Program Leadership

Joshua Loeb, MD

Joshua Loeb, MD

Program Director, Pediatric Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurologist, Pediatric Epileptologist

Dr. Loeb graduated from Tulane School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2009. He completed his Pediatrics and Child Neurology training at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital and completed a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at Children's Hospital of Orange County/UC Irvine. Dr. Loeb has a special interest in epilepsy in childhood and is the Chief of Pediatric Neurology, Medical Director of the Complex Epilepsy Team Center, and co-director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Division. He has particular interest in surgical, dietary, and neuromodulation techniques for treating children with complex epilepsy. He is board certified in Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy.

Charles Casassa, MD

Charles Casassa, MD

Associate Program Director, adult epilepsy

Adult Neurologist, Adult Epileptologist

Associate Professor, Neurology

Dr. Casassa graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his Neurology Residency and Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology with a focus on EEG at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School. He is passionate about medical education, serving as Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Neurology and is Associate Neurology Clerkship Director. His clinical areas of expertise are in Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, with a particular focus in critical care EEG and epilepsy surgical evaluation.

Faculty

  • Firas Bannout, MD - adult epilepsy 
  • Philip Tseng, MD - adult epilepsy 
  • Mohammad Dastjerki, MD, PhD - adult epilepsy 
  • Joshua Martin, MD - adult epilepsy 
  • David Michelson, MD - pediatric neurology 
  • Richard Tang-Wai, MDCM - pediatric epilepsy 
  • Young-Min Kim, MD - pediatric epilepsy 
  • Richard Robison, MD - pediatric neurosurgery 
  • Warren Boling, MD - adult neurosurgery
  • Adina Achiriloaie - neuroradiology 
  • Jeffrey Murray, PsyD - adult neuropsychology 
  • Joy Nichols, PhD - pediatric neuropsychology