Lawrenceville Neurology Center, P.A. - Neurologists - New Jersey

Our Physicians

Rene Gomez, M.D., F.A.A.N.
Paul Kaiser, M.D.
Manuel Vergara, M.D.
Aissa Alexeeva, M.D.
Chitharanjan V. Rao, M.D.

Rene Gomez, M.D., F.A.A.N. Dr. Gomez earned his B.S. from Don Bosco College, Nicaragua, graduating magna cum laude in 1969. He received his medical degree from Major National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru. Dr. Gomez continued his training at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia and served his residency in adult and pediatric neurology at the University of Kentucky, Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, where he served as a chief resident. Dr. Gomez is certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN).

Dr. Gomez is very active in the field of neurology and has had many academic and professional appointments. Dr. Gomez has served as a clinical assistant professor of neurology at Hahnemann University and was a clinical assistant professor of neurology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He has also been the chief of neurology at both the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton and Capital Health System.

Dr. Gomez is a member of many national and regional medical societies, including the New Jersey Academy of Medicine, the Neurological Association of New Jersey, and the American Academy of Clinical Neurophysiology. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.

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Paul Kaiser, M.D.

Paul Kaiser, M.D. Dr. Kaiser received his bachelor of arts degree in biology from Dartmouth College in 1984. He then studied at the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University where he earned his medical degree in 1988. Dr. Kaiser completed his internship in internal medicine in 1989 at Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia. He continued his postgraduate training at the Temple University Hospital where he served his neurology residency from 1989 to 1992 and also as a chief resident from 1991 to 1992. Dr. Kaiser was a fellow in clinical neurophysiology at Temple University Hospital from 1992 to 1993. He is certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) and is also certified by the Neurophysiology Board.

Dr. Kaiser has served as a clinical instructor in neurology at the Temple University Hospital and has been in private practice with Lawrenceville Neurology Center, P.A., since 1993. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology.

He is certified in Neurology and in the subspecialty of Vascular Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN).

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Manuel Vergara, M.D.

Manuel Vergara, M.D. Dr. Vergara received his bachelor's degree from Salesiano Juan del Rizzo, Colombia, in 1981. He continued his studies at Javeriana University, Colombia, where he earned his medical degree in 1988. Dr. Vergara began his postgradute training in Colombia where he completed his internship in 1993 at the San Juan De Dios Hospital. He then relocated to the United States where he served his internship in internal medicine from 1994 to 1994 and his neurology residency from 1994 to 1996 at the SUNY-Brooklyn/ Kings County Hospital. Dr. Vergara was a chief resident of neurology from 1996 to 1997. After his residency, Dr. Vergara was a neuromuscular fellow at the Louisiana State University Medical Center. He is certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) and is also certified by the Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

Dr. Vergara has had many academic appointments. He has served as a clinical assistant instructor at the State University of New York (SUNY) and as an assistant instructor at the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health. Dr. Vergara has been in private practice with the Lawrenceville Neurology Center since 1998. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Academy of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

He is certified in Neurology and in the subspecialty of Vascular Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN).

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Aissa Alexeeva, M.D.

Aissa Alexeeva, M.D. Dr. Alexeeva earned her medical degree with honors at Koubanskiy State Medical Institute in Russia. After practicing internal medicine she began her residency in neurology at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. She completed her residency and served as chief resident in the Department of Neurology at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Alexeeva subsequently completed a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN).

Dr. Alexeeva specializes in epilepsy, clinical neurophysiology, EEG, and EMG.

She is certified in Neurology and in the subspecialty of Vascular Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN).

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Chitharanjan V. Rao, M.D.

Chitharanjan V. Rao, M.D. Dr. Rao received his medical degree from the University of Bombay, India, and followed that with training in Internal Medicine and a subsequent Doctorate in Medicine (Neurology) at the same academic institution. Dr. Rao has also earned the MRCP (UK), and trained in clinical neurophysiology, becoming a Consultant in Clinical Neurophysiology at the Royal Preston Hospital, England. Afer his relocation to the U.S., he completed a residency in Neurology at St. Louis University and a fellowship in Neuromuscular Diseases at Wayne State University. He served as an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center before joining our practice. He is board certified in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and Neuromuscular medicine.

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