Meet the Team
Child Neurology Leadership
Amy R. Brooks-Kayal, M.D., F.A.A.N., F.A.N.A., F.A.E.S.
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology
Interim Program Director, Child Neurology Residency Program
Dr. Brooks-Kayal is interim Program Director of the Child Neurology Residency Program and Chair of the Department of Neurology. She is internationally recognized for her work as a pediatric neurologist and epileptologist, a passionate educator, and a researcher who has led advances in epilepsy, pediatric neurology, and neuroscience. Dr. Brooks-Kayal specializes in the care of children and teens with difficult to manage or complex epilepsy. Her research focuses on understanding how seizures affect the brain and on the development of novel treatments for the prevention, treatment, and cure of epilepsy. She is also a Neurology Director of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
William S. Benko, M.D.
Director, UC Davis Leukodystrophy Clinic
Residency Associate Director, Child Neurology Residency Program
Dr. Benko is a clinical professor of Neurology with extensive expertise in comprehensive pediatric neurology. He serves as Associate Program Director for our Child Neurology Residency program and the Director of the Leukodystrophy Clinic in the Division of Pediatric Neurology within the Department of Neurology. His experience includes managing headaches, migraines, epilepsy, tic disorders, and developmental delays. Dr. Benko also enjoys the new challenges of the rapidly expanding field of neurogenetics, with a special interest in leukodystrophies, and he takes great care to integrate the biopsychosocial model in both his approach to patients as well as through his teaching endeavors.
Child Neurology Faculty
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Child Neurology Nurse Practitioners
Adult Neurologists
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