University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Page B. Pennell, MD, FAES is the Chair of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC. She holds the Henry B. Higman endowed chair. Dr. Pennell is an internationally recognized expert in women’s health in epilepsy. Her research studies focus on improving mother and child outcomes in pregnant women with epilepsy. She is a multi-Principal Investigator on the NIH-funded studies: Maternal Outcomes and Neurodevelopmental Effects of AEDs (MONEAD), and PBPK Approach to Determine the Extent of Drug Exposure of Anti-seizure Medications during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding. She is President Emeritus of the American Epilepsy Society.