Yajing Y. Xiong, MD

Yajing Y. Xiong, MD, is a neurologist in the Epilepsy Center and an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Barrow Neurological Institute. She is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Dr. Xiong’s expertise lies in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. She specializes in the care of patients with refractory epilepsy, including those whose treatment involves epilepsy surgery and therapeutic devices. She is also well-versed in caring for women with epilepsy and for adolescents and young adults with epilepsy as they transition into adulthood. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, and the American Epilepsy Society.

Dr. Xiong earned her medical degree from Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. She completed her neurology residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pennsylvania and a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Xiong’s research interests include clinical epilepsy, stereotactic EEG, women with epilepsy during pregnancy, and genetic epilepsy.