Professional Advisory Board
National Series
Mark Nespeca, M.D.
Chair – Professional Advisory Board
Pediatric Neurologist
Rady Children’s Hospital
Kim Tallian, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP, FCCP, FCSHP
Vice Chair – Professional Advisory Board
Clinical Pharmacy Manager
Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor – UCSD, UCSF
Keri Carstairs, M.D.
Medical Director, Emergency Care
Chief of Division of Emergency Medicine
Rady Children’s Hospital
Sophia Ceulemans, M.S., CGC
Licensed and Certified Genetic Counselor
Rady Children’s Hospital
Bilal Ahmad Choudry, M.D.
Neurologist and Epileptologist
The Neurology Center
Abraham Chyung, M.D., Ph.D.
Adult Epileptologist
Scripps Clinic Div. of Neurology
Ruth M. Covell, M.D.
Associate Dean of Medicine
Emeritus Clinical Professor
UCSD School of Medicine, Dean’s Office
Monsita Faley, DNP, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Neurology
Scripps Health
Jeffrey Gertsch, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, Interventional Neurophysiology
Department of Neurosciences
UCSD Medical Center
Lauren Giardina, J.D.
Staff Attorney
Disability Rights California
David Gonda, M.D.
Pediatric Neurosurgeon
Rady Children’s Hospital
Robert Gray, Ph.D., ABPP
Pediatric Neuropsychologist
Olivia Kim-McManus, M.D.
Pediatric Epileptologist
UCSD Medical Center
Rady Children’s Hospital
CDR Jacqueline Serena, M.D.
Pediatric Neurologist
Naval Medical Center San Diego
Jerry Shih, Ph.D.
Neurologist
UCSD Neurosciences
Stephen F. Signer, M.D.
Psychiatrist
Psychiatric Centers at San Diego
Howard Taras, M.D.
Pediatrician, Professor
UCSD
Medical Consultant to School Districts
Ari Zeldin, M.D., FAAP FAAN
Pediatric Neurology
Naval Medical Center San Diego