Board
March 2008
Photos of the Board of Directors and AES staff after Board meeting in DC
AES Team at the DC National Mall
Walk for Epilepsy
AES Board Officers

PRESIDENT
Dennis Spencer, M.D. (2008)
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
Steven C. Schachter, M.D.( 2008)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Liaison: International Affairs/Education

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT (2008)
Jaideep Kapur, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Virginia
Health Science Center
Charlottesville, VA
Liaison: Membership

TREASURER
John M. Pellock, M.D. (2008)
Medical College of Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Liaison: Finance/Corporate Advisory

PAST PRESIDENT
John W. Swann, Ph.D. (2008)
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Liaison: Executive/Nominating/Research Recognition/Advocacy
BOARD MEMBERS

Amy Brooks-Kayal, M.D. (2007-09)
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
University of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Liaison: Research & Training
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Frances E. Jensen, M.D. (2008-10)
Harvard Medical School
Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Liaison: Employment TF/Guidelines TF

Eli M. Mizrahi, M.D. (2007-09)
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Liaison: Publications/Postgraduate Training
Patricia Osborne Shafer, RN, MN (2006-08)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Liaison: PEC Education

Elson L. So, M.D. (2008-10)
Mayo Clinic and Medical Center
Rochester, MN 55905

William H. Theodore, M.D. (2006-08)
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Liaison: Web Content
EX OFFICIO

Cesare T. Lombroso, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

CANADIAN LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVE
Lionel Carmant, M.D.
St. Justine Hospital
Montreal, CANADA

EF PAB LIAISON
Bruce Hermann, Ph.D.
Dept of Neuropsychology
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
CME DIRECTOR
L. James Willmore, M.D.
St Louis University School of Medicine
St Louis, MO
AAN LIAISON
Andres M. Kanner, M.D.
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL

ILAE LIAISON
Solomon L. Moshé, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY

RESEARCH
Kevin J. Staley, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlestown, MA 02129

EPILEPSY CURRENTS
Susan Spencer, M.D.
Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Robert L. Macdonald, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Neurology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

EPILEPSY FOUNDATION
Eric Hargis
Epilepsy Foundation National Office Landover, MD

NINDS LIAISON
Margaret P. Jacobs
NIH/NINDS
Bethesda, MD
