Pediatric epilepsy specialist joins neurology faculty

Asri Yuliati, M.D., a neurologist specializing in pediatric epilepsy, joins the USA College of Medicine faculty as an assistant professor of neurology.

As a level 4 epilepsy center, USA Health is expanding its epilepsy treatment capabilities with the addition of Asri Yuliati, M.D., a neurologist specializing in pediatric epilepsy. She will join the neurology team at USA Health and will also serve as an assistant professor of neurology at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine.

“It is important for children with epilepsy to see a pediatric epileptologist who is familiar with the different types of epilepsy syndromes so they can have the appropriate evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment,” Yuliati said. “The earlier we intervene, the better the neurodevelopmental outcome will be. Epilepsy is one of the most treatable conditions in neurology.”

Many children grow out of their epilepsy while other cases are more difficult, requiring comprehensive evaluation, such as genetic testing and pre-surgical evaluation, and different types of treatment, such as anti-seizure medication, epilepsy surgery and vagus nerve stimulation, that USA Health is able to offer as the only level 4 epilepsy center in the region.

Yuliati said she volunteered to work with children with disabilities and this inspired her to study medicine and become a pediatric neurologist. She received her medical degree from Sun Yat Sen University in China. She completed a pediatric residency at Flushing Hospital Medical Center in New York followed by a child neurology residency at Wayne State University in Michigan and an epilepsy fellowship at the UCLA Medical Center in California.

Besides epilepsy, she will treat autism, headaches, concussions, traumatic brain injuries, brain tumors, vascular malformations, and cerebral palsy with a special interest and research focus on neonatal seizures, neurocritical care and epilepsy surgery.