Neurology Leadership

As an epileptologist, Jonathan C. Edwards, M.D., MBA, FACNS, is a member of the South Carolina Neurological Association, the American Epilepsy Society, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society. He has served on the scientific committee of several organizations, including the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, and has been a board member and examiner for the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology and for ABRET. He recently served as president of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society. Dr. Edwards has won numerous awards for teaching, research and patient advocacy.

Residency: Loyola University
Fellowship: Movement Disorders at University of Cincinnati
Interests: Clinical Movement Disorders

As an epileptologist, Jonathan C. Edwards, M.D., MBA, FACNS, is a member of the South Carolina Neurological Association, the American Epilepsy Society, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society. He has served on the scientific committee of several organizations, including the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, and has been a board member and examiner for the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology and for ABRET. He recently served as president of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society. Dr. Edwards has won numerous awards for teaching, research and patient advocacy.

Residency: MUSC
Fellowship: Movement Disorders at Rush University
Interests: PD cognition, neuroprotection, functional neurologic disorders

Dr. Milano completed his Neurology residency training at Cleveland Clinic and a fellowship in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology at the University of Florida. Dr. Milano’s clinical interests include all types of cognitive and neurobehavioral disorders including Alzheimer’s Disease, Vascular Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia, and the primary progressive aphasias. With an accurate diagnosis and treatment plan, Dr. Milano hopes to act as a guide for the patient and their family as they negotiate their treatment options.

Katherine Ruzhansky, M.D., MS, is Professor of Neurology and director of the EMG lab at MUSC. She earned her medical degree from Albany Medical College and completed her neurology residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Ruzhansky then completed a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology, followed by further fellowship training in peripheral neuropathy at Columbia University-NY Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Ruzhansky joined MUSC's neurology division in August 2014. Her clinical interests include electrodiagnostic testing and diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular disorders.

Director, General Neurology Division; Director, Multiple Sclerosis Program; Neuro- Ophthalmology; Comprehensive Headache Consultation

Specialties: Parkinson's disease and related disorders, oculomotor functioning, telehealth, resiliency

Travis H. Turner, Ph. D., is an assistant professor and director of the Neuropsychology Division at MUSC. He studied psychology and neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh and earned his doctorate in clinical psychology through San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego. He completed clinical internship and postdoctoral training at MUSC and the VAMC in Charleston. He provides clinical neuropsychological evaluations for patients followed within movement disorders. His research program is focused on developing new ways to measure and treat cognitive deficits in Parkinson’s disease. Current efforts in this pursuit include development and standardization of computerized behavioral saccade tests, neuropsychological assessment via videoconferencing, (i.e., telemedicine), and clinical trials (e.g., phospholipid-bound omega-3 supplementation).