Deana Bonno, M.D.

Professional Background

Deana M Bonno, MD, is Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Bonno received her undergraduate degree from Union College in Schenectady, NY and her medical degree from the University of Connecticut. Her clinical training included an internship in Medicine and residency in Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. This was followed by a one-year fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology and a one-year fellowship in Epilepsy, also completed at the University of Rochester Medical Center. After completing her fellowship in Epilepsy, Dr. Bonno joined the University of Rochester faculty and served the community in Ithaca through Cayuga Medical Center and Cayuga Medical Associates until 2018. She returned to the University in 2018 and cares for patients with difficult to control seizures.

Dr. Bonno is board certified in Neurology with subspecialty certifications in clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy. She has a special interest in utilizing dietary therapies in adults for the treatment of medically refractory epilepsy and is director of the Adult Dietary Therapy Center at the UR Epilepsy Center. She works closely with a ketogenic dietitian, Leeann Habben, to offer various dietary therapies (including Modified Atkins, low glycemic and classic ketogenic diets) to patients.

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