Epilepsy Center

Our Team

As Suffolk's only Level 4 Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, our team of highly skilled adult and pediatric epileptologists, neurologists, radiologists and neurosurgeons enable Stony Brook Medicine to provide the highest quality care for patients, no matter how complex their epilepsy condition.

Neurology/Epilepsy

Lourdes Bello-Espinosa, MD

Pediatric Neurology

Elizabeth M. Cruz, MD

Epilepsy Neurology, Pediatric Neurology, Neurology

Ferhat Erol, MD

Neurology/Epilepsy

Yana Krutoshinskaya, MD

Clinical Neurophysiology, Epilepsy Neurology, Neurology

Bridget Leone, MD

Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology

Jill Miller-Horn, MD

Epilepsy Neurology, Neurology, Pediatric Neurology

Galyna Pushchinska, MD

Vascular Neurologist

Olga Selioutski, DO

Clinical Neurophysiology

Rebecca Spiegel, MD

Epilepsy Neurology, Sleep Medicine, Neurology

Shennan Weiss, MD

Neurology

Neurosurgery

David A. Chesler, MD, PhD

Pediatric Neurosurgeon; Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery

Charles Mikell, MD

Neurosurgeon

Epilepsy Nurse Practitioners

Barbara Fuentes, NP

Neurology

Patricia M. Melville, NP

Neurology

Heidy Merius, DNP

Neurology

Neuro-Radiology

Lev Bangiyev, DO

Co-Chief, Neuroradiology

Robert Peyster, MD

Diagnostic Radiology, Neuroradiology

Steven F. West, DO

Neuroradiology

Neuropsychology

Kelly Coulehan Crotty, PhD

Neuropsychology

Brian K. Lebowitz, PhD

Neuropsychology

Thomas Preston, PhD

Pediatric Psychology, Neuropsychology

Social Work

Geoffrey O'Connell, LCSW

Social Worker

Physical Therapy

Joseph Giglio, DPT

Physical Therapy

Karen Fitterer, DPT

Physical Therapy

Jennifer Kreppein, PT

Physical Therapy

Occupational Therapy

Clarissa Buencamino,

David Lavan, MS, OTR

Occupational Therapy

Cheryl Rooney, OT

Occupational Therapy

Speech Therapy

Craig Beale, M.A. CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Research

Alfredo Fontanini, MD, PhD

Co-Director, Neurosciences Institute Chair, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior