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Arya Farahmand, M.D., a board-certified neurologist with a subspecialty in epilepsy and neurophysiology, is a Doctor of Medicine graduate from Isfahan Medical Sciences University in Isfahan, Iran, he completed a transitional internship at Frankford Hospital, Allegheny University in Philadelphia and a neurology residency at Boston Medical Center Hospital, Boston University. Dr. Farahmand also completed a clinical neurophysiology fellowship and a clinical epilepsy fellowship, both at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
Previous to working at Southern New Hampshire Health, he was chief of neurology at Lowell General Hospital.
“When going through medical school, the field of neurology,and how to find a way to explain the logic between the brain and the neurons, always fascinated me,” Dr. Farahmand says. “I also was intrigued that no two patients are exactly the same, because people are different, so the outcome in neurology, you’re dealing every time with a new problem.”
In addition, he says, neurology has come “a long ways in treatment management in all areas,” allowing neurologists to make an even greater difference in partnering with patients to tackle their neurological disorders and symptoms.
“I chose to specialize in epilepsy, or seizure disorders, because I recognized how significantly people suffer and how much their lifestyles are affected,” Dr. Farahmand says. “For years we didn’t have any good treatments, but now we have a big arsenal of medications and new surgical treatments that are life-changing for patients.”
Specializing in neurophysiology, Dr. Farahmand uses EEGs (electroencephalograms) to detect abnormalities in a patient’s brain waves or electrical activity in the brain.
“Every day I go to work I really can see at least two to three patients that at the end of day I’ll say, ‘I didn’t see that coming,’ ” he says. “That’s the most fascinating part of my job. And solving the problem, on many occasions, makes you feel good.”
In his spare time, Dr. Farahmand enjoys exercising – particularly biking – and spending time with his son.