Minoo Shams-Moorkani, MD, an Epileptologist with the Neurology Clinic at M Health Fairview Clinics and Surgery Center – Maple Grove & M Health Fairview Park Place East MINCEP Epilepsy Care

Get to know Epileptologist Dr. Minoo Shams-Moorkani, who serves patients in Maple Grove and St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

Dr. Shams-Moorkani is a highly trained epileptologist who specializes in caring for people of all ages with epilepsy, also called seizure disorder. In Minnesota, she provides care in the Neurology Clinic at M Health Fairview Clinics and Surgery Center – Maple Grove & M Health Fairview Park Place East MINCEP Epilepsy Care.

With a focus on epilepsy and neurology, she is capable of a variety of treatments, including anterior temporal lobectomy, continuous video electroencephalogram, lesionectomy, and vagus nerve stimulation.

As for her academic appointment, she serves as an Assistant Professor within the Department of Neurology at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Educated in Iran, Dr. Shams-Moorkani graduated with her medical degree from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. She then went on to perform her internship and residency in neurology at West Virginia University, and her fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at Mayo Clinic Foundation.

Subsequent to her education, she attained board certification in neurology and epilepsy through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). The ABPN is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to serving the professions of psychiatry and neurology.

Licensed to practice medicine in Minnesota, Dr. Shams-Moorkani is affiliated with the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, and St. Cloud Veterans Affairs Health Care System-St. Cloud.

An epileptologist is an adult or pediatric neurologist who specializes in the treatment of epilepsy. They are experts in epileptic seizures and seizure disorders, anticonvulsants, and special situations involving seizures, such as cases in which all treatment intended to stop seizures has failed and epilepsy (especially poorly controlled epilepsy) in pregnant women.

Learn More about Dr. Minoo Shams-Moorkani:

Through her findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/2666170-Minoo-Shams-Moorkani-Doctor or through the University of Minnesota Physicians, https://mphysicians.org/providers/minoo-shams-moorkani 

About FindaTopDoc.com

FindaTopDoc is a digital health information company that helps connect patients with local physicians and specialists who accept your insurance. Our goal is to help guide you on your journey towards optimal health by providing you with the know how to make informed decisions for you and your family.

Karen Johnson

Karen Johnson is an Associate Content manager for FindaTopDoc and responsible for working with distinguished physicians in documenting their significant accomplishments in their field. Karen is a CPR instructor and is a member of her local theater group.