Selim R. Benbadis, M.D.

Professor and Director,
Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
University of South Florida and Tampa General Hospital

Department of Neurology
Department of Neurosurgery

Harbourside Medical Tower Suite 730
4 Columbia Drive, Tampa, FL 33606.

Campus Mail Code: HMT 730	E-Mail: sbenbadi@hsc.usf.edu
Phone: 813/259-0892	FAX: 813/259-0858

Current CV (pdf format)

Present Positions

• Professor of Neurology, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of South Florida
• Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
• Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory
• Attending Neurologist, Tampa General Hospital
• Attending Neurologist, James A. Haley V.A. Hospital
• Attending Neurologist, Moffitt Cancer Center

Special interests

• Epilepsy
• Electroencephalography
• Sleep Disorders
• Polysomnography
• Medical education
• Medical writing and editing

Education Université de Nice (France), Faculté de Médecine

Training

• Residency: Family Practice. Université de Nice, France
• Internship: Medicine. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. 7/88-6/89
• Residency: Neurology. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. 7/89-6/92
• Fellowship: Epilepsy & Sleep Disorders. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. 7/92-6/94
• The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Board Certifications

• Ordre National des Médecins, France, Médecine Générale [National Board of Medicine, Family Practice], 1987
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Neurology - 1993
• American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology 1994
• American Board of Sleep Medicine 1996
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Added qualification in Clinical Neurophysiology - 1999

Past positions

• Assistant Professor of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 1994-1996
• Staff Neurologist and Director, Epilepsy Program, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Ft Lauderdale, FL, 1996-1998

Honors & Awards

• Faculty Teacher Award awarded by Residents and Faculty, department of Neurology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Academic year 1999, 2001, 2002,2003, 2004.
• Examiner, American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology Part II (oral), 2001
• Examiner, Neurology Boards Part II (oral). American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2002, 2003, 2004.
• Examiner, American Board of Registration of EEG and Evoked Potentials Technologists, Inc., 2001.
• Honored member, Strathmore's who is who, Millenium Edition, 2000-2001.
• Faculty Teacher Award awarded by Residents and Faculty, department of Neurology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Academic year 1998-1999.
• American Academy of Neurology: Excellent and frequent participation as an ad hoc reviewer for Neurology (1996, 1997).
• Teacher of the year for "Excellence in teaching", awarded by Residents and Fellows, department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Academic year 1995-1996.
• Sleep Research Society Travel Award. American Professional Sleep Societies Meeting, Nashville, TN. June 1995.
• Annual Peskind Award for Best Scientific Paper: Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation, Cleveland, OH. June 1994.
• Second Prize: XVIth Cleveland Clinic Neuroscience Research Day, Cleveland, OH. May 21, 1991.

Publications

• Articles (Medline)
• Other scientific articles
• Book chapters
• Patient education articles

Online Book: EEG Atlas

Courses organized

• 1995: Advances in Epilepsy. Symposium co-chairman. Fort Lauderdale, FL
• 1996: The nightmare of sleep disorders. Symposium co-chairman. Sponsored by Cleveland Clinic Florida. Fort Lauderdale, FL
• May 1999: Advances in Epilepsy. Course Director. Sponsored by USF. Longboat Key, FL
• January 2000: Advances in Neurology. Course Director. Sponsored by USF. Longboat Key, FL
• CME course Director: Annual Meeting of the Florida Society of Neurology, Naples, FL, July 13-15, 2000.
• Symposium Chairman: Psychological issues in epilepsy. American Epilepsy Society, Los Angeles, December 6, 2000.
• Symposium Chairman: "Florida Epilepsy" - What's new in epilepsy? A joint conference organized by the Academic/University Epilepsy Centers of Florida. Organized by the University of South Florida, with Faculty from University of Florida, University of Miami, and Miami Children's Hospital, April 7-8, 2001, Orlando, FL.

Book Editing

• E-Medicine Neurology (Associate editor and CME editor)

Editorial Boards

• Epilepsy & Behavior (Editorial Board Member, 2005-present, Steven C. Schachter, MD, Editor-in-Chief)
• Epileptic Disorders (Editorial Board Member, 2006-present, Alexis Arzimanoglou, MD, Editor-in-Chief)
• European Neurology (Editorial Board Member, 1998-present, Julien Bogousslavsky, MD, Editor-in-Chief)
• Seizure (The International Journal of the British Epilepsy Association, Editorial Board Member, 2000-2005, Tim A. Betts, MD, Editor-in-Chief)
• Journal of Epilepsy (Editorial Board Member, 1996-1998, Allen R. Wyler, MD, Editor-in-Chief)
• Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics (2001-present)
• Biomed Central - Neurology (2003-present)
• Neurology Reviews (2000-present)
• Sleep Research Online (Editorial Board Member, 1998-present, online journal published by WebSciences on behalf of the World Federation of Sleep Research Societies)

Ad Hoc Reviewer

• Neurology (1995-present, Robert B. Daroff, MD, and Robert C. Griggs, MD, Editors-in-Chief)
• Epilepsia (Ad Hoc reviewer, 2001-present, Timothy A. Pedley, MD, Editor-in-Chief).
• Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry (1999-present, Professor C. Kennard, MD, Editor-in-Chief).
• Annals of Internal Medicine (1999-present, Frank Davidoff, MD, Editor-in-Chief).
• JAMA (1999-present, Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD and Richard M. Glass, MD, Interim co-Editors-in-Chief).
• The Lancet (Ad Hoc reviewer, 1999-present, Richard Horton, Editor).
• Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology (1996-present, Gastone Celesia, MD, Editor-in-Chief).
• Epilepsy Research (1998-present, Ilo Leppik, MD, Editor-in-Chief).
• Clinical EEG (1995-present, Miles Drake, MD, Editor-in-Chief).
• Journal of Neuroimaging (1999-present, Lawrence R. Wechsler, MD, Editor-in-Chief).
• Revue Neurologique (1995-present, JM Léger, MD, Editor-in-Chief).
• Psychosomatics (1996-present, Thomas N. Wise, MD, Editor-in-Chief).
• National Institutes of Health, Division of Research Grants (Member, peer-review panel for scientific merit review of grant applications, 1996, 1999, Joe Marwah, PhD, Program Director).

Professional Associations

• American Academy of Neurology
• American Epilepsy Society
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
• Florida Society of Neurology

Committees & Administration

• 1/2000-present: Member, Education Committee of the American Academy of Neurology's Epilepsy Section
• 1/99-00: Member, National Sleep Course Committee, American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• 11/99-01: Member, Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee, American Epilepsy Society
• 8/99-02: Member, Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee, American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• 11/99-present: Member, Task Force on Employment Guidelines, American Epilepsy Society
• 1/99-00: Chairman, International Affairs Committee, American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• 1/99-present: Professional Advisory Board, Epilepsy Services of West Central Florida
• 7/98-present: Board of Directors, Florida Society of Neurology

Other current positions

• Faculty, The National School of Sleep Medicine
• Medical Director, School of EEG Technology, Erwin Technical Center, Tampa, FL

Current and upcoming activities

• Pending articles
• Recent & upcoming presentations

Personal stuff

• Born 06/22/60 in Paris, France
• Citizenship: France
• Married to Amy L. Friedman, MSW
• One child: Alexandra, born 8/28/95
• Visit Tampa

Tennis

• Current Florida Ranking (45s)
• Current National Ranking (45s)

• 2004 Florida Ranking (40s)
• 2002 National Ranking (40s) - #14 !!!!!! CAREER HIGH !!!!!!
• 2002 World Ranking (40s) - #64

  

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