Acknowledgments
This material was developed by the American Epilepsy Society. We would like to acknowledge the efforts of the Medical Education Program Committee and the subsequent Student & Resident Education Subcommittee of the Education Council for all their work over the last few years in creating this educational program.
Special thanks to Dr. Luisa L. Rocha for the Spanish translation.
Our gratitude goes to:
Syed Nizam Ahmed, M.D., FRCPC, University of Alberta, Calgary, Canada
Jacquelyn Bainbridge, Pharm.D., FCCP, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Mary A. Bare, RN, MSPH, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Todd F. Barron, M.D., M.S., Hersey Medical Center, York, PA
Steven Bealer, Ph.D., University of Utah, UT
Donna C. Bergen, M.D., Rush Medical College Presbyterian, Chicago, IL
Thomas P. Bleck, M.D., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Devin K. Binder, M.D., Ph.D., University of California - Irvine, Irvine, CA
Leona D. Borchert, M.D., Pharmacia and Upjohn, Global Outcomes Research, Kalamazoo, MI
Edward B. Bromfield, M.D., Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Thomas M. Buchanan, M.D., University of Utah, Herriman, UT
David E. Burdette, M.D., Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Daniel L. Burgess, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Mimi Callanan, RN, M.S.N., Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
Jose E. Cavazos, M.D., Ph.D., University of Colorado, Denver, CO
David R. Chabolla, M.D., Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Claire M. Chee, RN, B.S., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia , Philadelphia, PA
Severn B. Churn, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Steve S. Chung, M.D., Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ
Robert R. Clancy, M.D., Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Gary D. Clark, M.D., Baylor College, Houston, TX
Andrew J. Cole, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Jimmy Couch, D.O., Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Rohit R. Das, M.D., M.P.H., University of Louisville Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
Steven Danzer, Ph.D., Cincinnati Children's Hospital, OH
Robert J. DeLorenzo, M.D, Ph.D., Epilepsy Institute of Virginia, Richmond, VA
Orrin Devinsky, M.D., NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York, NY
Marc A. Dichter, M.D., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Dennis Dlugos, M.D., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Victor G. Dostrow, M.D., University of Mississippi, Ridgeland, MS
Frank W. Drislane, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Michael S. Duchowny, M.D., Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL
Karen Eck, FNP, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Jonathan C. Edwards, M.D., Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Kathy England, RN, M.S.N., University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Eric James Ericson, M.D., Northwest Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Allan B. Ettinger, M.D., Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
P. Jay Foreman, M.D., Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Marlis Frey, APN, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Daniel Friedman, M.D., NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
Eduardo Garcia, M.D., Newton-Wesley Hospital, Newton Lower Falls, MA
Paul A. Garcia, M.D., University of California – SF, San Francisco, CA
Elizabeth Gerard, M.D., Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Georges Ghacibeh, M.D., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Anthony J. Giampolo, M.D., Somerset, PA
Barry E. Gidal, Pharm.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI
Alica M. Goldman, M.D., Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Joshua L. Goldstein, M.D., Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Michael Gruenthal, MD., Ph.D., Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
Cynthia L. Harden, M.D., Cornell Medical Center, New York Hospital, New York, NY
Hisanori Hasegawa, M.D., Saginaw VA Medical Center, Saginaw, MI
Sandra L. Helmers, M.D., Emory Clinic, Atlanta, GA
Lawrence J. Hirsch, M.D., Columbia University, New York, NY
Deborah L. Holder, M.D., Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Jennifer L. Hopp, M.D., University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Aatif M. Husain, M.D., Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Vicente J. Iragui-Madoz, M.D., Ph.D., University of California – San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Frances E. Jensen, M.D., Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Sarah Kiel, M.S.N., CPNP, Children's Hospital of Alabama, AL
Tara L. Klassen, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
David Y. Ko, M.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Sylvia Kongelbeck, RN, M.N., UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Eric Kossoff, M.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Susan Lannon, RN, MA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Suzette M. LaRoche, M.D., Emory University, Decatur, GA
John Michael Li, M.D., Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
William E. Lievens, M.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Kore K Liow, M.D., University of Kansas, Wichita, KS
Rex S. Lott, Pharm.D., Idaho State University, Boise, ID
Daniel H. Lowenstein, M.D., University of California, San Francisco, CA
Edward Maa, M.D., University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
Atul Maheshwari, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
James W. McAuley, Ph.D., Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Lora McGill, M.D., Neurology Center of Middle Tennessee, Columbia, TN
Guy M. McKhann II, M.D., Columbia University, New York, NY
Lisa R. Merlin, M.D., SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Seyed M. Mirsattari, M.D., Ph.D., FRCP(C), University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
J. Layne Moore, M.D., M.P.H., Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Anthony Murro, M.D., Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
Alberto E. Musto, M.D., Ph.D., Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA
Yu-Tze Ng, M.D., Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ
Katerine Nickels, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Conrad C. Nievera, Jr., M.D., Rockwood Epilepsy and Stroke Center, Spokane, WA
Christine O'Dell, RN, M.S.N., CNS, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Kathryn A. O'Hara, RN, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Juan G. Ochoa, M.D., University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL
Bruce R. Parks Jr., Ph.D., University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
M. Scott Perry, M.D., Cook Children's Healthcare System, Fort Worth, TX
Elia M. Pestana Knight, M.D., Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH
Serge J.C. Pierre-Louis, M.D., Stroger Hospital, Chicago, IL
Nicholas P. Poolos, M.D., Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Michael D. Privitera, M.D., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Madona D. Plueger, M.S.N., RN, CNRN, Barrow Neurological Institute, TX
Awais Riaz, M.D., Ph.D., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Erich Richter, M.D., Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
Anthony L. Ritaccio, M.D., New York University, New York, NY
Ildefanso Rodriguez-Leyva, M.D., Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Steven N. Roper, M.D., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Curtis J. Rozzelle, M.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Paul A. Rutecki, M.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Rana Said, M.D., University of Texas, Dallas, TX
Martin Salinsky, M.D., Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Russell M. Sanchez, Ph.D., University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
Dean Sarco, M.D., Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
Steven Schachter, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Lori A. Schuh, M.D., Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Patricia O. Shafer, RN, M.S.N., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Deborah Shulman, RN, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
Rebecca Schultz, RN, M.S.N., CPNP, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Lee Shapiro, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, Temple, TX
Karl A. Sillay, M.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Joseph I. Sirven, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
Sheila Smalls, M.D., Northeast Neurology, Concord, NC
Dennis B. Smith, M.D., Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Peter J. Snyder, Ph.D., West Hartford, CT
Marianna Spanaki-Varelas, M.D., Ph.D., Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
David Spencer, M.D., Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Erik K. St. Louis, M.D., University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Susan Stanton, B.S.W., Kansas City, MO
John M. Stern, M.D., UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Janet L. Stringer, M.D., Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Theodore R. Sunder, M.D., Southern Illinois University, IL
Jerzy P. Szaflarski, M.D., Ph.D., University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Kimberly Tallian, Pharm.D., University of California – San Diego, San Diego, CA
Alcy R. Torres, M.D., Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
William A. Tosches, M.D., FAAN, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Alpa Vashist, M.D. University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Amit Verma, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Elizabeth J. Waterhouse, M.D., Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Timothy E. Welty, Pharm.D., Samford University, McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Birmingham, AL
Karen S. Wilcox, Ph.D., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Alan J. Wilensky, M.D., Ph.D., FRCP(C), University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Angus A. Wilfong, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Many thanks also go to the Board of Directors of 1997 who played an important role in reviewing this material.