Eric Brian “Bj” Segal, MD is a Board-Certified Psychiatry and Neurology specialist focused on clinical neurophysiology, child neurology, and epilepsy. Dr. Segal obtained his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Followed by a pediatric residency at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Fellowship in Child Neurology at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, and specialized training in Clinical Neurophysiology at Children’s Hospital of Boston.

Currently, Dr. Segal is the Director of Pediatric Epilepsy and Director of Research at Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group based in Hackensack, NJ. He is the Co-Chief of Epilepsy at Hackensack University Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Pediatric and Neurology at Seton Hall University School of Medicine, Rutgers University, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He is a board member at both Family Resources Network and Northeast New York Epilepsy Foundation.

Accolades and Awards:

• 2011 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Gold DOC Award- 2010
• 2015 American Epilepsy Society Young Investigator Awards
• New Jersey’s Favorite Kid Docs, New Jersey Family Magazine
• Bergen County Top Doc, October 2016
• Favorite Doc, Hudson Valley Parent Magazine, October 2016
• Top Children’s MD by Castle Connolly, 2017
• Castle Connolly Top Doctor, 2017-2019

Dr. Segal’s research interests include metabolic epilepsy and epilepsy surgery. He has been the author and co-author of over 14 publications that have mainly focused on the diagnosis and treatment of neurogenetic disorders.

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