Top Specialists in Epilepsy Worldwide

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Dec. 12, 2013 - PRLog -- As part of its ongoing program to highlight excellence in healthcare, Expertscape.com is very pleased to recognize the top institutions and individual specialists in the world in epilepsy research and treatment. Also known as seizure disorder, this condition is actually a range of brain disorders that can vary from benign to life-threatening. Affecting an estimated 65 million people worldwide, epilepsy is one of the most prevalent neurological disorders.

Expertscape.com would like to recognize the contribution that these ten individual experts and institutions (http://www.expertscape.com/leaders/epilepsy) have made to advance our ability to understand and respond to the challenge of epilepsy:

     World’s Leading Experts – Epilepsy
     1.     Dr. Josemir Sander - Institute of Neurology / University College, London
     2.     Dr. Jacqueline French - New York University
     3.     Dr. Samuel Berkovic - University of Melbourne
     4.     Dr. Martin Brodie - Western Infirmary, Scotland
     5.     Dr. Emilio Perucca - University of Pavia, Italy
     6.     Dr. Ingrid Scheffer - University of Melbourne
     7.     Dr. Christian Elger - Universitat Bonn, Germany
     8.     Dr. Andrés Kanner - University of Miami
     9.     Dr. Samuel Wiebe - University of Calgary
     10.  Dr. Kimford Meador - Stanford University

     World’s Leading Institutions – Epilepsy
     1.     Institute of Neurology / University College, London
     2.     Columbia University
     3.     UCLA
     4.     University of Melbourne
     5.     University of Pennsylvania
     6.     University of Toronto
     7.     Johns Hopkins University
     8.     Universitat Bonn - Germany
     9.     Yale University
     10.  Cleveland Clinic

To view Expertscape’s comprehensive results for epilepsy, covering hundreds of institutions and thousands of specialists worldwide, visit http://expertscape.com/ex/epilepsy

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