Daniel Friedman

Roles & Affiliations: Daniel Friedman, MD is a Professor in the Department of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Director of the Division of Epilepsy at the NYU Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. He specializes in adult epilepsy care, integrating advanced treatments like surgery, neuromodulation, and dietary therapies.

• Leads a multidisciplinary team including neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists, and neuroradiologists.
• Active in clinical research with NIH/CDC funding and industry partnerships.
• Serves as Vice President of the Epilepsy Study Consortium and holds leadership roles in the American Epilepsy Society and International League Against Epilepsy.

Education & Training:

• MD from Case Western Reserve University (2003)
• Residency: Neurology at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (2007)
• Fellowships: Epilepsy and Neurophysiology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (2009)

Research Focus: Development of innovative epilepsy treatments, seizure detection technologies, and neurophysiological mechanisms underlying language and cognition. Current projects include wearable EEG validation and neural basis of natural language processing.

Grants & Collaborations: NIH-funded studies on epilepsy mechanisms, industry collaborations for treatment tools, and leadership in multi-institutional epilepsy consortia.

Labs/Teams: Core member of the NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center Research Group, collaborating with neuroimaging and computational neuroscience teams.