Biography: Kimford Meador, M.D.

Kimford Meador, M.D., is presently the Melvin Greer Professor of Neurology at the University of Florida, where he serves as Director of both the Epilepsy Program and Clinical Alzheimer's Program.

His areas of research include cerebral lateralization, dementia, epilepsy, mechanisms of attention and memory, neglect syndrome, psychoimmunology and the pharmacology and physiology of cognition. Dr. Meador is the lead researcher on the Neurodevelopmental Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs Study. He is also on the editorial boards for Clinical Neurophysiology, Epilepsy and Behavior, Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurology, Journal of International Neuropsychological Society, Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology and Epilepsy.com.

Dr. Meador graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Applied Biology (with high honors) and received his M.D. from the Medical College of Georgia. After an internship at the University of Virginia and service as an officer in the Public Health Corps, he completed a residency in Neurology at the Medical College of Georgia and a fellowship in Behavioral Neurology at the University of Florida. Dr. Meador joined the faculty at the Medical College of Georgia (1984-2002) where he became the Charbonnier Professor of Neurology. He was the Chair of Neurology at Georgetown University (2002-2004) and joined the faculty of the University of Florida in 2004. Dr. Meador has authored over 200 publications.

His honors include research and teaching awards, Fellow of the American Neurological Association, past chair of the Section of Behavioral Neurology of the American Academy of Neurology, past President of the Society for Behavioral & Cognitive Neurology and past President of the Southern EEG & Epilepsy Society.