Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Faculty and Staff
Michael R. Sperling, MD
Michael R. Sperling, MD is the Baldwin Keyes Professor of Neurology in the Department of Neurology at Thomas Jefferson University.
He is the Director of the Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and the Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship at Thomas Jefferson
University Hospital, as well as the Director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratories at Thomas Jefferson University and
Wills Eye Hospitals. Dr. Sperling was also the Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (1995 – 1997), the Epilepsy Monitoring
Unit (1985 – 1997), and the Neurophysiology Laboratory (1985 – 1997) at Graduate Hospital.
Dr. Sperling received his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine in 1978, completed an internship and a
neurology residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in 1979 and 1982 respectively, and Dr. Sperling completed a fellowship in Epilepsy
and Clinical Neurophysiology at UCLA School of Medicine in 1984. Since then he has held faculty positions at UCLA, University
of Pennsylvania, Temple University, and Jefferson Medical College. Dr. Sperling is board certified in Neurology by the American
Board of Psychology and Neurology and is also certified in Clinical Neurophysiology by the American Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology and the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology.
Dr. Sperling is on the Editorial Board of Epilepsy Research and is a reviewer for numerous medical journals. He has been invited
to speak at many international meetings and frequently participates in national lectures. He is a member of many professional
organizations including the American Epilepsy Society and was President of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society and
the Philadelphia Neurological Society. He is a board member of the Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania and was chair
of the Professional Advisory Board. He has published almost 300 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and abstracts in both
international and national medical journals including Epilepsia, Neurology, Journal of the American Medical Associations and
Annals of Neurology. Dr. Sperling has been awarded numerous grants and is actively involved in the study of epilepsy surgery,
genetic influences on human epilepsy, and drug therapy.
