Awardees

Meet the 2024 AES Award Recipients

Each year, the American Epilepsy Society honors the most accomplished professionals in the field of epilepsy with Research and Recognition Awards.

Antonio Delgado-Escueta, PhD

AES 2024 Founders Award:
Antonio Delgado-Escueta, PhD

frances jensen

AES 2024 Distinguished Service Award:
Frances E. Jensen, MD, FAES

gretchen birbek

J. Kiffin Penry Award for Excellence in Epilepsy Care:
Gretchen Birbeck, MD, MPH, DTMH

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heather mefford

Basic Science Research Award:
Heather C. Mefford, MD, PhD

William Gaillard

Clinical Science Research Award:
William Davis Gaillard, MD, FAES

Sucheta Joshi

Rebecca Goldberg Kaufman AES Clinical Award in Ethical Neuropsychiatry:
Sucheta M. Joshi, MD, MS, FAES

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eileen murray mm cae

Extraordinary Contributions to the Field of Epilepsy Award:
Eileen M. Murray, MM, CAE

karen parko

Lombroso Lecturer:
Karen Parko, MD, FAES

phillip pearl

Fritz E. Dreifuss Award:
Phillip L. Pearl, MD, FAES

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Past Research and Recognition Awardees

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Extraordinary Contributions to the Field of Epilepsy arrow_drop_down
2023 Mary Anne Meskis
2022 George A. Ojemann, MD
2021 Ms. Gardiner Lapham, MPH, RN
2020 H. Steve White, PhD
2015 Story Landis
2014 Karen Gale
2013 Russel Katz
2010 Susan Axelrod
2008 Margaret Jacobs
2003 Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Foundation
2002 Sidney Goldring
2000 Ellen Grass 
Founders Award arrow_drop_down

Formerly the William G. Lennox Award

2023 Bruce P. Hermann, PhD, FAES
2022 Elinor Ben-Menachem, MD, PhD, FAAN, FAES
2021 Carl E. Stafstrom, MD, PhD, FAES
2020 Karen S. Wilcox, PhD
2019 Amy Brooks-Kayal, MD, FAES
2018 Raman Sankar, MD, PhD, FAAN, FAES
2017 Jacqueline French, MD, FAES
2016 Gary Mathern, MD
2015 Christian E. Elger, MD, PhD, FRCP
2014 Hans O. Lüders, MD, PhD
2013 Rene Levy, PhD
2012 David C. Taylor
2011 Martin Brodie, MD
2010 Simon Shorvon
2009 Thomas P. Sutula, MD, PhD, FAES
2008 Harvey Kupferberg, PhD
2007 Ilo E. Leppik, MD, FAAN, FAES
2006 Timothy A. Pedley, MD, FAES
2005 Marc A. Dichter, MD, PhD, FAES
2004 Yukio Fukuyama
2003 Carl B. Dodrill, PhD
2002 James Ferrendelli, MD, FAES
2001 V. Elving Anderson
2000 Frederick Andermann
1999 Jerome P. Engel Jr., MD, PhD, FAES
1998 Juhn Wada, MD, DSc, FRCPC, FAES
1997 Cesare T. Lombroso
1996 Peter Kellaway
1995 Brenda Milner, PhD
1994 Richard H. Mattson, MD
1993 John M. Freeman
1992 Francis M. Forster
1991 Paul H. Crandall
1990 Harou Akimoto

Distinguished Service Award arrow_drop_down
2023 Elson L. So, MD, FES
2022 Samuel Wiebe, MD, FCAHS
2021 David M. Labiner, MD, FAES
2020 Vicky H. Whittemore, PhD
2019 Michael Privitera, MD, FAES
2018 Brandy Fureman, PhD
2017 Jose Cavazos, MD, PhD, FAES
2016 Manisha Patel, PhD, FAES
2015 Page Pennell, MD, FAES
2014 Robert L. Ruff, MD, PhD
2014 Karen L. Parko, MD, FAES
2013 Roger Porter, MD, FAES
2012 Bruce P. Hermann, PhD, FAES
2011 Michael A. Rogawski, MD, PhD, FAES
2010 Gregory K. Bergey, MD, FAAN, FANA, FAES
2009 L. James Willmore, MD, FAES
2008 Elinor Ben-Menachem, MD, PhD, FAES
2007 Martha J. Morrell, MD, FAAN, FAES
2006 Steven C. Schachter, MD, FAES
2005 Jacqueline A. French
2004 Robert S. Fisher, MD, PhD, FAES
2003 Nancy R. Temkin, PhD
2002 Braxton Wannamaker, MD, FAES
2001 Robert J. Gumnit
2000 Timothy Pedley, MD, FAES
1999 Margaret P. Jacobs
1998 Joyce Cramer
1997 Eli S. Goldensohn
1996 Donald Shields, MD
1995 Eric. W. Lothman
1994 Harvey Kupferberg, PhD
Basic Science Research Award arrow_drop_down

