The ACNS Awards Committee. Chaired by Saurabh R. Sinha, MD, FACNS, is pleased to announce the following recipients of the 2025 ACNS Awards:
Herbert H. Jasper Award
Patrick Y. Chauvel, MD
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.Patric Chauvel, MD is a Professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Chauvel’s research work has been devoted to the pathophysiology of the epileptogenic zone, 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.
Dr. Chauvel will be recognized and will deliver the 2025 Jasper Lecture on Thursday, February 27, 2025, during the Annual Meeting & Courses.
Pierre Gloor Award
Lawrence J. Hirsch, MD, FAAN, FACNS, FANA, FAES
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, all 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 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. Hirsch will be recognized and deliver the Pierre Gloor Lecture on Saturday, March 1, 2025, during the Annual Meeting & Courses.
Robert S. Schwab Award
Janice Massey, MD
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).
Dr. Massey will be recognized and will deliver the 2025 Schwab Lecture on Thursday, February 27, 2025, during the Annual Meeting & Courses.
Marc R. Nuwer Service Award
William O. Tatum IV, DO, FACNS
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 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 for the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at the Mayo Clinic in Florida.
Dr. Tatum will be recognized during the Annual Business Meeting on Friday, February 28, 2025, during the Annual Meeting & Courses.
Distinction in Service Award
Marcus C. Ng, MD, FRCPC, CSCN, FACNS
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.
Dr. Ng will be recognized during the Annual Business Meeting on Friday, February 28, 2025, during the Annual Meeting & Courses.
Distinction in Teaching Award
Daniel J. Weber, DO, FAES, FACNS
The Distinction in Teaching 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 will be recognized during the Annual Business Meeting on Friday, February 28, 2025, during the Annual Meeting & Courses.