Keith L. Hull, MD, FAAN*
Keith L. Hull was born in Des Moines, Iowa and raised in the Midwest. He received a BA in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University in 1972, and his MD from the Duke University School of Medicine in 1975. Dr. Hull completed an internship in medicine and a residency in neurology at Duke University Medical Center from 1976 through 1979. He completed a fellowship in neuromuscular diseases at Duke University Medical Center in 1979. He became board certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 1982. He achieved fellowship in the American Academy of Neurology in November 1989. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Heart Association in 2007. He co-founded Raleigh Neurology Associates with Dr. Freedman in 1983. He is a member of the American Medical Association, American Academy of Neurology and Movement Disorder Society. Dr. Hull has been involved in the following areas of community service: Former Chapter President of Muscular Dystrophy Association, 1983-1985; former member of Wake County Human Services and Environmental Services Board (and its predecessor board), 1989-2004; Chairman of the Wake County Board of Mental Health Development Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services, July 1993-June 1995; founder of CASA, which is a nonprofit corporation seeking to provide affordable housing in Wake County, and CASA Board member since 2005 and Chairman of the CASA Board, 2006-2008; founder and medical adviser for the Parkinson’s Center of Raleigh, which is a nonprofit agency devoted to educating and supporting persons with Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Hull and his wife have been married since 1971 and have three children. His favorite hobby is golf.

Locations:
1540 Sunday Drive, Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456

S. Mitchell Freedman, MD, FAAN*
The son of a family physician and a nurse, S. Mitchell Freedman was born and raised in Philadelphia. He received a BA from Haverford College in psychology in 1968 and an MD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1972. From 1972 through 1976, he completed a medical internship and a three-year neurology residency at Duke University Medical Center. From 1976 through 1978 he served as a major in the US Army Medical Corps at Womack Army Hospital at Ft. Bragg. He has practiced neurology in Raleigh since 1978. Dr. Freedman is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. He holds a faculty appointment as Adjunct Professor of Neurology at the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has taught medical students, interns, and residents from UNC for over twenty years. He is an active member of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers and has been involved with the Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in many different capacities over the years. He and Dr. Hull formed Raleigh Neurology Associates in 1983. Dr. Freedman and his wife have two sons. When not practicing neurology, Dr. Freedman enjoys listening to classical music, going to the opera, watching Duke basketball and Carolina Hurricanes hockey, and traveling.

Locations:
1540 Sunday Drive, Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456

Michael H. Bowman, PhD, MD, FAAN*
Dr. Bowman was born in Ironton, Ohio. He attended Ohio University where he received both BS and MS degrees. His education was continued at the Ohio State University where he earned a PhD and was graduated cum laude with an MD degree. Dr. Bowman completed a surgical internship, neurology residency, and clinical neurophysiology fellowship at Duke University. He has held faculty appointments at the Ohio State University and Duke University. He is board certified in neurology and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Bowman has chaired and served on many committees while in academia and during the private practice of medicine and neurology. Locally, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association and has chaired the physician sub-committee for Operation Stroke in the Triangle Area. He has served as President of the North Carolina Neurological Society and has been involved at a national level with the American Academy of Neurology in the development of national practice policies and standards as well as chairing the Academy’s State Affairs Committee. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honorary Society, American Association of Anatomists, Society of Sigma Xi, American Clinical Neurophysiological Society and Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine as well as national, state and local medical societies. He has been listed yearly in Best Doctors in America since 1996. He has done basic science and clinical research and is the author of a number of publications in the scientific literature and several book chapters. Dr. Bowman has practiced general medicine, emergency medicine, and neurology. He joined Raleigh Neurology Associates in 1989 and lives in Raleigh with his wife and two daughters.

Locations:
1540 Sunday Drive, Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456

William G. Ferrell, MD
Dr. Ferrell is a native of Raleigh and received a BS in chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After receiving an MD from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University, Dr. Ferrell remained in Winston-Salem where he completed an internship in medicine and a residency in neurology at North Carolina Baptist Hospital from 1985 through 1989. Before returning to Raleigh to join Raleigh Neurology in 1990, Dr. Ferrell completed fellowships in neuromuscular diseases and neurosonology at Bowman Gray. Board certified in neurology since 1991, his professional memberships include the American Academy of Neurology and the American Society of Neuroimaging. For 2010, he has been elected as the Secretary/Treasurer of the North Carolina Neurological Society. He has been listed yearly in Best Doctors in America since 2001. When not working, Dr. Ferrell loves being on the golf course. Dr. Ferrell lives in Raleigh with his wife and four children.

