Rani Sarkis MD, MSc. graduated from a combined MD/MSc. program from the American University of Beirut. He then completed neurology residency at the Cleveland Clinic, a 2-year fellowship in clinical neurophysiology/epilepsy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a fellowship in behavioral neurology/neuropsychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. He evaluates patients at Brigham and Women’s and South Shore Hospital and is also director of neurophysiology education for neurology residents at BWH. His areas of expertise and research interests include epilepsy in the elderly, seizures in dementia, memory and concentration difficulties in patients with epilepsy, cognitive complications after epilepsy surgery, and autoimmune epilepsy.He has received funding from the NIH and the American Epilepsy Society Junior Investigator Award to study late onset unexplained epilepsy.
Contact
Brigham and Women's at South Shore Health
55 Fogg Road
Emerson 150
South Weymouth,
MA
02190
Phone:
(617) 732-7547
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center
60 Fenwood Road
1st Floor
Hale Building for Transformative Medicine
Boston,
MA
02115
Phone:
(617) 732-7547
About Rani Sarkis, MD, MSc
Gender
Male
Specialties
Neurology
Clinical Interests
Alzheimer's disease
behavioral neurology
clinical neurophysiology
cognitive function disorders
dementia
electroencephalography
epilepsy
frontal lobe/executive dysfunction
frontotemporal dementia
geriatrics
memory disorders
neurodegenerative disease
neurology
neuropsychiatric disorders
seizure disorders
Bio
Internship
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2007 - 2008
Medical School
American University - Beirut, Faculty of Medicine, 2002 - 2007
Board Certifications
Neurology, 2011
Epilepsy, 2013
Behavioral & Cognitive, 2014
Fellowships
Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2011 - 2013
Massachusetts General Hospital, 2013 - 2014
More videos
Living With Epilepsy: Tips, Causes, and Treatments
Late Onset Epilepsy