Aliza Riba, Nurse Practitioner

Aliza is a board-certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner specializing in Pediatric Neurology, and has been working with children at CHOC for over 10 years. She provides care to children with epilepsy, with a focus on medically refractory epilepsy. She has a particular interest in epilepsy surgery and neuromodulation (vagal nerve stimulation (VNS), deep brain stimulation (DBS), and responsive neurostimulation (RNS)), and is an active member of the Ketogenic Diet treatment team.

Prior to joining CHOC, she was a research study coordinator at Columbia University Medical Center where she managed a multi-site study of Alzheimer’s disease, and was also a healthcare research coordinator for two independent start-up companies in New York.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts at Tufts University, where she majored in both Clinical Psychology and Child Development. She later earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing at Columbia University.