Biography of Blanca R. Vazquez, M.D.

Blanca Vazquez, M.D., is an attending physician in Neurology and director of Clinical Trials and Outpatient Services at the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at New York University Medical Center in New York.

Vazquez received her M.D. from Cayey School of Medicine in Puerto Rico. Subsequent to her residencies in internal medicine and neurology at St. Michael's Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey respectively, Vazquez completed an epilepsy fellowship at the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at New York University Medical Center/Mount Sinai Hospital.

Vazquez has served as Principal Investigator for multiple ongoing clinical trials. Her major research interests are antiepileptic drugs (clinical trials), surgical treatment of epilepsy, women's issues in epilepsy, and epilepsy and behavior. Vazquez is the author and coauthor of many articles in peer-reviewed journals. She also is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the Epilepsy Foundation of New York City, the Academy of Neurology, the American Epilepsy Society, the Spanish American Medical Society of New York, the American Electroencephalography Society, the American Medical Association and the New Jersey Neurology Association.

Vazquez is the co-chair of the Professional Advisory Board of the Epilepsy Foundation of New York City, and a member of the Professional Advisory Board of the Epilepsy Foundation. She is the recipient of the Peter Ho Memorial Award for Humanism in Medicine.