John M. Stern, MD
- Epilepsy Neurology|
- Clinical Neurophysiology
About
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Dr. John Stern is Director of the Epilepsy Clinical Program and Professor in the Department of Neurology at the Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is also Director of UCLA’s Epilepsy Fellowship Training Program and Medical Director of UCLA’s Seizure Disorder Center.
Dr. Stern’s education includes concurrent bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Wesleyan University with a master’s thesis in physical biochemistry. His medical degree is from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, medical internship was at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center, and neurology residency and epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology fellowship were at UCLA.
Focused on epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology, Dr. Stern maintains an active clinical practice that includes outpatient and inpatient care for seizures and epilepsy. He also has extensive experience as an investigator in clinical research studies and clinical trials related to epilepsy diagnosis and treatment. His publications total more than 300 and include 6 books and more than 180 peer-reviewed research papers, chapters, and reviews. Among the publications, one was awarded best clinical research publication of the year by Epilepsia Open and another was awarded one of the best of the year by Epilepsia.
For his excellence in teaching, he has received the highest teaching awards from UCLA’s Geffen School of Medicine and from UCLA’s Department of Neurology. He has lectured widely internationally and in most of the United States, and he has been interviewed by Reuters, National Public Radio, NBC TV, New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, and other news organizations. He is a fellow of the American Neurological Association, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American Epilepsy Society. He serves as Chair of the American Epilepsy Society’s Treatments Committee on the National Association of Epilepsy Center’s Accreditations Committee, and on the editorial board for MedLink Neurology. He has served on the Professional Advisory Board for the Epilepsy Foundation and the Board of Directors for the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles.
Languages
Education
Medical Board Certifications
Fellowship
Residency
Internship
Degree
Recognitions
- Super doctors, Southern California, 2024
- Southern California Super Doctors®, 2008 - 2024
- Castle Connolly Top Doctors, 2018 - 2023
- Best Doctors in America, 2005 - 2020
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Locations
Hospital Affiliations
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Medical Services
Areas of Focus
Videos
Research
Interests
- Epilepsy diagnosis and treatment
- Functional connectivity within the human brain
Publications
In the News
- Intracranial EEG prediction of seizure focality. (Reuters Health, 12/2021)
- Changes to US epilepsy centers from 2012-2019. (Neurology Today, 12/2021)
- DEARhealth’s epilepsy care platform. (Los Angeles Business Journal, 6/2020)
- Continuous EEG monitoring utilization (Reuters Health, 1/2020)
- Conversion disorder and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. (New York Times, 9/2018)
- Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. (National Public Radio, 2/2018)
- Epilepsy overview. (US News and World Report, 3/2017)
- Epilepsy overview. (BuzzFeed media website, 6/2016)
- Pharmacotherapy for epilepsy. (Boston Globe newspaper, 8/2015)
Insurance
- Aetna
- Anthem Blue Cross
- Blue Shield of California
- Centivo
- Cigna
- First Health
- Health Net of California
- Interplan (part of HealthSmart)
- L.A. Care
- Medicare Advantage
- MultiPlan
- UFCM Health System
- Prime Health Services
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- TRICARE
- UnitedHealthcare
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Recognitions
- Southern California Super Doctors®, 2008 - 2024
- Castle Connolly Top Doctors, 2018 - 2023
- Best Doctors in America, 2005 - 2020
- Southern California Super Doctors® Hall of Fame, 2017
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2012, 2016 - 2017
- Leading Physicians of the World, International Association of Healthcare Professionals, 2012 - 2013, 2016 - 2017
- America’s Top Physicians, Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2009 - 2014
- Serge & Yvette Dadone Clinical Teaching Award, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 2017; Awarded to two faculty members among more than 2000.
- UCLA Neurology Faculty Teaching Award (Golden Hammer), 2011
- Outstanding Teaching to Residents Award, UCLA Department of Neurology, 1999
- Hawk Prize for outstanding research in biochemistry, Wesleyan University, 1989
- Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society, elected membership, 1988