Sonal Bhatia, M.D.

Associate Professor

Schools: Medical School
Departments: Pediatrics

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Education

Residency: Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine 2017, Child Neurology
Medical Education: Topiwala National Medical College, Bombay, India (2004), Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Residency: Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, India (2009), Pediatrics
Residency: SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn (2014), Pediatrics
Residency: SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn (2015), Child Neurology
Fellowship: Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine (2018), Epilepsy

Publications

Targeted Treatments for Genetic Epilepsies, Part 1: Channelopathies: Hunter SE, Cardwell EB, Lea JK, Rao CK, Samanta D, Karamian AG, Karakas C, Erdemir G, Fan Z, Xiong K, Dommata SS, Park KL, Gaillard JR, Axeen ET, Khan M, Schreiber J, Bhatia S Current Treatment Options in Neurology 2026 Dec 28
Amygdala enlargement in pediatric epilepsy: A clinically meaningful finding?: Hakim M, Joshi CN, Veltkamp D, Sirsi D, Nguyen L, Bhatia S, Armstrong D, Prabhu N, Talai A Epilepsy Research 2026 Jun 224
Neuropsychological referral practices in early life epilepsy (ELE): A survey of the pediatric epilepsy research Consortium: Eschbach K, Silveira L, Spelbrink EM, Wirrell E, Bhatia S, Bearden DJ, Ludwig NN Epilepsy and Behavior 2026 Apr 177
Disparities across the pediatric epilepsy surgery journey: Referral, recommendation, and completion from a national consortium: Author Collaboration tP, Berl MM, Wagner J, Caraway A, Loblein H, Novotny EJ, Patrick K, Ostendorf AP, Alexander AL, Eschbach KL, Depositario-Cabacar DF, Vu TA, Oluigbo C, Karia SR, Karakas C, Wong-Kisiel LC, Romanowski EF, McNamara NA, Bolton J, Ailion A, Tatachar P, Pichon PD, Shrey DW, Singh RK, Coryell J, Lin JJ, Koop J, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Auguste K, Bernardo D, Ciliberto MA, Reddy SB, Ganesh A, Arredondo K, Grinspan Z, Nangia S, Samanta D, Marashly A, Armstrong D, Perry MS, Gabriel M, Cooper C, Bowen K, Leonard S, Shields A, Gray J, McNally K, Mitchell GB, Berrios-Servios G, Nguyen-Martinez A, Bhatia S Epilepsia 2026 Apr 67 1601-1613
Biomarker discovery in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: Advances and challenges in electrophysiological, genetic, neuroimaging, and neuroinflammatory approaches: Samanta D, Karakas C, Fine AL, Pong AW, Koh HY, Keator C, Loddenkemper T, Mohamed IS, Erdemir G, Dixon-Salazar T, Nascimento FA, Bhatia S, Haridas B, Warren AE, Patel AD Epilepsy and Behavior 2026 Mar 176
Epilepsy journey 2.0 study design and methods: A randomized trial of an executive functioning intervention for adolescents with epilepsy: Combs AB, Wagner JL, Huszti H, Wade SL, Schmidt M, Buschhaus S, Scherra J, Wetter-Wren SE, Ogundairo D, Coffey C, Ecklund D, Bayman E, Bhatia S, Glauser T, Hardy KK, Modi AC Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2026 Feb 49
Successful IV Thrombolysis in an Adolescent with Postextracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Cerebral Ischemic Infarct: Ali H, Giourgas B, Bhatia S Neurology India 2026 Jan 74 S162-S165
Treatment Practices for Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome: Consensus and Variation in Major Pediatric Epilepsy Centers: Briscoe C, Katyayan A, Harini C, Hussain SA, Bhalla S, Singh A, Donatelli S, Sandoval Karamian AG, Samanta D, Sirsi D, Catenaccio E, Planchart Ferretto MA, Thio LL, Hunter SE, Spriha P, Rao CK, Bhatia S, Erdemir G, Shrey DW, Numis AL Pediatric Neurology 2026 Jan 174 46-53
Diagnosis and management guidelines for infantile epileptic spasms syndrome around the world: A scoping review and comparative study of international approaches: Author Collaboration PE, Erdemir G, Rao CK, Pino AF, Briscoe C, Samanta D, Wilmshurst JM, Bhatia S, Carpenter JL, Hoei-Hansen C, Jain P, Stodberg T, Whitney R, Matsuura R, Astorga KR, Gallinato KA, Singhi P, Hadijinicolaou A, Melikishvili G, Smeyers P, Specchio N, Auvin S Epilepsia 2026
Rebuilding the Tower of Babel: The Current Landscape and Emerging Opportunities in DEE-SWAS: Stowe RC, Kelley SA, Bhatia S, McLaren JR, Rao LM, Patel SH, Fine AL, Baumer F, Duong P, Pavuluri S, Liu VB, Phillips DJ Epilepsy Currents 2025 Dec 25 369-377