Ilo Leppik, MD
Professor of Pharmacy
Adjunct Professor of Neurology

Office:
717 Delaware, Room 461

Telephone Number:
612-625-7139

E-mail Address:
leppi001@umn.edu

Research Interests:
Epilepsy in the Elderly
Nursing Home Research
Canine Epilepsy
Intraventricular  Delivery of Drugs
Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy

Lectures In:
Phar 6123: Medical  Pharmacy
InMd 6402 : 2nd year medical students neurology

Selected  Professional Activities:
President, American Epilepsy Society, Dec 1993 - Dec 1994
President, Central Society for Neurological Research, 1991 - 1992
Board of Directors, American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology, 1991 - 1994
Vice President, American Epilepsy Society, 1991 - 1993
Chairman, Guidelines Committee Ametican Epilepsy Society 1994-1999
Chairman, Rules Committee, American Epilepsy Society, 1980 - 1982
Treasurer, American Epilepsy Society, 1983 - 1986
Secretary, Professional Advisory Board, Epilepsy Foundation of America, 1983 - 1987
Board member, Epilepsy Foundation of America, 1982 - 1992
Chairman, Professional Advisory Board, Epilepsy Foundation of America,1989 - 1991

Major Honors:
The Penfield Award for Excellence, Montreal Neurological Institute 1975
International League Against Epilepsy Clinical Pharmacology Award, 1986
Named in Epilepsy Section of The Best Doctors in America, 1992 to 2009
Named in Who's Who in the World, 1997 to present
William Lennox Award for Lifetime Achievement,  American Epilepsy Society 2007

Publication Activities:
Founding and Managing Editor, Epilepsy Research, 1986 - 2006

Editorial Boards:
Disease Management & Health Outcomes, 1997 - 2000
Neurology Reviews, 1994 - present
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 1987 - 1990
Epilepsia, 1980 - 1986
CNS Long-Term Care, 2004-present

Professional Books
Schmidt D, Leppik IE, Compliance in Epilepsy, New York: Elsevier, 1988.
Anderson VE, Hauser WA, Leppik IE, Noebels JL, Rich SS, Genetic Strategies in Epilepsy Research, New York: Elsevier, 1991.

French JA, Dichter MA, Leppik IE, New Antiepileptic Drug Development: Preclinical and Clinical Aspects, New York: Elsevier, 1993.

Leppik IE. Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of the Patient with Epilepsy, Newtown, PA: Handbooks in Healthcare,  1st Edition 1993; 2nd Ed. 1994; 3rd Ed 1996; 4th Ed 1998; 5th Ed 2000;  6th Ed.  2006. Total copies in print = 660,000.

Leppik IE, Homan WR. Rational Polypharmacy, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1996.

French JA, Leppik IE, Dichter MA (eds).  Antiepileptic Drug Development: Advances in Neurology (Vol. 76), New York: Lippincott-Raven, 1998.

Consumer Books
Leppik IE. Epilepsy: A Guide to Balancing Your Life (American Academy of Neurology)  New York, Demos 2007