Samir R Karia, MD - Norton Children's Refractory Epilepsy Clinic

Marie E. Clements, M.D., is a pediatric neurologist with Norton Childrens Neuroscience Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine. Dr. Clements earned her medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine. She completed her pediatrics internship, child neurology residency and epilepsy fellowship at Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Ohio.Dr. Clements specializes in pediatric epilepsy. She provides care for children with new-onset seizures as well as refractory epilepsy. She also works in the epilepsy monitoring unit and reads electroencephalograms. She has special interests in medical and dietary management of epilepsy, and the care of adolescent and teen females with epilepsy.Dr. Clements works alongside her patients and families as a team. Her goal is to empower them to understand the diagnosis as well as the full breadth of options for treatment. Dr. Clements enjoys getting to know her patients beyond their diagnosis, learning more about their life, interests and goals. Ultimately, her aim is to ensure each patient with epilepsy continues to live a happy and fulfilling life.

Cemal Karakas, M.D., is child neurologist with Norton Childrens Neuroscience Institute. Dr. Karakas is also an assistant professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Louisville and serves as a pediatric epileptologist at Norton Childrens Hospital. He is a member of American Epilepsy Society, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, and the American Academy of Neurology.Dr. Karakas is a graduate of Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine in Istanbul, Turkey. Following his medical school, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He then completed pediatrics residency and pediatric neurology fellowship at State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center in New York. Afterwards, he completed clinical neurophysiology fellowship and epilepsy fellowship at Texas Childrens Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. He has been involved in several research projects in epilepsy during his residency and clinical fellowship.Dr. Karakas clinical focuses include treatment of medically refractory epilepsy, surgical epilepsy, and neurostimulation (VNS, RNS). His main goal is to help children enjoy the healthiest life possible and to make a positive impact in their life.

Kendra Evans received her FNP from from Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, IN. She also has nursing experience in neonatal critical care, pediatric emergency medicine, and family primary care. Evans enjoys working with pediatric patients and caring for them as if they were family. She strives to establish a good relationship with her patients and their caregivers.