Quick Study: Anti-Seizure Medications (ASMs)

Dr. Lomax is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Queen’s University jointly appointed to the Division of Neurology and the Division of Respirology and the Director of the EEG Lab at Kingston Health Sciences Centre. She completed her MD and MSc degrees at the University of Calgary, and Neurology residency at Queen’s University. As she participates in the Stroke as well as Neurology inpatient services, her budding research interest includes sleep disordered breathing in acute stroke.

Dr. Winston is a Professor of Neurology in the Department of Medicine, Centre for Neuroscience Studies and School of Computing at Queen's University. His clinical practice focuses on rapid assessment following first seizure, and presurgical assessment of refractory epilepsy. His research laboratory employs neuroimaging, neurophysiology, robotics and machine learning to understand the cognitive comorbidities of epilepsy and improve the diagnosis and surgical treatment of patients with epilepsy. He is a member of the ILAE Neuroimaging Task Force and several international research collaborations.

Dr. Garima Shukla is a Professor of Neurology, specializing in Epilepsy and Sleep Medicine, at the Queen’s University in Kingston, ON. Her prior appointment was as Professor of Neurology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Her research focus comprises the clinical and neurophysiological aspects of the sleep-epilepsy-cognition interface, epilepsy co-morbidities as well as sleep disorders in neurology. Currently a section editor of the journal Sleep Medicine, she has more than 150 peer reviewed publications and is a recipient of numerous academic awards and honors.

Dr. Nadine Morrison-Levy is an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology in the Department of Pediatrics at Queen’s University. She is also the Director of Queen’s University Accelerated Route to Medical School (QuARMs). She graduated from the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. She completed her residency training and a Master’s in Epidemiology at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. She subsequently completed a clinical fellowship in Pediatric Neurology at the University of Toronto and a Pediatric Epilepsy fellowship at the University of Ottawa. Her work includes pediatric general neurology and managing children with drug-resistant epilepsy. She also enjoys spending time with my family and friends.

Sandra Weatherby is an RN working as the Epilepsy nurse at Kingston Health Sciences Centre. She worked in Paediatrics from 1967 to 1983 having graduated from St. Michael’s Hospital and moved back to Kingston. In 1983, she was asked to help with some clinical trials for stroke and my journey in neurosciences took off at that time. She did clinical trials in stroke, epilepsy, migraines, Parkinson, MS, dementia, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, West Nile and Herpes encephalitis. She also coordinated the Movement Disorder clinic for 25 years. She now works with the Epileptologists at this site continuing to interact between physicians and patients for their safety and well being and keeping up with all the advancements in Epilepsy at this wonderful centre.

Kate Carson completed her PharmD at the University of Toronto, then came to Kingston to complete my PGY-1 Hospital Pharmacy residency at KHSC. Kate has been working here full-time since September of 2020 and has largely only worked in Neurology, Stroke and Neurosurgery. Kate is involved in complex medication reviews for patients during their admission, providing guidance on medication dosing and administration to medical and nursing staff, and helping with therapeutic drug monitoring.

Ada Mullett, Clinical Neuropsychologist, completed her Master’s in Psychology at Concordia University in the Center for Studies in Behavioural Neurobiology studying reward/decision making in rats. She taught in the Behavioural Psychology Department at St. Lawrence College and as an Adjunct Professor at Queen’s University in the Psychology Department. She has 12 years of experience conducting neuropsychological assessments both in supervised practice and in her own private practice. She is the neuropsychologist for the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and the Movement Disorders Clinic at the KHSC.

Michelle Neville is the Director of Pharmacy for Ongwanada Pharmacy, a non-for-profit pharmacy with affiliations to Ongwanada Resource Centre. She has more than 13 years of professional experience including hospital, long-term care and community pharmacy with a focus now being a population with Intellectual and Developmental Disorders. As part of a non-for-profit, she is driven to provide the best possible care while ensuring the appropriateness of therapy at the most economical manner possible.

Samantha completed her PharmD at the University of Toronto in 2022 then went on to complete her Pharmacy Residency at Kingston Health Sciences Centre in 2023. Samantha joined the Neurosciences team as a Pharmacist this year.

Melissa Meisner is a dedicated and compassionate registered neurosciences nurse with over 20 years of experience at Kingston Health Sciences Centre – KGH site. More recently she has established herself as the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Nurse Navigator with an empathetic approach that has earned her recognition both from her peers and the patients she serves. With a strong commitment to patient-centered care she has successfully created a comfortable and proficient environment for admitted epilepsy patients.