompression

Epilepsy surgery

Spasticity surgery

Epiduroscopic interventions

Hydrocephalus surgeries

Endoscopic 3rd ventriculostomy

VP shunt surgeries

LP shunt surgeries

Developmental anomalies

Meningomyelocele

Tethered cord syndrome

Arachnoid cyst

Craniosynostosis surgeries

Chiari malformation

Head trauma

Subdural hematomas

Intracerebral hematomas

 

Article published in internationally refereed journals

Cansever T, Civelek E, Sencer A, Karasu A, Kiris T, Hepgül K, Can H, Canbolat A: Spinal cavernous malformations: a report of 5 cases. Surg Neurol Jun 69 

Effects of combined and individual use of N-methyl-D aspartate receptor antagonist magnesium sulphate and caspase-9 inhibitor z-LEDH-fmk experimental spinal cord injury. A.Sencer, A.Aydoseli, Y.Aras, M.Osman Akçakaya, C.Gömleksiz, H.Can, A.Canbolat. Turkısh Joumal of Trauma&Emergency Surgery 2013

Aydoseli A, Can H, Aras Y, Sabanci PA, Akcakaya MO, Unal OF. Memantine and Q-VD-OPh Treatments in Experimental Spinal Cord Injury: Combined Inhibition of Necrosis and Apoptosis. Turk Neurosurg. 2016

Can H, Kircelli A, Kavadar G, Civelek E, Cansever T, Aydoseli A, Onal MB, Yilmaz C. Lumbosacral Conjoined Root Anomaly: Anatomical Considerations of Exiting Angles and Root Thickness. Turk Neurosurg. 2017

Kırcelli A, Özel Ö, Can H, Sarı R, Cansever T, Elmacı İ. Is the presence of linear fracture a predictor of delayed posterior fossa epidural hematoma? Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2016 Jul

Kavadar G, Demircioğlu DT, Can H, Emre TY, Civelek E, Senyigit A. The clinical factors associated with benefit finding of complementary medicine use in patients with back pain: A cross-sectional study with cluster analysis. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2017

Ozer AF, Suzer T, Can H, Falsafi M, Aydin M, Sasani M, Oktenoglu T. Anatomic Assessment of Variations in Kambin’s Triangle: A Surgical and Cadaver Study. World Neurosurg. 2017 Apr

Can H, Aydoseli A, Gömleksiz C, Göker B, Altunrende ME, Dolgun M, Sencer A. Combined and individual use of pancaspase inhibitor Q-VD-OPh and NMDA receptor antagonist riluzole in experimental spinal cord injury. Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2017

Gomleksiz C, Erbulut DU, Can H, Kodigudla MK, Kelkar AV, Kasapoglu E, Ozer AF, Goel VK. A new lumbar fixation device alternative to pedicle-based stabilization for lumbar spine: In vitro cadaver investigation. J Spinal Cord Med. 2018 Jul 16:1-8.

Aydoseli A, Özgen U, Akgül T, Orhan EK, Adıyaman AE, Can H, Karadağ C. Subacute Traumatic Ascending Myelopathy in a 28-year-old man: A rare case. World Neurosurg. 2019 Apr 28

 

Article published in national refereed journals

1) Intracranial Hemangioblastomas: Clinical Evaluation of 32 Patients T. Cansever, A. Karasu, K. Hepgül, H. Can, A. Sencer Turkish Neurosurgical Journal 2007, Volume:17 

2) Halil Can, Müge Dolgun, Utku Özgen, Cengiz Gömleksiz, Furkan Diren, Aydın Aydoseli, Yavuz Aras, Altay Sencer. Microsurgical Results in Vestibular Schwannoma Patients; Retrospective Clinical Study. JAREM 2019

3) Furkan Diren , Özcan Gayretli , Halil Can , İlke Ali Gürses , Orhan Barlas. Examination of Pons-Cerebellum Cisterna Anatomy with Endoscopic Retrosigmoid Suboccipital Approach: Cadaver Study. JAREM 2019

