
The Division of Pediatric Neurology serves to provide expertise in clinical care, education, research, and service for both the University and the Children’s of Alabama (COA) Health System. The Division’s mission is manifold; to provide outstanding clinical care and management for children with neurologic disorders in the State of Alabama as well as the surrounding region, to offer a scope of services that guarantees a comprehensive ability to care for virtually any type of neuropathology, to educate our colleagues no matter the stage of training or area of health care, to develop new knowledge in the field that is worthy of dissemination, and to work with institutions and the community as advocates for children as well as for the ideal of exemplary health care.
Education
Faculty in our division serve as educators and mentors to a variety of medical students, graduate students, residents, and fellows.
Faculty & Staff
Division Director
Faculty
Clinical & Adminitrative Staff
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Care Team
We work in collaboration with our nurse practitioners and nurses who help us deliver high-quality care to our patients and their families.
Dorothy Taylor, RN, BSN - Nursing Team Leader
Shaneau Collins, RN, - Inpatient Case Manager/Educator
Sara Ebersold, RN-Nurse Clinician
Melissa Lolley, RN-Nurse Clinician
Christina Mamaeva, RN-Nurse Clinician
Linda Stephen, RN-Nurse Clinician
Alicia Wilson, RN-Nurse Clinician
Pamela Miller, RN-Epilepsy Surgery Coordinator -
Outpatient Clinic Nurse Practitioners
Polly Borasino, MSN, CRNP
Polly is a pediatric nurse practitioner who specializes in pediatric epilepsy at Children's of Alabama. She assists with First-time Seizure Clinic and Ketogenic Diet Clinic. She graduated with a BSN from Auburn University and a MSN from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is certified by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board.
Samantha Weaver, MSN, CRNP
Samantha is a pediatric nurse practitioner who specializes in pediatric epilepsy and headache disorders at Children's of Alabama. She assists with Children’s Rehabilitation Services Epilepsy Clinic as well as Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic. She received a MSN degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is certified by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board and the American Board of Neuroscience Nursing.
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Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Nurse Practitioners
Sula Gillespie, MSN, CRNP
Sula Gillespie is one of the pediatric nurse practitioners in the Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Children's of Alabama. She received her Master of Science in Nursing -Clinical Nurse Specialist, then the Pediatric Practitioner degree at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is currently serving patients with epilepsy and families living with the challenges of diagnostic tests and treatment options. She is actively involved in the Epilepsy Foundation of Alabama Chapter raising awareness and funds for resources.
Jennifer Glenn, MSN, CRNP
Jennifer Glenn is one of the pediatric nurse practitioners in the Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Children's of Alabama. She specializes in epilepsy, and is certified through the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board. She graduated with a BSN from University of Alabama at Birmingham and MSN from Emory University and has previous experience as an NP in outpatient pediatric neurology. Jennifer started working in the inpatient unit at Children's on the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit in 2015.
Mallory Murphy, MSN, CRNP
Mallory Murphy specializes in epilepsy and is one of the pediatric nurse practitioners in the Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Children's of Alabama. She graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a Master of Science in Nursing. She is certified by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board and has been employed with Children’s of Alabama since 2017.
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CPODD Team Members
Yolanda Harris, RN, MSN, CRNP, MSCN, DNP-CPODD Coordinator
Sarah Middleton-CPODD Coordinator -
Administrative Support
Margie McNair
Office Manager
mmcnair@peds.uab.edu
Crystal Burney - Clinical Administrative Support IV
cburney@uabmc.edu - 205.638.5075
Dominique Willis - Program Coordinator I
dominiquewillis@uabmc.edu - 205.638.2565
Jasmine McCants - HSF Pediatric Scheduler
jcmccants@uabm.cedu - 205.638.2569
Alexandria Reeves-Stamps - Referral Coordinator
apreeves@uabmc.edu - 205.638.2566
Molly Ercums - Clinical Administrative Support III
mercums@uabmc.edu - 205.638.2558
Carlie Smith - Clinical Administrative Support III
carliesmith@uabmc.edu - 205.638.2560
Brittany Elmore - Clinical Administrative Support III
brittanyelmore@uabmc.edu - 205.638.2559
Donna Williams - Clinical Administrative Support II
dowilliams@uabmc.edu - 205.638.2561