2009 Dreifuss EpiFellows Award for Clinical Research 

The National EpiFellows Foundation recognizes the outstanding achievements of those training in the field of epilepsy. 

This award is named in honor of Fritz E. Dreifuss, MB, FRCP, a leader in the field of epilepsy for over 25 years. It is presented each year to the fellow who writes the most compelling and clinically sound research grant proposal. 

For her research on “Surgical Grading Scale in the Evaluation of Patients with Treatment Resistant Epilepsy,” this year’s Dreifuss award goes to:



Patricia C. Dugan, MD
New York University Langone Medical Center
New York, NY