Angel W. Hernandez-Mulero, MD
Expertise: Neurology
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, FL
Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship
Program Information
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship is a one-year program that combines innovative clinical training with collaborative, multidisciplinary education. Our mission is to prepare the next generation of pediatric epileptologists with the clinical expertise, scholarly skills and leadership needed to advance care for children with epilepsy.
Housed within the Hough Family Institute for Brain Protection Services, our team provides comprehensive epilepsy diagnostic and treatment services, including the region’s only wireless epilepsy monitoring unit, busy epilepsy surgery program, neuromodulation: responsive neurostimulation, deep brain stimulation and vagus nerve stimulation, dietary therapy management program, and long-term antiseizure medication care. Training emphasizes close mentorship with pediatric epilepsy faculty, a structured education curriculum, and protected time for scholarly activity and competency-based assessment. Fellows assume primary roles in patient care while working closely with faculty and with advanced practice providers, residents, nurses, pharmacists, EEG technologists, neuropsychologists, social workers and care coordinators. The fellow will lead family-centered rounds and epilepsy case conferences. Faculty will teach evidence-based approaches to diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of children with epilepsy.
One fellow is accepted each year into an individualized learning pathway tailored to academic, research, or clinical career goals. Fellows train in one of the nation’s busiest pediatric epilepsy practices, more than 1,000 new patients annually, and collaborate closely with a large pediatric neurosurgery program and the University of South Florida (USF) Adult Epilepsy program. Aligned with Johns Hopkins All Children’s institutional priorities, to lead with trust, cultivate healthy communities, simplify access, and drive innovation, the fellowship expands outpatient access through fellow-run clinics supervised by faculty, addresses regional workforce needs, and strives to be a national model for recruiting, training and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the families we serve. We are proud to offer the only pediatric epilepsy fellowship program in Florida.
Johns Hopkins All Children's
At-a-Glance:
- Licensed beds: 259
- NICU beds: 97
- 50-75 epilepsy surgeries performed annually
- 6 Pediatric Neurosurgeons and 3 Pediatric Neuropsychologists supporting our epilepsy program
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Percentage ICU Beds: 63%
- Inpatient admissions: 6,900+
- Total surgeries: 8,000+
- Emergency Center visits: 43,000+
- Outpatient Visits: 310,000+
- PICU + MICU Beds: 28
- CVICU: 22
- Diagnostic and Surgical Capabilities:
- Certified Level 4 Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC)
- Inpatient neuroscience unit with 28 beds
- Six dedicated, accredited wireless Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) beds
- State-of-the-art imaging: X‑ray, CT, MRI, angiography, ultrasound, PET‑CT, and SPECT
- Advanced neurophysiology services: EEG, evoked potential testing, EMG/NCV
- ROSA robotic system for epilepsy surgery
Learning Opportunities for Fellows Include:
- Busy long-term continuous EEG monitoring: neonatal ICU EEG and pediatric ICU EEG monitoring.
- Evaluation of potential candidates for epilepsy surgery- Phase 1 pre-surgical evaluations, Phase 2 surgical evaluations including intracranial EEG evaluations (SEEG, subdural grids and strips), functional cortical mapping,
- Selection of neurostimulation treatments including responsive neurostimulation, deep brain stimulation, and vagus nerve stimulation.
- Outpatient management of refractory pediatric epilepsy - pharmacological, surgical, and dietary therapies.
- Multidisciplinary collaboration with neurosurgery
- Ketogenic diet and nutritional counseling
- Tuberous Sclerosis Clinic
- Genetic and metabolic testing
Shaping the Future of Pediatric Medicine
At Johns Hopkins All Children’s, medical education is about more than training — it’s about mentorship, collaboration, and creating the best environment for children and those who care for them.
Program Leadership
Curriculum:
- 1 month: Boot Camp 2 weeks of EEG and Clinical Training + LTM
- 7 months: Pediatric EMU
- 1 month: Adult EMU
- 1 month: LTM
- 2 months: Elective
Didactics:
The program’s didactic series is designed to deepen the fellow’s knowledge of epilepsy pathophysiology, treatment options, and emerging research, laying the foundation for advanced clinical practice. To support the fellow’s educational activities, the fellow is excused from clinical duties during didactics. An overview of the didactic series is as follows:
Wednesday Didactics:
- 8-9 am Child Neurology Grand Rounds
- Noon-2 p.m. JHU Baltimore Epilepsy conference
Friday Didactics:
- 8:30-10 a.m. Multidisciplinary Epilepsy Surgery Conference
- 1-2 p.m. Didactics
- 2-3 p.m. Review of Interesting Cases
Scholarly Activity:
During the fellowship, the fellow will participate in ongoing research projects or quality improvement and patient safety initiatives. Additional scholarly activities may include systematic reviews, meta-analyses, review articles, case reports, development of curricula or evaluation tools, creation of didactic or electronic educational materials, and contributions to professional committees, educational organizations, or editorial boards.
About Our Community:
St. Petersburg, Florida, is part of the thriving and diverse Tampa Bay area with easy access to Gulf Coast beaches, big-league sports (Tampa Bay Buccaneers football, Tampa Bay Rays baseball, Tampa Bay Lightning hockey and Tampa Bay Rowdies men’s and Tampa Bay Sun women’s soccer), renowned museums (Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts and Tampa Museum of Art), performing arts (the Mahaffey Theater, Ruth Eckerd Hall, the Straz Center for the Performing Arts), international airports (Tampa International Airport, St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport) and family-friendly theme parks (Busch Gardens Tampa, Disney World, Universal Studios Florida and SeaWorld Orlando). Learn more about the Tampa Bay area.
Program and Application Information
Length:
1-year
Eligibility Requirements:
Prior to appointment in the program, fellows must have successfully completed a program in child neurology.
Application Requirements:
Applicants must meet eligibility criteria for this fellowship program including:
- Board eligibility or board certification in child neurology
- Eligible for a medical license in the state of Florida
- ECFMG certification, if pertinent
- Completion of the ERAS application
- At least three letters of recommendation
- School of Medicine transcript
- USMLE/COMLEX transcript of Step 1-3 scores
Application:
Complete an ERAS application. This position is filled through the National Resident Matching Program.