Best Neurology Specialists in Charlotte, NC

William O. Tatum, D.O., is a neurologist at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida whose interests include: clinical epilepsy; drug-resistant epilepsy; epilepsy surgery; neuromodulation; women and epilepsy; semiology and epilepsy; new anti-seizure drugs; clinical neurophysiology; EEG, and clinical research trials (drugs and devices). He treats conditions that consist of drug-resistant epilepsy, generalized epilepsy, focal epilepsy, status epilepticus, autoimmune epilepsy and pediatric/adolescent epilepsy (12 years and above). Dr. Tatum performs procedures such as video-EEG monitoring (scalp and intracranial), ambulatory EEG monitoring, intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring, electrocorticography, functional brain mapping using direct electrocortical stimulation, ICU EEG monitoring, evoked potentials and neuromodulation programming.

Interests Neuromuscular disorders Myopathies Neuromuscular junction disorders (myasthenia gravis, Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome, others) Peripheral neuropathies Brachial and lumbosacral plexus neuropathies Polyradiculopathies Motor neuron disease Clinical neurophysiology

Interests Acute stroke therapy Hypothermia for ischemic brain injury Clinical outcomes after stroke and cardiac arrest Cerebrovascular disorders Carotid fibromuscular dysplasia

My mother is a nurse practitioner. From the time I was young, I wanted to be a doctor. \n When I was a teenager, my grandfather had a massive stroke, and one of my closest friends was diagnosed with brain cancer in the same year. As a result of those dual experiences, I felt called to neurology. I wanted to help make this world better for those with neurological diseases. \n As I furthered my training, I realized my heart was called to headache disorders and to obstetric neurology, so I continued my training through fellowship opportunities. I am proud to serve the Charlotte area as a subspecialist in these two areas. I'm a board-certified headache specialist. \n I have found that patients often know their body and their symptoms better than anyone. Every patient has their own story to tell. When doctors listen closely to those stories, it's easier for us to determine the right diagnosis and the right plan for that patient. No two patients are alike, and each deserves individualized care. \n At Novant Health, I serve as lead neurologist in the greater Charlotte area, vice chair of the physician governance committee, head of the comprehensive headache center, and founder and head of obstetrics/women's neurology. I'm also communications director for the Southern Headache Society. \n I've published several articles in peer-reviewed journals, and I frequently speak at academic conferences. \n Teaching the physicians of tomorrow is important to me, and I serve as an adjunct professor and fourth-year neurology clerkship director at the UNC School of Medicine branch campus at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center; assistant professor at Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine; and as a member of the teaching faculty in the Novant Health Family Medicine Residency Program. \n I am married with two growing boys, and my family means the world to me. As a family, we love trail running, mountain biking, kayaking and rock climbing.