Epilepsy

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
• Professor, Department of Neurology
• Director of Translational Research & Clinical Trials Epilepsy

EDUCATION:
• 1980-1982 Brown University, Medical Education
• 1982-1983 Mount Sinai Hospital (Medicine), Internship
• 1983-1986 Mount Sinai Hospital (Neurology), Residency Training
• 1986-1988 Mount Sinai Hospital (Epilepsy), Clinical Fellowships
• 1988-1989 Yale University (Epilepsy), Clinical Fellowships

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Dr French has been active in creating practice parameters, serving on committees of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society and chairing several practice parameter Task Forces. She has served on the board of the American Epilepsy Society and the American Society of Experimental Therapeutics. In addition, she is the head of the scientific advisory board of the Epilepsy Therapy Development Project, a private group devoted to the development of new epilepsy therapies. She is the current director of the epilepsy course for the American Academy of Neurology.

AWARDS:
2005 American Epilepsy Society Service Award

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr French has focused her research efforts on development of new therapeutics for epilepsy.