International Epilepsy Consortium

Mission Statement:

To design, implement and evaluate new therapies for improving the clinical outcome of the patient with epilepsy

A non-profit academic research based organization dedicated to evaluating new seizure therapies

In December of 1998, the International Epilepsy Consortium (IEC) was founded as an independent forum for clinical research investigators to apply their expertise and patient populations to the uniform study of new therapies for epilepsy.

The formation of the IEC allows investigators to pool core data in a centralized databank, creating an extremely valuable and unique tool for scientific research and future trial modeling. Each investigator will have access to their data on an ongoing basis via a secured Internet site. This databank will be coordinated and maintained by the IEC Technical Center.

The IEC also provides an avenue for investigators and sponsors to exchange their expertise on the design, development, implementation, execution and analysis of phase I through IV clinical trials, basic science and applied academic research.

The American Epilepsy Society (AES) has endorsed and partnered in the development of the IEC.

The IEC is a non-profit, academic, research-based organization that will implement its mission through:

Organizing clinical trials in collaboration with sponsors
Identifying clinical investigators who can implement the research protocols
Training new investigators
Ensuring that protocols maintain good scientific rigor
Maintaining the core databank
Providing a mechanism to share common information

Executive Committee

John M. Pellock, M.D. – Acting Chairman
Medical College of Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University

Anthony Marmarou, Ph.D. – Technical Director
Medical College of Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University

Joyce A. Cramer
Yale University School of Medicine

Harvey Kupferberg, Ph.D. (ex officio)
National Institutes of Health

Edward Faught, M.D.
University of Alabama Medical Center

Robert S. Fisher, M.D., Ph.D. (ex officio)
Barrows Neurological Institute

Jacqueline French, M.D.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Ilo E. Leppik, M.D.
MINCEP Epilepsy Care
University of Minnesota

Robert F. Leroy, M.D.
Neurological Clinic of Texas

Michael Privitera, M.D.
University of Cincinnati Medical Center

R. Eugene Ramsay, M.D.
University of Miami

Steven C. Schachter, M.D.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School

W. Donald Shields, M.D.
University of California – Los Angeles

Shlomo Shinnar, M.D., Ph.D.
Montefiore Medical Center

James Wheless, M.D.
University of Texas - Houston

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Last modified on 3rd March, 2003