Dr. Sperling is Vice Chairman for Clinical Affairs, Director of the Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory, and Professor of Neurology, Sidney Kimmell Medical College, at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. He earned his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine and completed his internship in internal medicine and residency in neurology at Mount Sinai Medical Center and a fellowship in epilepsy and clinical neurology at UCLA Medical Center. His research and clinical interests include cognitive electrophysiology, surgical treatment of epilepsy, features associated with increased mortality in patients with epilepsy, and investigational therapeutics in epilepsy. Dr. Sperling is widely published in the field of epilepsy, an Associate Editor for Epilepsia, and a reviewer for numerous journals.