Locations:
1540 Sunday Drive, Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456

A. Thomas Perkins, MD, PhD
Dr. Perkins was born in State College, Pennsylvania and grew up in rural Indiana. He received a BS in biology from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio in 1985 and an MD from the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM) in 1991. While at NEOUCOM, in conjunction with Kent State University, he also completed a PhD in Neurobiology, studying the electrophysiologic and pharmacologic mechanisms of learning and memory. After an internship at Akron City Hospital, he completed a residency in neurology as well as a fellowship in epilepsy and sleep medicine at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Perkins is board certified in neurology. He is doubly board certified in Sleep Medicine through the American Board of Sleep Medicine and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, subspecialty in sleep medicine. He joined Raleigh Neurology in 1997. He developed and now directs the Sleep Medicine Program at Raleigh Neurology, which has the distinction of being nationally accredited since 2002. Dr. Perkins is actively involved in the clinical research of sleep disorders and epilepsy and enjoys opportunities to lecture on sleep related topics and to occasionally publish that research. He married his college sweetheart in 1987, and they had their first child during medical school. Dr. Perkins and his wife have three children. He completed his first and last marathon in 2000. He enjoys early mornings reading his Bible, incorporating his faith into the practice of medicine, exercising, and any sport involving a ball.

Locations:
1540 Sunday Drive, Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456

David A. Konanc, MD
Triangle native Dr. Konanc was born in Durham and raised in Chapel Hill. He received a BA in chemistry from Duke University in 1988 and an MD from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in 1992. In 1993, he did an internship in internal medicine at the University of North Carolina Hospitals. From 1993 through 1996, he completed a neurology residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He completed a clinical neurophysiology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic-Scottsdale. He is board certified in both neurology and clinical neurophysiology. He received the 1998 Golseth Young Investigator Award for original research in clinical neurophysiology in 1997. He has been a neuroscience selective faculty member of the UNC School of Medicine’s Neurology Department. Dr. Konanc’s clinical interests include peripheral neuropathies, neuromuscular diseases and the use of botulinum toxin (Botox) in the treatment of neurological diseases. Dr. Konanc joined Raleigh Neurology in 1997, and he currently lives in Raleigh with his wife and their two children.

Locations:
1540 Sunday Drive, Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456

Richard W. Tim, MD
Dr. Tim was born and raised in California. He received a BS from Stanford University in 1982 and an MD from the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine in 1986. He completed a neurology residency and a fellowship in electromyography and neuromuscular disease at Duke University Medical Center. From 1991 through 2000, he was the head of the Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic at Duke and the director of the EMG laboratory at the VA Medical Center in Durham. He joined Raleigh Neurology Associates in 2000, and he is currently the director of the Nerve Conduction Study and Electromyography Lab. At Raleigh Neurology, Dr. Tim only sees patients for Nerve Conduction Studies and EMG.

Locations:
1540 Sunday Drive, Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456

Kenneth M. Carnes, MD
Dr. Carnes, a native of California, received his undergraduate degree in neurobiology from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island in 1984. He then earned a combined MD/ PhD from Washington University in St. Louis in 1992. Dr. Carnes completed an internship in internal medicine at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, followed by a residency in adult neurology at Washington University Medical Center, where he also completed a fellowship in stroke rehabilitation and electrodiagnostic studies. He is board certified in neurology, and he joined Raleigh Neurology in 2001. Dr. Carnes is married and has two daughters. He is an avid fisherman.

Locations:
1540 Sunday Drive, Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456

Susan A. Glenn, MD, PhD
An Oklahoma native, Dr. Glenn received a BA from Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma, a PhD in biological psychology in 1989 and an MD from the University of Oklahoma in 1993. She completed an internship in medicine at the University Hospital in Oklahoma City and a neurology residency at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. She then completed a fellowship in electroencephalography, electromyography, and clinical neurophysiology at the University of Iowa in 1998. Dr. Glenn is board certified in neurology and joined Raleigh Neurology in 2001 where she practices general neurology. She was awarded the teaching award at Wake Med as Clinical Faculty Teacher of the Year in 2001-2002. Dr. Glenn has been very active with the National MS Society and has participated in Camp Carefree for children of patients with MS. She lives in Cary with her husband and their daughter.

Locations:
1540 Sunday Drive, Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456

Patricia Naslund, MD
A Connecticut native, Dr. Naslund received both her undergraduate in 1990 and her MD in 1994 from Duke University. She completed her residency at Washington University in St. Louis in 1998. She then completed a fellowship in electromyography with additional training in neuromuscular disease in 1999 at Washington University. Board certified in neurology and electrodiagnostic medicine, Dr. Naslund specializes in peripheral neuropathy. She is a member of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, and the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Naslund has been practicing in Raleigh since 1999 and joined Raleigh Neurology in 2001. She and her husband have two children, and they enjoy spending time outdoors.

