- About ACNS
- Meetings
- Annual Meeting and Courses
- Principles of Clinical Neurophysiology Courses
- Claim CME: Past Meetings
- Meetings & Programs Calendar
- Endorsed Courses & Symposia
- Education
- Practice
- Research
- Advocacy
- Membership
The ACNS Awards Committee, chaired by Saurabh R. Sinha, MD, FACNS, is pleased to announce the following recipients of ACNS’s 2025 awards who will be recognized at the upcoming 2025 Annual Meeting & Courses in Baltimore, Maryland.
The Herbert H. Jasper Award is presented annually to an individual who has made a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the field of clinical neurophysiology.
Patrick Chauvel, MD, is a Professor in the Department of Neurology at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Chauvel’s research work has been devoted to the pathophysiology of the epileptogenic zone, the emergence of seizure clinical semiology, and cerebral cortex physiology. He has promoted the concept of epileptogenic network over the classical epileptic focus idea and opened new vistas in markers of the epileptogenic zone and semiology of frontal epilepsies.
Stephan U. Schuele, MD, MPH, FACNS, shares why Dr. Chauvel is deserving of this award, "In the last 15 years, Dr. Chauvel has been instrumental to bringing SEEG to the United States as Professor of Neurology first in Cleveland and now in Pittsburgh. He is an internationally recognized neuroscientist who continues to publish and mentor on the topic of SEEG."
Dr. Chauvel will be recognized and will deliver the 2025 Jasper Lecture titled "Gamma Frequency Resonance at Seizure Initiation: Pathophysiology and Functional Impact" on Thursday, February 27, 2025, during the Annual Meeting & Courses General Sessions.
The Pierre Gloor Award is presented annually for outstanding current contributions to central clinical neurophysiology research.
Lawrence J. Hirsch, MD, FAAN, FACNS, FANA, FAES, is Professor of Neurology, Academic Chief of the Division of Epilepsy and EEG, and Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at Yale University. He has held leadership positions in the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS), American Epilepsy Society, American Academy of Neurology, and the Epilepsy Foundation. He is the lead author of the 2012 and 2021 ACNS guidelines on critical care EEG terminology and senior author of the ACNS guideline on Critical Care EEG Monitoring.
"Dr. Larry Hirsch has made outstanding contributions to the field of central neurophysiology through his vision, research, teaching, and leadership," states nominating member Elizabeth Gerard, MD, FACNS. "He has authored 200 manuscripts on critical care EEG, including several presenting the ACNS guideline on standardized critical care EEG terminology, which has changed and framed how our field views complex EEG patterns seen in the critically ill. His enthusiasm and infectious teaching style have inspired generations of neurophysiologists, even ones he has not met."
Dr. Hirsch will be recognized and deliver the 2025 Pierre Gloor Lecture titled "Reminiscences and Lessons Learned from 30 years of the Modern EEG Renaissance” on Saturday, March 1, 2025, during the Annual Meeting & Courses General Sessions.
The Robert S. Schwab Award is presented annually for outstanding current contributions to peripheral clinical neurophysiology research.
Janice Massey, MD, is a Professor of Neurology and Senior Vice Chair of the Duke Neurology Department with specific expertise in neuromuscular junction disorders, such as myasthenia gravis and Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. Dr. Massey has been awarded numerous honors over the course of her career. Being named the first female Professor of Neurology, with tenure, at Duke University and is the second woman in the AANEM’s history to receive the AANEM Lifetime Achievement Award (2022).
While nominating Dr. Massey, Aatif Husain, MD, FACNS, states, "Dr. Massey is a professor of Neurology at Duke University. For many years, she was head of the EMG lab and division chief of EMG/Neuromuscular Disorders. She is a pioneer in EMG-guided chemodenervation. She pioneered phenol injections for chemodenervation."
Dr. Massey will be recognized and will deliver the 2025 Schwab Lecture titled "Electrophysiologic Patterns of Denervation" on Thursday, February 27, 2025, during the Annual Meeting & Courses General Sessions.
The Marc R. Nuwer Service Award is presented to an individual in recognition of outstanding service to ACNS and its members, including non-scientific contributions.
Willam O. Tatum IV, DO, FACNS, is a professor at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and senior consultant in the Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic Florida. Dr. Tatum also serves as the current director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at the Mayo Clinic in Florida.
Nominating member Sarah Schmitt, MD, FACNS, states, "Dr. Tatum has been a member of ACNS for over 20 years, and during that time, he has demonstrated extraordinary service and commitment to ACNS. He served as the president of ACNS in 2015 but has remained an active and vital member of the organization since."
"Dr. Tatum is a tireless supporter of the ACNS. He contributes to the society in a number of ways, particularly in sharing his unique gift for teaching and writing. While impossible to exhaustively list all his contributions, members recognize his signature," adds ACNS Second Vice President Courtney Wusthoff, MD, FACNS.
Dr. Tatum will be recognized during the Annual Business Meeting on Friday, February 28, 2025, during the Annual Meeting & Courses.
The Distinction in Service Award recognizes a mid-career ACNS member who has demonstrated outstanding service to the field of clinical neurophysiology at the institutional or national level.
Marcus C. Ng, MD, FRCPC, CSCN, FACNS, is an epileptologist, associate professor of neurology, and adjunct professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Manitoba. He received his medical degree from the University of Alberta, completed a neurology residency at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, and completed an epilepsy/clinical neurophysiology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital with the Harvard Medical School.
ACNS Awards Committee Chair Saurabh R. Sinha, MD, FACNS, states, "Dr. Ng has actively contributed to many aspects of the ACNS and the clinical neurophysiology community at large. This included early roles on ACNS committees, where he served to define the roles and directions of some newly formed committees, to leading committees (including the Program Committee) and becoming a member of the ACNS Council." He continues, "In addition to his service to the ACNS, Dr. Ng has also served the broader clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy community, including the IFCN, CSCN, CLAE, AES, and the Canadian Board of Registration of EEG Technologists."
Dr. Ng will be recognized during the Annual Business Meeting on Friday, February 28, 2025, during the Annual Meeting & Courses.
The Distinction in Teaching Award recognizes a mid-career ACNS member for outstanding accomplishments in teaching clinical neurophysiology to fellows, residents, medical students, or EEG technologists.
Daniel J. Weber, DO, FAES, FACNS, is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Dr. Weber specializes in the medical management of epilepsy and evaluation for epilepsy surgery, including vagal nerve stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and resective surgery, through testing such as SPECT, PET, fMRI, and Wada. His research interests include EEG education, medical education, and optimization of seizure diagnosis for non-epileptologists.
"Dr. Weber has been a devoted medical educator at the individual, institutional and national level for his entire career. He has developed novel curricula and programs for training residents and fellows in EEG interpretations. He has also had significant influence on the direction of clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy education through active roles in professional societies like the ACNS and AES," states ACNS Awards Committee Chair Saurabh R. Sinha, MD, FACNS.
Dr. Weber will be recognized during the Annual Business Meeting on Friday, February 28, 2025, during the Annual Meeting & Courses.