Antoaneta J. Balabanov, MD

Antoaneta Balabanov, MD, is an associate professor of neurology and senior attending physician at Rush University Medical Center. She is board certified in neurology and epilepsy. Balabanov obtained her medical degree from Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria. She completed her neurology training at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, and neurophysiology/epilepsy training at Rush University Medical Center. Currently, Balabanov is the medical director of the Rush Epilepsy Clinic and director of the epilepsy fellowship program at Rush. In addition to medical, surgical and brain stimulation treatments of patients with epilepsy, Balabanov is involved in research clinical trials. She has special interests in alternative treatments of epilepsy, especially dietary treatments of epilepsy. She has established and is currently running a clinic for dietary treatments of epilepsy at the Rush Epilepsy Center. Balabanov is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Epilepsy Society, and the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society.