Locations:
1540 Sunday Drive, Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456

Pavan Yerramsetty, MD
Dr. Yerramsetty was born and raised in India. He graduated from the Gandhi Medical College at Osmania University in 1990 and completed a medical internship at Gandhi Hospital in 1991. He then completed a surgical residency at the Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York followed by a neurosurgical fellowship at the New York Medical College in the mid 1990s. He completed a neurology residency at the University of Tennessee in Memphis from 1996 through 1999 and then finished a stroke fellowship at the University of Tennessee from 1999 to 2000. He then completed a fellowship in pain management and headache at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2000 through 2001 following which he joined Raleigh Neurology Associates. He is board certified in neurology and board certified in pain medicine and is an active member of the International Headache Society and the American Society of International Pain Physicians. Dr. Yerramsetty practices general adult neurology with special interests in pain management. He is also one of the founders and current President of Triangle Indian-American Physicians Society. He and his wife have two children.

Locations:
1540 Sunday Drive, Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456

Rhonda W. Gabr, MD, PhD
Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Dr. Gabr earned a BS in microbiology and biochemistry from North Carolina State University in 1987. After college, she did basic science research at GlaxoSmithKline studying sumatriptan, which was eventually marketed as Imitrex for migraine. She earned a PhD in pharmacology and toxicology in 1993 and an MD in 1998 from West Virginia University. Dr. Gabr completed a medical internship and neurology residency at Duke University Medical Center in 2002. She joined Raleigh Neurology in 2002 and became board certified in neurology in 2003. She is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Gabr practices general adult neurology. She lives in Cary with her husband and their two children.

Locations:
1540 Sunday Drive, Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456

John D. Wooten, III, MD
A Garner native, Dr. Wooten graduated from Duke University in 1980 with a BS in chemistry. He earned his MD from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University in 1984. He completed a pediatric residency at Keesler Air Force Base from 1984 through 1987 following which he completed a neurology residency with special qualifications in child neurology at Bowman Gray. From 1992 through 1997, Dr. Wooten practiced child neurology in the United States Air Force and later with an appointment as a child neurologist at the Sacred Heart Children's Hospital in Pensacola, Florida from 1997 to 2000. From 1992 to 2000 he served as part of the faculty for pediatric residency programs at Keesler Medical Center (United States Air Force) and for Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital. Dr. Wooten started the child neurology division at Raleigh Neurology in January of 2000. He is currently a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine and is active in teaching, training, and instructing nurses, medical students, residents, and other physicians. He has received the “Teacher of the Year Award” on three separate occasions over the past fifteen years. He is board certified in neurology with special qualifications in child neurology. He currently practices all aspects of child neurology, and he started the Sports Concussion Clinic for adolescents at Wake Medical Center in 2009. Dr. Wooten and his wife grew up in the local area and have four sons.

Locations:
1520 Sunday Drive, Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456

Kevin M. Rathke, MD
A clinical researcher focused on epilepsy and headache, Dr. Kevin Rathke received his undergraduate degree from Augusta College and his MD from Mercer University School of Medicine. After training in pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, he went to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he was a fellow in child and adolescent neurology as well as neurophysiology/epilepsy. He joined Raleigh Neurology in 2002.

Locations:
10880 Durant Road Suite 200, Raleigh NC 27614 | 919-855-0335

Kristi L. Milowic, MD
Dr. Milowic was born in Hawaii, and as a child of a military family, she was raised “all over.” She earned a BA in biology at the University of Texas at Austin in 1982 and an MD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas in 1988. She completed her medical internship with the United States Navy in San Diego and continued through two tours of duty as a Naval Flight Surgeon in Brunswick, Maine and Corpus Christi, Texas. Following the birth of her first son, she left the Navy and moved to North Carolina with her husband. She completed a Residency in Pediatrics at UNC. She is Board Certified in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics after completing a two year fellowship at the Clinical Center for Development and Learning at UNC. She joined Raleigh Neurology in 2002 as a developmental pediatrician. Dr. Milowic has a special interest in Autism and ADHD. She and her husband have three children and are active in scouts. Dr. Milowic enjoys reading and doing needlework in quiet moments.

