Faculty and Fellows
Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship
The Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowships are designed to give fellows hands-on experience in pediatric neurophysiology, specifically focusing on Electroencephalogram and Epilepsy. This one-year program is provided through collaboration between Children's Mercy Hospitals and the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Program Director
Mohammed Ilyas, MD
Director, Epilepsy Fellowship; Director, Comprehensive Tuberous Sclerosis & Neurofibromatosis Program; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine
Associate Program Director
Kailash T. Pawar, MD
Director, IOM and Co-Director, Epilepsy Fellowship; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Fellow
Abhijit Anil Patil, MBBS
Faculty and Staff
Meet the full team from the Division of Neurology.
Meet our Epilepsy Specialists
Ahmed Abdelmoity, MD
Director, Division of Child Neurology; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Lalit R. Bansal, MD
Director, Epilepsy Surgery Program; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Ara S. Hall, MD
Director, Epilepsy Inpatient Services; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Mohammed Ilyas, MD
Director, Epilepsy Fellowship; Director, Comprehensive Tuberous Sclerosis & Neurofibromatosis Program; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine
Kailash T. Pawar, MD
Director, IOM and Co-Director, Epilepsy Fellowship; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Lines M. Vargas Collado, MD
Director, Epilepsy Clinic; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine
Mirza Waseem M. Baig, MD
Child Neurology
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Our Epilepsy Fellowship leadership team
Mohammed Ilyas, MD, FACNS
Program Director
milyas@cmh.edu
Kailash Pawar, MD
Associate Program Director
kpawar@cmh.edu
Rachel Laws, MBA, C-TAGME
Sr. Fellowship Coordinator
(816) 983-6487
rmlaws@cmh.edu