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Uta Meyding-Lamade
Neurologist
33 years of experience
4.4
51 reviews
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Nordwest Clinic (Krankenhaus)

Uta Meyding-Lamade

Neurologist
33 years of experience
  • Prof. Uta Meyding-Lamade specializes in the treatment of West syndrome, focusing on early diagnosis and intervention.
  • Standard treatment methods for West syndrome include ACTH therapy, corticosteroids, and antiepileptic drugs such as vigabatrin.
  • She graduated from Heidelberg University in 1988, with postgraduate training at University College London and the University of Memphis.
  • She heads the Neurology Department at Nordwest Clinic and the Viral Encephalitis German Neurology Society.
  • She serves as a regional adviser on stroke treatment at the Robert Koch Institute and has received numerous scholarships and prizes.
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Kyoung Heo
Neurologist
4.5
42 reviews
Republic of Korea, Seoul
Severance Hospital

Kyoung Heo

Neurologist

accreditations:

The Korean Epilepsy Society
The Korea Medical Association

Prof. Heo is a leading neurologist in South Korea specializing in epilepsy treatment. He is the head of the Neurology Department at Yonsei Severance Hospital and a graduate of Yonsei University College of Medicine. He is a member of The Korean Epilepsy Society, The Korean Neurological Association, and The Korea Medical Association.

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Enrico Motti
Neurosurgeon
46 years of experience
Italy, Bologna
Maria Cecilia Hospital

Enrico Motti

Neurosurgeon
46 years of experience

Dr. Motti works at the Neurosurgery Department at Maria Cecilia Hospital, as the coordinator of the Gamma Knife Operating Unit, and neurosurgeon in charge of the Stereotaxic Neurosurgery Unit, one of the few centers in Italy, which specializes in the Gamma Knife treatments.  

He is an active member of several research companies focused on Gamma Knife: Italian Society of Neurosurgery, Rome; Gamma Knife Society, Stockholm; European Gamma Knife Society, Madrid. In 1982 he obtained the patent for interfacing the Talairach stereotaxic helmet with computerized axial tomography methods. In 1987 he made the first brain implantation of dopaminergic cells in Parkinson's disease in Italy. He is responsible for training courses at national and international levels, such as courses in Stereotaxic Techniques, Functional Neurosurgery, Radiosurgery at the School of Specialization in Neurosurgery, by the University of Milan; He was an Invited speaker at the "Compliance in radiosurgery" course at the GKSociety meeting in Seoul, South Korea; Organizer of the First European Meeting of Gamma Knife Users, in 1996 in Milan and its subsequent editions.

He is often invited as an instructor in the first weeks of the opening of the new Gamma Knife centers, such as from the Hospital of the University of California Davis, Sacramento, California; or the Arsenji Hospital in Bucharest, Romania etc.

Author and co-author of about 100 publications and contributors to national and international journals. In the seventies he contributed as Assistant Editor to the editorial board of the Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences. For twenty years he was a Consultant in medical libraries as an expert in research techniques and bibliographic archives.

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Anna Pujol
Neurologist
35 years of experience
4.7
400 reviews

Anna Pujol

Neurologist
35 years of experience
Spain, Barcelona
Centro Médico Teknon
4.7
400 reviews
Doctor's visit price on request
Vagus nerve stimulation $49052.47 - $51232.58
Stereotaxic surgeries $27251.37 - $70853.57
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Yaşar Kütükçü
4.6
472 reviews
Turkey, Istanbul
Anadolu Medical Center

Prof. Yaşar Kütükçü is a neurologist with an education from Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi Medical School and University of California San Francisco. He is a member of Turkish Neurology Society, Parkinson’s Disease Society and International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society and specializes in Neurophysiology (Deep Brain Stimulation) and movement disorders treatment.

