Epilepsy Fellowship Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Fellows receive extensive training in EEG monitoring and the clinical management of patients in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) and Intensive Care Unit (ICU), as well as outpatient care, including ambulatory long-term EEG monitoring, routine EEGs, and epilepsy clinics. Clinical rotations span three New York City campuses: Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai West, and Kravis Children’s Hospital.

Fellows participate in the pre-surgical and surgical evaluation of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy and gain hands-on experience with intracranial EEG monitoring (grid/strips, stereo-EEG) and cortical mapping procedures. They work closely with epilepsy neurosurgeons and gain expertise in advanced and minimally invasive therapeutic strategies, including responsive neurostimulator implantation and laser interstitial thermal therapy.

Clinical rotations include inpatient EMU and critical care EEG blocks for adults (MSH and MSW) and pediatrics (Kravis), outpatient EEG blocks, and elective time (typically two months in the first year and four months in the second year). Fellows maintain their own continuity clinic and participate in faculty clinics. Weekly educational activities include faculty lectures, NSICU-Epilepsy joint conferences, and journal clubs. Fellows lead case discussions at the weekly Multidisciplinary Epilepsy Surgery Conferences and bi-weekly EEG conferences.

Fellows work closely with neurology residents and other house staff and are expected to teach residents and students rotating in epilepsy and EEG. Graduates of the program are eligible for Certification in the Subspecialty of Epilepsy by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN).

We expect our fellows to complete and publish a research project, supported and guided by the multidisciplinary epilepsy team—including neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists, neuroradiologists, and neuroscientists—at the Friedman Brain Institute.

To be considered, you should have completed an approved neurology residency or equivalent and be eligible for licensure in the State of New York.

To apply, submit your application through ERAS, including your curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, USMLE scores, medical school transcript, and personal statement. We begin reviewing applications in December and invite selected candidates for interviews from March through April. We participate in the NRMP Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Match.

Our epilepsy faculty has extensive experience, a track record of publications with trainees, and a passion for teaching that includes imparting expertise in critical care EEG.

David Aharonoff, MD

Leah Blank, MD, MPH

Matthew Davitz, MD

Madeline Fields, MD

Kia Gilani, MD

Gena Ghearing, MD

Shu-Wei Hsu

Maite LaVega, MD

Kyusang Lee, MD

Lara Marcuse, MD

Sonam Verma, MD

Ji Yeoun Yoo, MD

James Young, MD/PhD

Calvin Yu, MD