Dr. Mathews is a neurologist in Silver Spring, Maryland and he owns a practice specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. In addition, he is the Medical Director of the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring. Dr. Mathews holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He earned his medical degree and Ph.D. from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He completed his residency in Neurology and Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Dr. Mathews was a Research Fellow with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Synaptic Physiology Unit. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with special qualification in Clinical Neurophysiology. Additionally, he has served on the faculty in the Department of Neurology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine from 2003 to 2010. Dr. Mathews’ research focused on the basic physiology and pharmacology of inhibition in the brain with funding from NINDS and CURE. He has published extensively on the role of GABA metabolism, particularly on the contribution of metabolic precursors, on the strength of inhibitory synaptic transmission in the brain. In his current practice, he works to offer his patients all possible options for the treatment of their epilepsy.