Title(s)
- Division Chief, Women's Neurology
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Waters’ clinical and research interests focus on the care of women with neurologic illness in the setting of childbearing years, menopause, and gynecologic and breast cancer. She has clinical expertise in the management of headaches, epilepsy, myasthenia gravis, Chiari malformation and increased intracranial hypertension in pregnancy. She has special interests in preeclampsia/eclampsia, obstetrical nerve injuries and complications of neuraxial anesthesia. Her division was the first in the U.S to provide electives and fellowship training in Women’s Neurology.
Education & Training
- MD, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Medicine
- Resident, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Neurology
- MBA, James J. Nance College of Business, Business Administration
Specialized Areas of Clinical, Research and/or Educational Interests
- Research: Chiari Malformation in pregnancy, Epilepsy in pregnancy
- Clinical: Neurologic illness in pregnancy and postpartum, Neurologic manifestations of breast and gynecologic cancer
- Education: Neurologic illness in Pregnancy
Board Certifications
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Professional Organization Membership
- Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology
- UPP Board of Directors
Honors & Awards
- Undergraduate Science Research Award, Brandeis University
- Undergraduate Psychology Research Award, Brandeis University
- Jay Silver Prize in Excellence in Academic Performance and Research in Psychology
- Beta Gamma Sigma Society
Selected Recent Publications
Neurologic Illness in Pregnancy, Principles and Practice, edited by Autumn Klein, Janet F. Robinson-Waters, M. Angela O’Neal, Christina Scifres, Jonathan H. Waters, Wiley, Oxford, UK 2015
Waters JFR, O’Neal MA, Pilato M, Waters S, Larkin JC, Waters JH. Management of Anesthesia and Delivery in Women with Chiari I Malformations Obstetrics and Gynecology 2018;132:1180-1184
Waters, JFR Postpartum Neuropathy, Chapter 19, Neurology and Psychiatry of Women: A Guide to Gender-based Issues in Evaluation, Diagnosis and Treatment, Springer Nature, 2018
Waters, JFR. Management of Myasthenia Gravis in Pregnancy Neurologic Clinics 2019; 77(1):113-20
Paolini SL, Pilato M, Rajasekaran V, Waters JFR, Bagic A, Urban A. Outcomes in three cases after brivaracetam treatment during pregnancy. Acta Neurol Scand. 2020;141:438–441.
