National Epilepsy Awareness Day

Wear your purple - Friday, March 26th is National Epilepsy Awareness Day!

Meet William Bingaman, M.D., Cleveland Clinic Foundation

This is Dr. William Bingaman. He performed both my brain surgeries. Dr. Bingaman is a NeuroSurgeon at Cleveland Clinic. He is also the Section Head of the Epilepsy Center of Cleveland Clinic.Biographical Sketch
William E. Bingaman, MD, is Vice-Chairman of the Neurological Institute and Head of the Section of Epilepsy Surgery at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.

Dr. Bingaman’s clinical interests are in the surgical treatment of adult and pediatric epilepsy, with special interest in hemispheric epilepsy. He also is interested in spinal surgery and maintains a busy clinical practice in close collaboration with the Department of Neurology via the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center.Dr. Bingaman attended undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University and graduated from Temple University Medical School in Philadelphia, Pa. He completed his residency in neurosurgery at Cleveland Clinic Foundation and completed fellowship training in spinal neurosurgery at the Cleveland Clinic and joined the faculty of Cleveland Clinic in 1997.He has authored more than 85 scientific papers and book chapters. Currently, he is an ad hoc reviewer for Neurosurgery and Epilepsia. Dr. Bingaman remains dedicated to teaching and participates in the medical student Preceptor Program and has been named Neurosurgical Teacher of the Year three times in the past 10 years. Dr. Bingaman maintains active research collaborations with Imad Najm and Damir Janigro, supplying human cortical tissue for a variety of epilepsy research projects.He is an active member of many professional organizations including the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Epilepsy Society, the Ohio State Neurosurgical Society and the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies. Additionally, Dr. Bingaman holds leadership positions in several national neurosurgical organizations including Member-at-Large board member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Vice Chairman of the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies, board member of the American Neurosurgery Political Action Committee and Past President of the Ohio State Neurosurgical Society.

Current Clinical Trials for Epilepsy

According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the current clinical trials for epilepsy can be found on this website:

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=epilepsy&pg=1

Clinical trials are very important to find a cure and treatments for epilepsy.