speaker

Solomon L. Moshé

MD

Medicine

Neurology, Pediatrics Neurology

Charles Frost Chair, Vice Chair, Director, Professor

Solomon L. Moshé, M.D., is the Charles Frost Chair in Neurosurgery and Neurology, and Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. He is also the Vice Chair of the Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology, Director of the Isabelle Rapin Child Neurology Division, and Director of Clinical Neurophysiology. His area of expertise is in epilepsy and related disorders.

Since 1979, his research has focused on understanding the mechanisms underlying age and sex-related differences in epilepsy in humans and animal models.  Current research interests include studies on the role of subcortical circuitries involved in the control of seizures as a function of age and sex; the consequences of seizures on the developing brain and the development of models of catastrophic epilepsies. His laboratory has patented a model of infantile spasms that can be used to identify novel treatments. He is the co-principal investigator of a Center Without Walls grant on interdisciplinary research aimed at accelerating the development of disease-modifying or prevention therapies for epilepsy following traumatic brain injuries. He is also involved in a large multicenter study examining the consequences of prolonged febrile seizures. He has over 600 publications as well as He has over 600 publications as well over 35 books and monographs.

He has served as President of the International League Against Epilepsy (2009-2013), the American Epilepsy Society (2000-2001), the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (1996-1997) and the Eastern Association of EEGers (1992-1994). He is the recipient of many awards and honors, including the Teacher-Investigator Development Award from NINDS; the 1995 Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from NINDS; the 1984 Michael Prize for Achievements in Epilepsy Research; the 1990 American Epilepsy Society Research Award; the 1999 Ambassador for Epilepsy Award from the International League Against Epilepsy; the 2005 Gloor Award from the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society; the 2007 J.E. Purkyne Honorary Medal in Biomedical Research by the Czech Academy of Sciences; the 2008 Mentor of the Year Award from Albert Einstein College of Medicine; the 2010 Global and Awareness Award from CURE, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy; the First 2012 Saul R. Korey Award in Translational Science and Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the 2017 Bernard Sachs Award from the Child Neurology Society, and the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International League against Epilepsy.