Locations:
1520 Sunday Drive, Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456

Traci I. Sheaffer, MD
Dr. Sheaffer was born in Asheville, North Carolina and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1991 with a BA in journalism and mass communications. After her undergraduate education, she worked for several years in Greenville with Burroughs Wellcome (now GlaxoSmithKline) on projects involving scientific research documentation. She then earned an MD at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in 1998. Following medical school, she was an intern and resident in Medicine and Pediatrics at Louisiana State University in New Orleans and also completed a residency in child neurology at UNC. She joined Raleigh Neurology in 2003 and became board certified in child neurology in 2004. Dr. Sheaffer practices child neurology at Raleigh Neurology and is actively involved in the pediatric teaching service at Wake Med. She and her husband live in Raleigh with their son and daughter.

Locations:
1520 Sunday Drive, Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456

Gregory M. Bertics, MD
Dr. Bertics was born in Evanston, Illinois and was raised in suburban New Jersey. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Duke University and completed his medical internship at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. His completed his neurology residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital, and Beth Israel Hospital which are all Harvard Medical School affiliates. Dr. Bertics also completed a fellowship in electromyography at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was board certified in neurology in 1987. Dr. Bertics has been in clinical practice in Raleigh since 1987 as a general neurologist who sees adult patients. He has worked both in solo practice and as a member of Raleigh Neurology Associates. He rejoined the practice in July of 2005, and he and his wife live in Raleigh and have two sons.

Locations:
10880 Durant Road Suite 200, Raleigh NC 27614 | 919-855-0335

Matthias M. Zinn, MD
Dr. Zinn was born in Marburg, Germany. He received his undergraduate degree from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota and his Medical Degree from University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA. He then completed his training in pediatrics at Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando Florida. Next, he completed his pediatric neurology training at UNC Chapel Hill. Dr. Zinn has worked as a Hospital Lab Technician, Pathology Department Research Assistant, Public School Teacher, and Clinical Iinstructor at both UMASS Medical School and UNC School of Medicine. He enjoys teaching medical students and residents in his current work. Dr. Zinn is board certified in neurology with a special qualification in child neurology. Outside of medicine, Dr. Zinn enjoys restoring vintage Volkswagens, nature conservation, and most importantly, spending time with his wife and three children.

Locations:
1520 Sunday Drive, Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456
4111 Ben Franklin Blvd, Durham NC 27704 | 919-719-8834

Ugo Goetzl, MD, FAAN*
Dr. Goetzl was raised and schooled in the Northeast and has lived in the Triangle area for over 30 years. He had a neurology private practice in Durham for 29 years prior to joining Raleigh Neurology Associates in January of 2008. He completed his neurology residency at Duke University Medical center and is board certified in both neurology and psychiatry. Dr. Goetzl is active in the Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, where he currently serves as the chair of the clinical advisory committee and as a trustee of the board. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and is an inductee of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Hall of Fame. He has three sons and one granddaughter.

Locations:
4111 Ben Franklin Blvd, Durham NC 27704 | 919-719-8834

David Johnson, MD
Dr. Johnson grew up in Parkersburg, West Virginia, a quiet town located at the confluence of the Little Kanawha and Ohio Rivers. He remained in West Virginia for both college and medical school where he attended West Virginia University. He earned a BA in chemistry and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. He then headed south to North Carolina where he has lived since 2004. He completed his neurology residency at the University of North Carolina and a fellowship in Neuromuscular Medicine at Duke University. Dr. Johnson practices general neurology but has a special interest in neuromuscular disorders. Dr. Johnson also has expertise in treating certain neuromuscular conditions with botulinum toxin.

Locations:
4111 Ben Franklin Blvd. Durham, NC 27704 | 919-719-8834

Syndee J. Givre, MD, PhD
Raleigh Neurology Associates is pleased to announce the association of Syndee J. Givre, MD, PhD, in the practice of Neuro-ophthalmology. A native of New York, Dr. Givre graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook as valedictorian. She earned both and MD and a PhD in Neuroscience in the Medical Scientist Training Program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She trained in Ophthalmology at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and completed a fellowship in Neuro-ophthalmology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Dr. Givre is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, and she is currently a member of the Board of the North Carolina Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons.

Locations:
1520 Sunday Drive , Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-325-4260

Leslie H. Boyce, MD
Dr. Boyce was born and raised in New Jersey. She graduated from Rutgers University with a BS degree in neurobiology and behavior, and received her MD degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Dr. Boyce did her pediatrics and neurology training at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, and then spent a year there doing basic science research on cortical development. She moved to North Carolina with her family in 1996 and has been an Assistant Professor of Neurology, Division of Child Neurology, at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1997. In addition to board certification in pediatrics and neurology with special competence in child neurology, Dr. Boyce became board certified in sleep medicine in 2007. She lives in Cary with her husband and three children. When she’s not working, Dr. Boyce loves to read and hang out with her family.

Locations:
1520 Sunday Drive , Raleigh NC 27607 | 919-782-3456 Ext. 8079