Dr. Rajsekar “Raj” Rajaraman is an Associate Professor in Pediatric Neurology at the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and is the Director of the UCLA TSC Center of Excellence and the CDKL5 Center of Excellence.
He completed his Pediatric Neurology residency, Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship, and Epilepsy fellowship training at UCLA and completed his pediatrics residency at the Unterberg Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center in New Jersey.
Currently, his clinical and research interests involve rare genetic epilepsies, specifically tuberous sclerosis complex, CDKL5 deficiency disorder, and other developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. He also does computational research on EEG activity pertaining to infantile spasms.
Dr. Rajaraman is the primary investigator of over a dozen pharmaceutical and investigator driven clinical trials and studies. He has presented research at multiple conferences, including the American Academy of Neurology, Child Neurology Society, and the American Epilepsy Society, receiving achievements including the national 2014 American Epilepsy Society Young Investigator Award. Dr. Rajaraman has multiple publications on developmental epileptic encephalopathies and infantile spasms. In addition to his clinical and research interests, Dr. Rajaraman is an active member of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and American Epilepsy Society (AES). He works closely with patient advocacy groups, like the TSC Alliance and the International Foundation for CDKL5 Research (IFCR).