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Dr. Michelle R. Paff is a UCI Health neurosurgeon who specializes in functional neurosurgery (deep brain stimulation), epilepsy surgery and general neurosurgery.

Michelle R. Paff, MD

Specialties

Neurological Surgery

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Medical Services
Certifications
  • Board Eligible, Neurological Surgery
Language
  • English
Gender
Female
Medical School
Drexel University College of Medicine
Internship
UCI School of MedicineNeurosurgery
Residency
UCI School of MedicineNeurosurgery
Fellowship
University of TorontoFunctional Neurosurgery
Professional Positions
  • Assistant Professor — Department of Neurological Surgery, UCI School of Medicine
  • Division Chief — Neurosurgery Services, VA Long Beach Healthcare System
Awards and Recognition
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
  • Neuroscience Research Fellowship Award — Pauletta and Denzel Washington Family Gifted Scholars Program, 2011, Cedars-Sinai Hospital
More Information

Dr. Michelle R. Paff is a UCI Health neurosurgeon who specializes in functional neurosurgery (deep brain stimulation), epilepsy surgery and general neurosurgery.

Her clinical interests include functional neurosurgery for movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor and dystonia, as well as neuropathic pain, epilepsy and psychiatric disorders.

She earned a medical degree at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pa. She completed a neurosurgery residency at UCI Medical Center, followed by fellowship training in functional neurosurgery at the University of Toronto and Toronto Western Hospital in Toronto, Canada.

Her research interests include neuromodulation, cognitive neuroscience and psychiatry. She is the author or co-author of numerous peer-reviewed research papers published in major medical journals. She also has conducted studies to target seizure activity in the brain as a research assistant at the UCI Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.

Paff sees patients in Orange and Laguna Hills.

UCI Health Neurosurgery Services
101 The City Drive South, Pavilion 1
Building 30
Orange, CA 92868
Phone: 714-456-6966
Fax: 855-209-8413
UCI Health — Laguna Hills
23961 Calle de la Magdalena, Suite 200
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Phone: 949-238-4100
Fax: 866-251-1363