John M. Stern MD

Dr. John M. Stern is Professor and Director of the Epilepsy Clinical Program in the Department of Neurology at the Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is also Director of UCLA’s Epilepsy Fellowship Training Program and Medical Director of UCLA’s Seizure Disorder Center.

Dr. Stern’s education includes concurrent bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Wesleyan University with a master’s thesis in physical biochemistry. His medical degree is from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, his medical internship was at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, and his neurology residency and epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology fellowship were at UCLA.

Focused on seizures, epilepsy, and clinical neurophysiology, Dr. Stern maintains an active clinical practice that includes outpatient and inpatient care for seizures and epilepsy. He also has extensive experience as an investigator in clinical research studies and clinical trials related to epilepsy diagnosis and treatment. His 360 publications include 6 books and 200 peer-reviewed research papers, chapters, and reviews. Among the publications, one was awarded best clinical research publication of the year by Epilepsia Open, another was recognized as among the best of the year by Epilepsia, and a third was among the most viewed of the year in Epilepsia.

For his excellence in teaching, he has received the highest teaching awards from UCLA’s Geffen School of Medicine and from UCLA’s Department of Neurology. He has lectured widely internationally and in most of the United States, and he has been interviewed by Reuters, The New York Times, National Public Radio, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, NBC TV, and other news organizations.

Dr. Stern is a fellow of the American Neurological Association, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American Epilepsy Society. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Epilepsy Centers, and on the editorial board for MedLink Neurology. He previously was Chair of the American Epilepsy Society’s Treatments Committee, on the National Association of Epilepsy Centers’ Accreditations Committee, on the Professional Advisory Board for the Epilepsy Foundation (of America), and on the Board of Directors for the Epilepsy Foundation of Los Angeles.