Genna Julia Waldman, MD

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Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 16 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
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About me

  • Medical Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology

My education and training

  • Medical School: Rush Medical School
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

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Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

289 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

Anonymous
June 2026
a great doctor
Anonymous
June 2026
she was very personable and knowledgeable.
Anonymous
May 2026
i do wish after a seizure i wouldn't have to wait so long to meet/speak with her
Anonymous
April 2026
dr waldman is extremely knowledgeable, caring and explains options

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Lancaster General Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Waldman is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Nix KC, Ghosn NJ, Xie K, Ojemann W, Ellis CA, Waldman GJ, Cornblath E, Conrad E, Ma D, Litt B Optimizing Antiseizure Medication Taper in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit , Neurology Clinical Practice, 16(3): 2026,e200606

Xu Z, Scheid BH, Conrad E, Davis KA, Ganguly T, Gelfand MA, Gugger JJ, Jiang X, LaRocque JJ, Ojemann WKS, Sinha SR, Waldman GJ, Wagenaar J, Sinha N, Litt B Annotating neurophysiologic data at scale with optimized human input , J Neural Eng, 22(4): 2025,046003

Fischer D, Abella BS, Bass GD, Charles J, Hampton S, Kulick-Soper CV, Mendlik MT, Mitchell OJ, Narva AM, Pino W, Sikandar ML, Sinha SR, Waldman GJ, Ware JB, Levine JM. The Recovery of Consciousness via Evidence-Based Medicine and Research (RECOVER) Program: A Paradigm for Advancing Neuroprognostication , Neurol Clin Pract, 14(6): 2024,e200351

Ostendorf A, Waldman GJ, Jehi L, Ilyas M, Naritoku D, Goldman AM Epilepsy Therapies Symposium | Do We Really "Outgrow" Seizures? , Epilepsy Currents: 2024

Zhou DJ, Woodson-Smith S, Emmert BE, Kornspun A, Larocque J, Kulick-Soper CV, Qiu MK, Ellis CA, Gugger JJ, Conrad EC, Waldman G, Ganguly T, Sinha SR, Davis KA, Stein JM, Liu GT, Gelfand M, Raghupathi R Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of epilepsy associated with temporal encephalocele: A systematic review , Epilepsy Behav, 158: 2024,109928

Kulick-Soper, C.V., Waldman, G. Epilepsy Management in Transgender and Gender Diverse People , Curr Treat Options Neurol , 25: 2023,419–427

Decker BM, Munger Clary H, Holmes MG, Al-Faraj AO, Esmaeili B, Waldman G, Becker DA, Johnson J, Voinescu PE, Gerard EE. ART/IVF committee of ECAM (Epilepsy in the Childbearing Ages through Menopause consortium) Letter regarding "Seizure control in women with epilepsy undergoing assisted reproductive technology" , Epilepsia, 65(4): 2023,1141-1144

Castano VG, Spotnitz M, Waldman GJ, Joiner EF, Choi H, Ostropolets A, Natarajan K, McKhann GM, Ottman R, Neugut AI, Hripcsak G, Youngerman BE Identification of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy in electronic medical record data using the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model , Epilepsia, 63(11): 2022,2981-2993

Waldman, G. Benson, R Epilepsy Care in Transgender Patients , Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep , 22(8): 2022,451-458

Waldman G, Spotnitz M, Ostropolets A, Natarajan K, Castano V, Argenziano M, Ottman R, Choi H, Youngerman B. Patient Characteristics and Antiseizure Medication Pathways in Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy: Feasibility and Pilot Results Using the Common Data Model in a Single Center Electronic Medical Record Database. , American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting.: 2021