Assistant Professor of Neurology
Division of Epilepsy

Professional Background: M.D., Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, 1996
Office: CIRC 312, 1719 6th Ave S, Birmingham AL 35294-0021
Phone: 205.934.3866 (Epilepsy Center)
           205.930.7114 (Sleep Center)
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Personal Info:
Dr. Neil B. Billeaud (pronounced, bee-yo), a south Louisiana native, earned a BS in electrical engineering from LSU in 1991 and an MD from LSU School of Medicine in 1996. He then completed an internal medicine internship at Carraway Methodist Medical Center in Birmingham in 1997, followed by neurology residency at UAB under the supervision of Chairman John N. Whitaker from 1997-2000.

Dr. Billeaud then spent four years as a solo practitioner of general neurology in his hometown of Lafayette, La., followed by four years managing a financial business in Lafayette, before returning to Birmingham in 2008. He then completed subspecialty fellowships at UAB in EEG/Epilepsy (2008-2009) and in Sleep Medicine (2009-2010), prior to being appointed Assistant Professor of Neurology at UAB on July 1, 2010.

Dr. Billeaud currently sees epilepsy patients at The Kirklin Clinic and sleep patients at the UAB Sleep/Wake Disorders Center at UAB Highlands as well as at the Birmingham VA Medical Center.

Credentials and Affiliations:

Specialty / Interests

• Medical and surgical treatment of epilepsy
• Sleep disorders, sleep physiology, and the interface between epilepsy and sleep
• Clinical neurophysiology including electroencephalography, polysomnography, intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring, biomedical signal processing, and quantitative EEG analysis
• Effects of nutritional modification on health and disease