JEFFREY NICHOLL, M.D.

Dr. Jeffrey Nicholl is Associate Professor of Neurology and Director of Clinical Neurophysiology at Tulane University Health Sciences Center. He obtained his Medical Degree from Georgetown University. He has completed residencies in Psychiatry at UCLA and in Neurology at Tulane University. He has completed fellowships in Clinical Neurophysiology at Tulane University and in Epilepsy at UCLA. He is board certified in Neurology, Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine, Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy Monitoring. His research interests include Psychiatric aspects of epilepsy and in the emergency treatment of seizures and status epilepticus. 

SARALA PALLIYATH, M.D.

Dr. Sarala Palliyath is Clinical Professor of Neurology at Tulane University Health Sciences Center and Director of the Neuromuscular Laboratory at the Veterans Administration Hospital in New Orleans. She obtained her medical degree from All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India, and completed her neurology training at the University of Birmingham in Alabama and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Sarala furthered her training with a fellowship in EMG and Neuromuscular Diseases at the University of Birmingham in Alabama. Dr. Sarala recently participated in a research project at the National Institute of Health in Washington, D.C. for training in Mark Hallett's Laboratory for gait analysis techniques.

MORTEZA SHAMSNIA, M.D.

Dr. Morteza Shamsnia is Associate Professor of Neurology and Director of the EMG Laboratory at Tulane University Health Sciences Center. He obtained his medical degree from Tehran University School of Medicine in Tehran, Iran. He completed his neurology training at the University of Missouri-Columbia Medical Center in Columbia, Missouri. He furthered his training with a fellowship in Neurophysiology (EEG/Epilepsy and Sleep) at Kansas University, and a fellowship in Neuromuscular Disorders and EMG at the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Shamsnia is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Electrodiagnositc Medicine, American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology, and Diplomat in the Subspecialty of Neurology with added qualifications in Clinical Neurophysiology.

ANTONIO STAZIO, M.D.

Dr. Antonio Stazio is Clinical Professor of Neurology at Tulane University Health Sciences Center. He is Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Clinic at Tulane. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Naples Medical School in Naples, Italy. He completed his neurology training at Baltimore City Hospitals in Baltimore, Maryland, and Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.

All of the faculty have written and published in various medical journals and publications. They also actively participate in various research projects.