2023 Dimitri M. Kullmann, FRS, FMedSci, DPhil, MAE
2022 Lori L. Isom, PhD, FAES
2021 Massimo Avoli, MD, PhD
2020 Miriam Meisler, PhD
2019 Helen Scharfman, PhD
2018 Jack M. Parent, MD
2017 Heinz Beck, MD
2016 Scott Baraban, PhD
2015 Kevin J. Staley, MD
2014 Carolyn R. Houser, PhD
2013 Jaideep Kapur, MD, PhD
2012 Richard Miles, PhD
2011 Ivan Soltesz, PhD
2010 Douglas A. Coulter, PhD
2009 Annamaria Vezzani, PhD
2008 Frances E. Jensen, MD
2007 John Huguenard, PhD
2006 Wolfgang Loscher, PhD, DVM
2005 Tallie Z. Baram, MD, PhD
2004 Istvan Mody, PhD
2003 Dan C. McIntyre, PhD
2002 F. Edward Dudek, PhD
2001 Daniel H. Lowenstein, MD
2000 Yehezkel Ben-Ari, PhD
1999 Brian S. Meldrum, MD, PhD
1998 Robert K.S. Wong, PhD
1997 Esper A. Cavalheiro, MD, PhD
1997 Robert L. Macdonald, MD, PhD
1996 Jeffrey L. Noebels, MD, PhD
1995 Frederick Andermann, MD, FRCP(C)
1995 Raymond Dingledine, PhD
1994 James O. McNamara, MD
1994 Pierre Gloor, MD*
1993 Herbert H. Jasper, PhD
1993 Robert S. Sloviter, PhD
1992 Claude G. Wasterlain, MD
1992 Eli M. Mizrahi, MD
1992 Uwe Heinemann, MD
1991 David A. Prince, MD
1991 Roger D. Traub, MD
1990 Edward A. Swinyard, PhD*
1990 Philip A. Schwartzkroin, PhD
1990 Solomon L. Moshe', MD
1989 John W. Swann, PhD
1989 Pavel Mares, MD
1989 Gregory L. Holmes, MD

Clinical Science Research Award arrow_drop_down
2023 Matthias J. Koepp, MD, PhD
2022 Gregory A. Worrell, MD, PhD
2021 Neda Bernasconi, MD, PhD
2021 Andrea Bernasconi, MD, PhD
2020 Ruben I. Kuzniecky, MD, PhD, FAES
2019 Angela Vincent, FMedSci, FRS
2019 Josep Dalmau, MD, PhD
2018 Prof. J. Helen Cross, MD, MBChB, PhD
2017 Hal Blumenthal, MD
2016 Graeme Jackson, BSc., MBBS, MD, FRACP
2015 Brian Litt, MD
2014 Ruth Ottman, PhD
2013 Torbjorn Tomson, MD, PhD
2012 Renzo Guerrini, MD
2011 Kimford J. Meador, MD
2010 Tracy A. Glauser, MD
2009 Josemir (Ley) Sander, MD, PhD
2008 Anne T. Berg, PhD
2007 Ingrid E. Scheffer, MBBS, PhD, FRACP
2006 Robert S. Fisher, MD, PhD
2005 Jean Gotman, PhD
2004 John S. Duncan, MD
2003 Susan S. Spencer, MD *
2002 Christopher A. Walsh, MD
2001 W. Allen Hauser, MD
2000 Guiliano Avanzini, MD
1999 Dennis Spencer, MD
1998 Robert J. DeLorenzo, MD, PhD
1997 Richard H. Mattson, MD
1996 Jerome Engel, Jr., MD, PhD
1995 Jean Aicardi, MD
1995 Samuel Frank Berkovic, MD
1994 Elaine Wyllie, MD
1994 Sydney Goldring, MD
1993 J. Kiffin Penry, MD*
1993 Joan K. Austin, DNS, RN
1992 Dominick P. Purpura, MD
1992 Karin B. Nelson, MD
1991 Fritz Dreifuss, MB, ChB, FRCP*
1991 O. Carter Snead, III, MD
1991 William H. Theodore, MD
1990 Cesare T. Lombroso, MD, PhD
1990 Peter R. Camfield, MD, FRCP(C) and Carol Camfield, MD
1989 Peter Kellaway, PhD*
1989 Shlomo Shinnar, MD, PhD
J. Kiffin Penry Award for Excellence in Epilepsy Care arrow_drop_down
2023 Dave Clarke, MBBS, ABPN, ABCN, FAES
2023 Brenda E. Porter, MD, PhD, FAES
2022 Elaine Wyllie, MD, FAES
2021 Elaine Wirrell, MD
2020 Gregory L. Barkley, MD
2019 Barbara C. Jobst, MD, PhD, FAAN, FAES
2018 Michael R. Sperling, MD, FAES
2017 James Cloyd, PharmD
2016 Orrin Devinsky, MD, FAES
2015 Donald L. Schomer, MD
2014 Joyce A. Cramer
2013 Gregory Cascino, MD, FAES
2012 Warren T. Blume, MD, FRCPC
2011 Patricia Dean, APRN
2010 Andres M. Kanner, MD, FAAN, FANA, FAES
2009 Allan Krumholz, MD
2008 Elaine P.G. Vining, MD
2007 Edward B. Bromfield
2006 Patricia Osborne Shafer, MN, RN, FAES
2005 John R. Gates
2004 John M. Pellock
2003 W. Edwin Dodson, MD
2002 Peter D. Williamson
2001 John M. Freeman
2000 Patricia Gibson, DHL, MS, MSW
1999 B. J. Wilder, MD
1998 William Feindel
1997 Fritz Dreifuss