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Staff and Services

Valerie Kelley, RN
Nurse Coordinator
813/844-4675

Marisol Ruiz
EEG Lab Assistant
813/844-7931

Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory, Tampa General Hospital

  • Kip Anthony, R.EEG/EP.T., CNIM, Team Leader
  • Routine EEG: XLTEK
  • Ambulatory EEG: DigiTrace
  • Prolonged EEG-video monitoring (for diagnosis of seizures vs. pseudoseizures, or for presurgical evaluation): XLTEK
  • Invasive EEG (e.g., epidural, subdural, foramen ovale, depth electrodes)
  • Multi-disciplinary presurgical evaluations (e.g., special MRI, Wada test, SPECT scan, neuropsychological testing)
  • Surgery for epilepsy (e.g., temporal lobectomy, extratemporal resection, corpus callosotomy, hemispherectomy)
  • Vagus nerve stimulator: Cyberonics
  • Investigational drug studies

Neuroradiology
  • Carlos Martinez, MD, Clinical Professor of Radiology (VOL)
  • F. Reed Murtagh, MD, Professor of Radiology and Director, Division of Neuroradiology
  • Hemant D. Chheda MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology and Neurology and Director, Nuclear Medicine, Tampa General Hospital

Dietician & nutritional services [e.g., ketogenic diet]

  • Jill Kammerer, RD (Tampa General Hospital)
  • Tran Hang (All Childrens Hospital, St. Petersburg)
Psychology and psychiatry services

  • Adele Haber, PhD, Neuropsychology: 813-844-7124 (full-time)
  • Jessica Vassalo, PhD, Neuropsychology: 813-844-7124
  • Yolanda C. Leon, Psy.D, Ed.S, MA, Neuropsychology: 813-633-6012
  • Susan Kelley, PhD, Psychology: 813-974-0971
Pharmacology

Melissa Giarratano, Pharm.D.
• Clinical Pharmacist - Neurosciences
• Tampa General Hospital

Social Services: Epilepsy Service of West Central Florida