Michael Privitera, MD, is Professor and Senior Vice Chair of Neurology at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Ohio. He is also Director of the Cincinnati Epilepsy Center and Medical Director of UC Physicians (the practice group encompassing the University of Cincinnati’s 600 faculty physicians). Dr Privitera received his medical degree from SUNY Medical Center at Syracuse, New York, and a residency in neurology at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC. Subsequently, he served a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology/epilepsy at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, in Dallas.

Dr Privitera has participated in more than 50 different research studies sponsored either by the National Institutes of Health or by the pharmaceutical industry and has directed the training of 17 postdoctoral fellows in clinical neurology/epilepsy. An ad hoc reviewer for numerous scientific publications, including Epilepsia, Epilepsy Research, Annals of Neurology, Neurology, Lancet, and Annals of Pharmacotherapy, among others, he has authored more than 100 scientific publications and a book on antiepileptic drugs. A member of the Board of Trustees of the American Epilepsy Society and Board of Directors of the Cincinnati branch of the Epilepsy Foundation, Dr Privitera has served as Annual Course Director for the American Epilepsy Society and the Epilepsy Course Director for the American Academy of Neurology.

Raman Sankar, PhD, MD, is Professor and Chief of Pediatric Neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He holds the Rubin Brown Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Neurology. Dr. Sankar obtained his PhD from the University of Washington in medicinal chemistry, where he was involved in teaching and research. Subsequently, he entered Tulane Medical School, where he obtained his medical degree. He completed his training in neurology and pediatric neurology at UCLA.

Dr Sankar has focused his laboratory research on mechanisms of seizure-induced injury and epileptogenicity in the developing brain, which is funded by the NINDS, NIH. He is also involved in research addressing the epileptogenic potential of head trauma in the developing brain. Current research includes investigations modeling the comorbidity of depression that accompanies epileptogenesis. Dr Sankar is one of the investigators in a NINDS–sponsored multicenter study on childhood absence epilepsy. He is a reviewer for research grants submitted to the National Institutes of Health, Epilepsy Foundation, CURE, American Epilepsy Society, and other organizations. He is also a member of an active pediatric epilepsy program at UCLA that is well known internationally for many advances in pediatric epilepsy surgery.

A member of the editorial board of Epilepsia, Dr Sankar served for 4 years as a contributing editor for the basic science section of Epilepsy Currents; he is also a reviewer for many other journals in the basic neurosciences as well as clinical neurology and epilepsy. Dr Sankar serves on the Professional Advisory Board at the Epilepsy Foundation. He lectures both nationally and internationally and has coedited with Drs Jong Rho and Jose Cavazos a book titled “Epilepsy: Scientific Foundations of Clinical Practice,” with the purpose of providing a bridge in knowledge aimed at facilitating interaction between clinicians and investigators.

R. Eugene Ramsay, MD, FAAN, is Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry and Director of the International Center for Epilepsy at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida, and Clinical Associate Professor at Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; he is also Director of the EEG Laboratory at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. After receiving his MD degree from the University of Florida, Gainesville, Dr Ramsay completed an internship in surgery at Shands Teaching Hospital of the University of Florida, a fellowship in neurology at Shands Teaching Hospital, and a fellowship in epilepsy and electroencephalography at the VA Medical Center in Gainesville. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Qualification in Electroencephalography.

A fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, Dr Ramsay is a member of the American Electroencephalographic Society, the American Epilepsy Society, and the American Neurological Association. From 1988 to 1990, he was President of the Southern Clinical Neurological Society, and he is currently Medical Director of the Epilepsy Foundation of South Florida.

Dr Ramsay is Chief Editor of the book Neurobiology of Epilepsy and Aging and, with A. James Rowan, of the textbook Seizures and Epilepsy in the Elderly. He has authored and/or coauthored more than 100 articles published in peer-reviewed journals, 28 book chapters, and a book. He is the recipient of more than 80 grants for research in the treatment of epilepsy. One of his leading accomplishments has been the completion of a large multicenter study on the treatment of epilepsy in the geriatric population.