Our Epilepsy Team

Epileptologists

Kathryn B. Lalor, BS, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Clinical Neurophysiology
UAB Division of Pediatric Neurology

Monisha Goyal, MD
Professor
Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Program
UAB Division of Pediatric Neurology

Pongkiat Kankirawatana, MD
Professor
Medical Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgical Program
UAB Division of Pediatric Neurology

Ismail Mohamed, MD
Professor
Director of MEG Lab
UAB Division of Pediatric Neurology

Katherine Thaggard, MD
Assistant Professor
UAB Division of Pediatric Neurology

Jan Mathisen, MD
Clinical Professor

Neurosurgeons

Jeffrey Blount, MD
Professor
Surgical Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgical Program
UAB Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Curtis Rozzelle, MD
Associate Professor
UAB Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Pediatric Neuroradiologist

Fabricio Goncalves, MD
Pediatric Neuroradiology
 

Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Nurse Practitioners

Sula Gillespie, CRNP 
Jennifer Glenn, CRNP 
Mallory Murphy, CRNP 
 

Neuropsychologist

Matthew Thompson, Psy.D, ABPP
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Children's Behavioral Health

Kristen M. Smith, PhD
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Children's Behavioral Health

Other Team Members

Rory Gill
Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Scheduler
Phone: 205-638-2954

Virginia Fife, BS, R.EEG.T, CLTM
EMU Supervisor

Trei King, BS, R.EEG.T, CNIM
Director of Neurophysiology

Pamela Miller, RN, CPN
Epilepsy Neurosurgery Coordinator

Nadine Ward, RN
Care Coordinator

Allan Harrison
Epilepsy Surgery Imaging Technician

Fairfax Davis, MS, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist

We also work with multiple consulting services, including Sunshine School, Social Work, Psychology, and Psychiatry. 
 

Children's of Alabama's Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) is designated Level 4 by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers, which is the highest level for units specializing in a continuum of care for patients. Our Epilepsy Monitoring Unit is the only pediatric EMU in the state that is accredited through the American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic Technologists (ABRET) and was the first accredited pediatric EMU in the United States. Our unit is staffed 24 hours a day by dedicated EEG Technologists.