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4.6
472 reviews
Doctor's visit price on request
Stereotaxic surgeries $8500 - $14000
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Sultan Tarlaci
Neurologist
24 years of experience
4.2
51 reviews
Turkey, Istanbul
NP Istanbul Brain Hospital

Sultan Tarlaci

Neurologist
24 years of experience
Prof. Dr. Sultan TARLACI is an experienced Neurologist with 25+ years of experience in the treatment of various neurological diseases, including headaches, dizziness, migraine, fainting, dementia, brain diseases, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, sleep apnea, vertigo, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, paralysis, neurological diseases, and more. He has authored several books and chapters in books, published in international peer-reviewed journals, and received several awards. He is a graduate of Ege University School of Medicine and completed his Neurology Residency at Ege University.Read more
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Baris Topcular
Neurologist
18 years of experience
5.0
27 reviews
Turkey, Istanbul
Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital

Baris Topcular

Neurologist
18 years of experience

General Information and Presentation

He completed his primary education at Şenlikköy Primary School and his secondary education at the Istek Foundation Florya Bilge Kagan High School. He graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 2001. He completed his specialist education in Istanbul Medical Faculty Neurology Department in 2006. In 2006 he worked at the Neurology Clinic and the PharmaZentrum Research Center of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Basel, Switzerland. Between 2007 and 2011, Bakırköy Prof. Dr. He worked at Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital in the 3rd Neurology Clinic and in the Dementia and Movement Disorders policlinics. Since October 2011, he has been working at Istanbul University of Science, Faculty of Medicine, Neurology, USA.

 

Experience

İstanbul Bilim University Faculty of Medicine Neurology, 

Şişli Florence Nightingale Hospital 

Kadıköy Florence Nightingale Hospital Neurology Clinics, 

Gayrettepe Metropolitan Florence Nightingale Hospital PET department.

 

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Aviva Fatal-valevsky
Neurologist
45 years of experience
4.4
138 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Aviva Fatal-valevsky

Neurologist
45 years of experience

accreditations:

Israel Medical Association
European Paediatric Neurology Society
Israeli Pediatric Neurology Society

Aviva Fattal-Valevski is an experienced neurologist specializing in the treatment of brain neurogenetic disorders in children. She has been in the field since 1993 and has held various positions at the Sourasky Medical Center since then. She is a member of various medical organizations, such as the Israel Medical Association, the Israel Society of Clinical Pediatrics, and the European Paediatric Neurology Society.

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Uri Kramer
Neurologist
55 years of experience
4.4
138 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Uri Kramer

Neurologist
55 years of experience

accreditations:

Israel Epilepsy Association
Israeli Pediatric Neurology Society

Dr. Uri Kramer is a highly experienced pediatric neurologist with a specialty in epilepsy treatment in children, who has been practicing for over 50 years. He is the author of a novel epilepsy alarm-system and has written over 160 scientific papers in pediatric neurology. He is also the former President of the Israel Epilepsy Association and a member of the American and Israeli Pediatric Neurology Societies.

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Nir Giladi
Neurologist
41 years of experience
4.4
138 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Nir Giladi

Neurologist
41 years of experience

accreditations:

The Israeli Parkinson Association
The World Health Organization
The International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society
Dr. Nir Giladi is an experienced neurologist with over 30 years of practical experience, specializing in the treatment of neurological disorders, recovery of supporting-motor system, Parkinson's disease, and parkinsonism. He has held various positions in medical centers and universities, and has been involved in research for over 20 years. He has received various awards and is a member of numerous prestigious organizations.Read more
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Semra Acar
Neurologist
23 years of experience
4.4
40 reviews

Semra Acar

Neurologist
23 years of experience
Turkey, Istanbul
Lokman Hekim Istanbul Hospital
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Svetlana Kipervasser
Neurologist
32 years of experience
4.4
138 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Svetlana Kipervasser

Neurologist
32 years of experience
Dr. Svetlana Kipervasser specializes in deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery, surgical treatment of epilepsy, and medication treatment for epilepsy and essential tremor.Read more

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