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The OHSU Comprehensive Epilepsy Team

The OHSU Comprehensive Epilepsy team has various interests in research and patient care.

James Cereghino, M.D.

Colin Roberts, M.D.
Martin Salinsky, M.D.

W. Brewster Smith, M.D.
David Spencer, M.D.
Kathy J. Dodson, M.N., F.N.P.

Carter Wray, M.D.

	James J. Cereghino, MD Biography Dr. Cereghino`s special interests include epilepsy and clinical antiepileptic drug testing. He is the former NIH, NINDS Epilepsy Branch Chief, and the current supplements editor and Editor Emeritus of Epilepsia. He is also the past president of the American Epilepsy Society, as well as the past president of the Epilepsy Foundation of Oregon. Education Degree Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, 1964 Residency Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center, Portland
	Paul V. Motika, M.D. Biography Dr. Motika specializes in caring for patients with epilepsy. He has advanced training in the diagnosis and treatment of many types of epilepsy, including difficult to treat forms. He also has experience with interpretation of electroencephalograms (EEG), as well as surgical treatments for epilepsy. Education Degree University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY Residency University of Michigan Fellowship Neurophysiology and Epilepsy, Rush University Medical Center, 2009 Academic Position Assistant Professor
	Colin M. Roberts, M.D. Biography Dr. Roberts specializes in caring for children with epilepsy. He has advanced training in comprehensive epilepsy care, including medical management, interpretation of EEGs (electroencephalograms) and the evaluation and management of children for epilepsy surgery. Education Degree M.D.: Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1995 Residencies Pediatrics: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital/AI DuPont Institute, Philadelphia, 1997 Neurology/Child Neurology: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2000 Fellowship Pediatric Epilepsy/Clinical Neurophysiology: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2001 Certifications Neurology with special qualification in Child Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2001 Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2005 Academic Position Assistant Professor Memberships and Associations American Epilepsy Society American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
	Martin C. Salinsky, M.D. Biography Dr. Salinsky has special interests in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology. He currently serves as the director of the Epilepsy Program at OHSU. He received his medical degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1980, and completed his residency in both Internal Medicine and Neurology at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison. Dr. Salinsky stayed at UW to complete his Epilepsy fellowship. Education Degree State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1980 Residency Internal Medicine-University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison; Neurology-University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison Fellowship Epilepsy-University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison Memberships and Associations American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology, 1987; Neurology, 1988
	W. Brewster Smith, M.D. Education Degree M.D., University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, 1972 Residency Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 1973 - 1976 Fellowship Epilepsy, Epilepsy Center of Oregon, Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center, Portland, OR, 1976 - 1978 Certification ABPN
	David C. Spencer, M.D. Biography Dr. Spencer`s clinical areas of interest are treatment of seizure disorders/epilepsy and video EEG monitoring. The assistant professor of Neurology received his medical degree in 1993 from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He underwent his residency training and Epilepsy fellowship at Stanford University in Stanford, Ca. Education Degree University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1993 Residency Standford University, Stanford Fellowship Epilepsy-Stanford University, Stanford
	Carter D. Wray, M.D.
	Kathy J. Dodson, M.N., F.N.P. Biography Kathy’s goal is to help her patients achieve the greatest quality of life, by providing them education and assistance to manage their epilepsy. She received her Family Nurse Practitioner Degree from Washington State University. Kathy is very proud of her two daughters. She enjoys the outdoors, loves to hike and canoe, and is an avid birder. Education Degree MN, Washington State University, Pullman, WA Certification American Association of Nurse Practitioners