Our 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.
