Roles
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Director, Epilepsy Fellowship Program
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Biography
From the Neurology Department website:
Dr. Naymee Velez Ruiz is Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. She is the Medical Director of the Jackson Memorial Video-EEG Monitoring Unit and EEG Laboratories and she is an Attending Epileptologist at the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics and Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Velez- Ruiz is Director of the Women & Epilepsy Program at UHealth and has been the Epilepsy Fellowship Director since 2017. She has dedicated great part of her efforts to education in epilepsy.
Dr. Velez-Ruiz was born in Puerto Rico. After receiving her medical degree at the University of Puerto Rico, she trained in Neurology at Boston Medical Center. Subsequently, she completed a two-year Epilepsy Fellowship program at the Massachusetts General Hospital, as well as an additional one-year program in Academic General Neurology at the same institution. Her first faculty position was in the Epilepsy Division at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. While at Emory University, Dr. Velez Ruiz served as an attending Epileptologist, Assistant Professor of Neurology, and Medical Director of the Emory University Hospital Epilepsy Monitoring Unit.
Dr. Velez-Ruiz joined the University of Miami Comprehensive Epilepsy Center in 2015. Her main interests include the treatment of patients with epilepsy refractory to antiepileptic drugs, epilepsy surgery including presurgical evaluations with intracranial monitoring, and women issues in epilepsy including the treatment of catamenial seizures and epilepsy during pregnancy. She is the Site Principal Investigator (PI) for the Maternal Outcomes and Neurodevelopmental Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs (MONEAD) Study, as well as co-investigator in several other projects on the subject of epilepsy surgery.
Dr. Velez Ruiz is member of the American Epilepsy Society, and she has been part of the Treatments Committee. She is a Contributing Editor for the Epilepsy Currents Journal, and Editor for the Gender Issues section of epilepsy.com (the website of the Epilepsy Foundation). Dr. Velez Ruiz is committed to expanding the treatment options for patients with epilepsy refractory to medical treatment, and to improving the quality of care for women with epilepsy." -
Education & Training
Education
Post Graduate Training
Licensures and Certifications
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Teaching Interests
Neurology residents
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Research Interests
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Publications
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