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Leo Germin, M.D., FAANEM, Medical Director

Dr. Leo Germin
  • Board Certified in Neurology
  • Board Certified in Vascular Neurology
  • Board Certified in Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine
  • ASN Certified in Neuroimaging
  • ASN Certified in Neurosonology (Carotid US and TCD)
  • American Academy of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine Fellow
Professional Memberships
  • American Academy of Neurology
  • American College of Hyperbaric Medicine
  • American College of Physicians
  • American Medical Association
  • American Society of Neuroimaging
  • New York Academy of Sciences
  • Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society
  • International Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine Lifetime Member
  • Society for Free Radical Biology
Academic Appointment

Assistant Clinical Professor at Touro University Nevada

Biography

Dr. Leo Germin is a highly qualified specialist certified by: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Electrodiagnostic and Neuromuscular Medicine as well as American Board of Vascular Neurology, with additional subspecialty certification in Neurosonology and Neuroimaging. Dr. Germin is affiliated with numerous professional organizations including AAN, AANEM, ACHM, ACP, AMA, NYAS, SFRBN, and UHMS.

Dr. Germin received his medical degree from one of the oldest medical faculties in Europe at the University of Vilnius, Lithuania. Dr. Germin practiced Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Hyperbaric Medicine for 10 years prior to relocating to the United States. In the US, Dr. Germin completed an internship at the Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, completed Neurology Residency training at WLAMC/UCLA Department of Neurology and completed Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship training at UCSD.

As the original founder of Clinical Neurology Specialists, Dr. Germin has been practicing Neurology in Las Vegas for over 13 years and has served as CNS Medical Director for the last 11 years. Dr. Germin focuses primarily in the areas of electrodiagnostic medicine, and has special interest in noninvasive cerebrovascular ultrasound, dementia, multiple sclerosis, secondary stroke prevention and diseases of the peripheral nervous system. Dr. Germin is also an assistant clinical professor at Touro University in Henderson Nevada.


Gregory J. Baker, D.O.Gregory J. Baker, D.O.
Board Certified in Neurology

Greg Baker, D.O. is a 2000 graduate from Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his residency in Neurology at Michigan State's multi-campus system in the metropolitan Detroit area. Dr. Baker also holds a Master's in Physiology and prior to matriculating Michigan State for a career in medicine he spent 7 years working as a college professor at several metropolitan Detroit/Ann Arbor colleges and universities teaching gross anatomy, neuroanatomy and human physiology.

Dr. Baker is Board certified in Neurology. For the past five years he has practiced general neurology in both private practice and for the government with the Veterans Administration. Dr. Baker has a special interest in conditions of the central nervous system including, but not limited to, adult epilepsy, headaches, dementia, syncope/vertigo, sleep disorders/restless legs syndrome, tremors and secondary stroke prevention.

Dr. Baker is an active member of the American Osteopathic Association and the American Association of Osteopathic Neurologists and Psychiatrists.


Syed T. Ali, M.D.Syed T. Ali, M.D.
Board Certified in Neurology
Fellow, EMG and Neuromuscular Medicine

Dr. Syed Ali, BSc, MB BS, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and has been awarded a series of prestigious fellowships including a research fellowship in Neurophysiology Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, an EMG and Neuromuscular fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA), and a clinical and research fellowship in EEG, Epilepsy, EPs and Sleep Studies at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York).

Dr. Ali is affiliated with professional organizations including the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Pakistan Medical and Dental Council, and Association of Pakistani Physicians in North America (APPNA).

Dr. Ali received his medical degree from Allama Iqbal Medical School, Pakistan. Dr. Ali practiced Internal Medicine & General Surgery, Emergency Medicine, and Orthopedic Surgery prior to relocating to the United States. In the U.S., Dr. Ali completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the Harlem Medical Center, New York, completed Neurology Residency training at Montefiore Medical Center with Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York), and completed his EMG and Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship training at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dr. Ali has been practicing Neurology in private practice for over 15 years and has served as a Senior Clinical Instructor for the University of Rochester, the Medical Director of Southern Ocean County Hospital's Neurophysiology Lab and Group practice, with faculty appointments at Carney Hospital, Massachusetts and Tufts University School of Medicine.


Dawn A. Epter, PA-CDawn A. Epter, PA-C
Board Certified Physician Assistant

Dawn A. Epter, PA-C received her medical training and completed the Physician Assistant Program at St. Vincent's / St. Anthony's School of Allied Health Professions in New York.

Ms. Epter completed her Bachelors of Science Degree in Toxicology from Saint John's University in Jamaica, New York. For three years prior to specializing in neurology, Ms. Epter worked in the fields of general surgery and urology.

Ms. Epter is an active member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Her special interests are in movement disorders and neuropathy.


Steven Kiss, PA-CSteven Kiss, PA-C
Board Certified Physician Assistant

Steven Kiss, PA-C received his Master's Degree of Physician Assistant Studies at Touro University's Nevada campus in Henderson. His medical training included classroom-based instruction as well as clinical rotations in ten different medical specialties. Upon graduation Mr. Kiss practiced medicine in the field of orthopedics, logging nearly two hundred hours in the operating room.

Before attending Touro University, he earned a Bachelor's of Science degree in Biology at the University of Nevada's Las Vegas campus.

PA Kiss remains an active member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

His special interests include Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for the treatment of those affected with stroke, autism, cerebral palsy, head injuries, and many other conditions.