Joseph I. Sirven MD, FAAN

Joseph I. Sirven, M.D., is a professor of neurology and editor-in-chief of Epilepsy.com. He is currently chair of the AAN Education Meeting Subcommittee and he is on the board of directors for the American Brain Foundation and the editorial board of Neurology Now. Previously, he served as director of education for Mayo Clinic's Arizona campus with oversight over all educational activities at the Arizona campus, including medical student rotations, residencies, fellowships, Ph.D. candidates, nursing, allied health, and continuing medical education programs.

He was the previous chair of Neurology at Mayo Clinic's campus in Arizona and the previous vice-chair of the Epilepsy Section of the American Academy of Neurology, chair of the Communication Council for the American Epilepsy Society and former chair of the Professional Advisory Board for the Epilepsy Foundation.

Dr. Sirven is Cuban-American and served as a chief medical contributor for NBC Latino, the English-language website for Latinos by NBC News. He is currently the medical commentator for KJZZ radio in Phoenix, the NPR affiliate for Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona.

His articles have appeared in Neurology, Epilepsia, The Lancet, Archives of Neurology, Annals of Neurology, Epilepsy & Behavior and Mayo Clinic Proceedings. He is the editor of seven textbooks, including Clinical Neurology of the Older Adult, the American Epilepsy Society's Introduction to Epilepsy, Clinical Epilepsy, and An Atlas of Video EEG Monitoring. He is currently director of the Epilepsy Program at Mayo Clinic's Arizona campus.