Selim R. Benbadis, M.D.

Professor of Neurology

Director, USF/TGH Comprehensive Epilepsy Program

Contact Info

Address:	2 Tampa General Circle 7th Floor, Tampa, FL 33606
Phone:	(813) 259-0892
Fax:	(813) 259-8551
Email:	sbenbadi@health.usf.edu

Education

Medical School:	Universite de Nice Faculte de Medecine, France
Residency:	Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Internal Medicine) Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Neurology)
Fellowship:	Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Epilepsy/EEG/Sleep Medicine)

Interests

Clinical Interests:	Seizures & epilepsy that are difficult to diagnose or difficult to treat intractable epilepsy EEG epilepsy surgery
Research Interests:	Seizures & epilepsy that are difficult to diagnose or difficult to treat intractable epilepsy EEG, epilepsy surgery medical education medical writing and editing.
Board Certification(s)	American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology) American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Clinical Neurophysiology - added qualification) American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology (Clinical Neurophysiology) American Board of Sleep Medicine (Sleep Medicine)
Specialties:	Epilepsy EEG Sleep Medicine

Selected Publications

Benbadis SR, Lin K. Errors in EEG interpretation and misdiagnosis of epilepsy. Which EEG Patterns Are Overread? Eur Neurol 2008;59:267-271.

Benbadis SR, Heriaud L, O'Neill E et al. Outcome of prolonged EEG-video monitoring at a typical referral epilepsy center. Epilepsia 2004;45:1150-1153.

Benbadis SR, Siegrist K, Tatum WO, et al. Short-term outpatient EEG video with induction in the diagnosis of psychogenic seizures. Neurology 2004;63:1728-30.

Benbadis SR. Errors in EEGs and the misdiagnosis of epilepsy: Importance, causes, consequences, and proposed remedies. Epilepsy Behav 2007;11:257-62.

Benbadis SR. Use and abuse of stat EEG. Expert Rev Neurother 2008;8(6):865-868.