Penn Medicine Provider
Neurology
Genna Julia Waldman, MD
she/her/hers
4.8
(194)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 16 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
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About me

  • Medical Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology

Education and training

  • Medical School: Rush Medical School
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.8

194 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

April 2025
5.0
5.0
i feel that many of my other doctors did things from the past, but dr. waldman's work is up to date and her professionalism is great
March 2025
5.0
5.0
thoughtful, detailed, smart, curious
March 2025
5.0
5.0
she is kind and very intelligent about my condition
March 2025
5.0
5.0
she is very attentive and i like that

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Waldman is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Fischer D, Abella BS, Bass GD, Charles J, Hampton S, Kulick-Soper CV, Mendlik MT, Mitchell OJ, Narva AM, Pino W, Sikandar ML, Sinha SR, Waldman GJ, Ware JB, Levine JM. The Recovery of Consciousness via Evidence-Based Medicine and Research (RECOVER) Program: A Paradigm for Advancing Neuroprognostication , Neurol Clin Pract: 2024

Ostendorf A, Waldman GJ, Jehi L, Ilyas M, Naritoku D, Goldman AM Epilepsy Therapies Symposium | Do We Really "Outgrow" Seizures? , Epilepsy Currents: 2024

Zhou DJ, Woodson-Smith S, Emmert BE, Kornspun A, Larocque J, Kulick-Soper CV, Qiu MK, Ellis CA, Gugger JJ, Conrad EC, Waldman G, Ganguly T, Sinha SR, Davis KA, Stein JM, Liu GT, Gelfand M, Raghupathi R Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of epilepsy associated with temporal encephalocele: A systematic review , Epilepsy Behav, 158: 2024,109928

Kulick-Soper, C.V., Waldman, G. Epilepsy Management in Transgender and Gender Diverse People , Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 25: 2023,419ā€“427

Decker BM, Munger Clary H, Holmes MG, Al-Faraj AO, Esmaeili B, Waldman G, Becker DA, Johnson J, Voinescu PE, Gerard EE. ART/IVF committee of ECAM (Epilepsy in the Childbearing Ages through Menopause consortium) Letter regarding "Seizure control in women with epilepsy undergoing assisted reproductive technology" , Epilepsia, 65(4): 2023,1141-1144

Castano VG, Spotnitz M, Waldman GJ, Joiner EF, Choi H, Ostropolets A, Natarajan K, McKhann GM, Ottman R, Neugut AI, Hripcsak G, Youngerman BE Identification of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy in electronic medical record data using the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model , Epilepsia, 63(11): 2022,2981-2993

Waldman, G. Benson, R Epilepsy Care in Transgender Patients , . Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep , 22(8): 2022,451-458

Waldman G, Spotnitz M, Ostropolets A, Natarajan K, Castano V, Argenziano M, Ottman R, Choi H, Youngerman B. Patient Characteristics and Antiseizure Medication Pathways in Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy: Feasibility and Pilot Results Using the Common Data Model in a Single Center Electronic Medical Record Database. , American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting.: 2021

Matthew Spotnitz, Anna Ostropolets, Karthik Natarajan, Victor G. Castano, Genna J. Waldman, Michael Argenziano, Ruth Ottman, Hyunmi Choi, Brett E. Youngerman. Characterization of Antiepileptic Drug Treatment Pathways with the Common Data Model: Pilot Results from Columbia University Irving Medical Center. , Global OHDSI Symposium.: 2021

Michalak A., Waldman G., Postelnik A., Brigham D., Bazil C. Reducing unrecognized seizure-related adverse events using real-time seizure detection software in the epilepsy monitoring unit , New York Presbyterian Hospital Graduate Medical Education Quality Improvement Poster Session: 2021