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Epilepsy

General Neurology Instructor - Second Year Epilepsy Fellow

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I am a board-certified Neurologist, graduate of University of Miami's Neurology Residency and Epilepsy Fellowship. I am currently further specializing within the field of epilepsy with a focus in Women's Issues in Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery.

I was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico and am fully bilingual in English and Spanish.

University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemFellowship, Epilepsy, 2023 - 2024
University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemResidency, Neurology, 2019 - 2023
San Juan Bautista School of MedicineClass of 2019
University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences CampusMedical Technology, 2011 - 2015

Fellow of the Year University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine, 2024
Academcic Excellence Award University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Campus, 2015

Journal Articles

Headache as an Early Symptom and Post-Acute Sequela of COVID-19 in Hospitalized COVID-19 Survivors
Teshamae Monteith, Alexandra Cocores, Megan Mukhtarzada, Natalia Rincon, Yensea Costas Encarnacion, Christina Kursewicz, Evie Sobczack, Emily Swafford, Daniel Samano M..., Neurology, 5/3/2022
A Web-Based Pharmacogenics Search Tool for Precision Medicine in Perioperative Care
Sara Zarei, Yensea Costas, Gloria Orozco, Michelle Zaydlin, Ali Mirtar, Mohammad Abouali, Cristina Diaz-Marty, Golnoush Akhlaghipour, Pablo Fernandez Altamirano, Anel ..., Journal of Personalized Medicine, 7/21/2020

Books/Book Chapters

Comorbid Conditions in the Treatment of Headache
Chapter: Neurologic Comorbidities in Patients with Headache Disorders
Liza Smirnoff, Jocelin Jiao, Lisa Suroweic, Yensea M. Costas Encarnacion, Nina Massad, Leticia TornesEditors: Leon S. Moskatel, Robert P. Cowan.CRC PressEdition 1st,2024

Abstracts/Posters

Electrographic seizures in a blind patient: do they imply a diagnosis of epilepsy?"
Yensea Costas Encarnacion, Maya Gabel, Andres Kanner, AES conference
Neurosyphillis presenting as a mimicker for Giant Cell Arteritis with bilateral papilledema
Yensea Costas Encarnacion, Janice Leon, AAN virtual poster presentation, 2022

Lectures