Valeriya Poukas

Valeriya Poukas is a Professor in Clinical Neurology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University. Specializing in neurology, her clinical interests include post-traumatic epilepsy, epilepsy/EEG and critical care, and epilepsy-related women’s health issues.

• Education: MD from Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
• Training: Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology/Epilepsy at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Residency in Neurology at Yale New Haven Hospital

Her research focuses on seizure management, neurocritical care, and gender-specific neurological conditions. She has authored publications like Rescue Therapies for Seizures (2011), which addresses clinical treatment strategies and patient outcomes in acute epilepsy care.

Notable awards include the Yale-New Haven Stroke Center Bannister Award, Temple University’s Class of ‘64 Scholarship, and membership in honor societies such as Phi Beta Kappa. She practices at Temple Neurology’s Ambulatory Care Center in Philadelphia, PA, with consistently high patient satisfaction ratings (4.7/5).