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Lisa Felice Akiyama, MD

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Lisa Felice Akiyama, MD

Specialties

  • Academic Title: Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology
  • On Staff Since: August 2023
"My goal in treating epilepsy and its comorbidities is to allow our children to live and enjoy their childhood to its fullest. I am dedicated to being a team with patients and their families on their unique medical journeys."

  • Biography

     

    Dr. Akiyama is a board-certified pediatric neurologist who specializes in pediatric epilepsy. She calls the Pacific Northwest her home - she was born in Alaska, raised in the Greater Seattle area, and attended University of Washington, where she discovered her passion for neuroscience as an undergraduate student. She worked on neuroimaging and magnetoencephalography research studies at the University of Washington and in Japan before embarking on a career in medicine. She attended Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, then completed child neurology residency training at Saint Louis University School of Medicine/Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. She then returned to Seattle for both Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy fellowships at University of Washington School of Medicine/Seattle Children's Hospital.

    Dr. Akiyama is fluent in English and Japanese.

    In the outpatient setting, Dr. Akiyama sees epilepsy patients at North Clinic and Seattle main campus.

    Board Certification(s)

    Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology

    Clinical Interests

    Dr. Akiyama's clinical interests include refractory epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, neurocognitive outcomes of patients with epilepsy, brain mapping, and health equity in patients with epilepsy.

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Seattle Children's - Neurology
4800 Sand Point Way NE
MB.7.420
Seattle, WA 98105
Tel: 206-987-2078

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