Rajsekar R. Rajaraman, MD, MS

Dr. Rajsekar "Raj" Rajaraman is an Associate Professor in Pediatric Neurology at the UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital as well as Psychiatry in the Semel Institute. He completed his Pediatric Neurology residency, Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship, and Epilepsy fellowship training here at UCLA.

A native of New Jersey, Dr. Rajaraman completed his pediatrics residency at the Unterberg Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center in New Jersey. During his pediatric residency, his exposure to seizures and the effects that epilepsy has on the patient and family led to him pursuing a career in pediatric epileptology at UCLA. Currently, his clinical and research interests involve all aspects of genetic epilepsies and infantile spasms, as well as its effects in Tuberous Sclerosis and CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder. Dr. Rajaraman is currently the Director of the UCLA Tuberous Sclerosis Center of Excellence as well as the UCLA CDKL5 Center of Excellence. He is the primary investigator of over a dozen pharmaceutical and investigator driven clinical trials and studies. He has presented research at multiple national conferences, including the American Academy of Neurology, Child Neurology Society, and the American Epilepsy Society, receiving achievements including the national 2014 American Epilepsy Society Young Investigator Award and the 2026 TSC Champion Award. Dr. Rajaraman has over 30 peer-reviewed publications on TSC, CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder, CBD, Infantile Spasms, and other genetic epilepsies. His Research is supported by the Department of Defense, the National Institute of Health, as well as many various family foundations (Pediatric Victory Foundation, The Koh Family Foundation, The Olivia Hershey Foundation, etc). 

In addition to his clinical and research interests, Dr. Rajaraman is an active member of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and American Epilepsy Society (AES). He volunteers for the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles, including helping at their annual Walk to End Epilepsy at the Rose Bowl, as well as the Epilepsy Awareness Day at Disneyland.