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Meet the Physicians |
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Keith L. Hull, MD, FAAN*
Keith L. Hull was born in Des Moines, Iowa and raised in the Midwest. He received his undergraduate training at Johns Hopkins University with a BA in Biophysics 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 became Board certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 1982. He completed a fellowship with the American Academy of Neurology in 1989 and a fellowship with 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-present; founder and medical adviser for the Parkinson’s Center of Raleigh, which is a non-profit 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. Hobbies include fishing, other water activities and golf. |
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S. Mitchell Freedman, MD, FAAN*
S. Mitchell Freedman was born and raised in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received a BA from Haverford College in 1968 and an MD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1972. From 1972 through 1976 he completed an internship and neurology residency at Duke University Medical Center. From 1976 through 1978 he served as a major in the US Army Medical Corps stationed at Ft. Bragg. He has practiced neurology in Raleigh since 1978. Dr. Freedman is board certified in neurology and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. He holds a faculty appointment as Adjunct Professor of Neurology with 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 MS Society in many different capacities over the years. He and Dr. Hull formed Raleigh Neurology Associates in 1983. He and his wife have two sons. When not practicing neurology, Dr. Freedman enjoys classical music, gardening and traveling. |
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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 or served on a large number of committees while in academia as well as 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. |
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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 RNA 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. 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. |
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A. Thomas Perkins, MD, PhD
Dr. Perkins was born in State College, Pennsylvania, and grew up in rural Indiana. He received a BA in biology from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio in 1985 and an MD from the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in 1991. He completed a residency in neurology as well as a fellowship in epilepsy and sleep medicine at Duke University Medical Center. Concurrent with his medical education, he obtained a PhD in neurobiology studying the cellular and electrophysiological mechanisms of learning and memory. Dr. Perkins is board certified in neurology as well as in clinical neurophysiology and sleep medicine. He joined Raleigh Neurology in 1997. He was instrumental in developing and now directs the Sleep Medicine Program at RNA which has the distinction of being nationally accredited. Dr. Perkins is actively involved in the clinical research of sleep disorders and epilepsy. He married his college sweetheart in 1987. Dr. Perkins and his wife have three children. He completed his first and last marathon in 2000. He enjoys early mornings reading his Bible, golf and any sport involving a ball. |
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David A. Konanc, MD
Triangle native David 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 RNA in 1997. Dr. Konanc lives in Raleigh with his wife and their two children. |
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Richard W. Tim, MD
Dr. Tim was born and raised in California. He received a BA 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 where he is the director of the nerve conduction study and electromyography lab. He and his wife have two sons. He is a practioner of Shotokan Karate. |
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Kenneth M. Carnes, MD
Dr. Carnes, a native of California, received his undergraduate degree in neurobiology from Brown University in Providence, RI, 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. He joined RNA in 2001.Dr. Carnes is married and has two daughters. He is an avid fisherman. |
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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 MS Society and has participated in Camp Carefree for children of patients with MS. She lives in Cary with her husband and daughter. |
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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 RNA in 2001. She and her husband have two children and enjoy spending time outdoors. |
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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. |
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Rhonda W. Gabr, MD, PhD
Born in Fayetteville, NC, 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 RNA in 2002 and became board certified in neurology in 2003. She is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society and the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Gabr practices general adult neurology. She lives in Cary with her husband and two children. |
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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 2000 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 Hospital in Pensacola while he served on the pediatric residency program staff of USAF Med Center-Keesler. He is board certified both in pediatrics and in child neurology and developed the pediatric neurology division of Raleigh Neurology when he joined RNA in 2000. He is a volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America. He instructs medical students and pediatric house staff from UNC who work at Wake Med. Dr. Wooten and his wife have four sons. |
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Kevin Rathke, MD
A clinical researcher focused on epilepsy and headache, Dr. Kevin M. 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 RNA in 2002. |
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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 US 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. |
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Traci I. Sheaffer, MD
Dr. Sheaffer was born in Asheville, NC 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. Irwin practices child neurology at RNA and is actively involved in the pediatric teaching service at Wake Med. She and her husband live in Raleigh with their son and daughter. |
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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, Boston, MA. His neurology residency was at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital and Beth Israel Hospital, 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 seeing adults. He has worked both in solo practice and as a member of Raleigh Neurology Associates and rejoined the practice in July 2005. He and his wife live in Raleigh and have two sons. |
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Matthias M. Zinn, MD
Dr. Zinn was born in Marburg, Germany. He received his undergraduate degree from Macalester College, St. Paul, MN. and his Medical Degree from University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA. He then completed two years of 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 Instructor at both UMASS Medical School and UNC School of Medicine. He enjoys teaching medical students and residents in his current work. Dr. Zinn is eligible to sit for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in the fall of 2007. Outside of medicine, Dr Zinn enjoys restoring vintage Volkswagens, nature conservation, and the study of Tae Kwon Do. He currently resides with his wife and 2 children in Chapel Hill, NC.
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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 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 , currently serving 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 3 sons and one grandaughter. |
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David Johnson, MD - NEW PHYSICIAN!
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 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. Outside
of work, Dr. Johnson enjoys spending time with his family and watching
WVU football games. |
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