Imad Najm, MD

Dr. Najm earned an MD from Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon. After one year of internship in Paris, France, Dr. Najm became a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Southern California. During that period, Dr Najm's research focused on the basic mechanisms of status epilepticus induced neuronal injury. Dr. Najm completed a residency in Adult Neurology and a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy at Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Najm received his board certification in adult neurology from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with an added qualification in clinical neurophysiology.

He has served as the Director of the Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Program at Cleveland Clinic. In 2003, he became the Head of the Section of Adult Epilepsy within the Department of Neurology at Cleveland Clinic and in 2006 he assumed his current position as the Director of the Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Center.

Dr. Najm has over 22 years experience in Clinical and Basic Mechanisms of Epilepsy. This includes conducting numerous research projects dedicated to exploring the topic of mechanisms of epilepsy and malformations of cortical dysplasia.