About the Author

Dr. Maksim Parfyonov is a pediatric neurologist specializing in epilepsy and neuroimaging. He completed his medical training at University of British Columbia and his pediatric neurology residency at BC Children’s Hospital. Following that he completed fellowships in Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology. He is board-certified in Neurology and holds a Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC). He is certified by the Canadian Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (CSCN-EEG).

Dr. Parfyonov practices at Cleveland Clinic and has cared for hundreds of children and families living with epilepsy. He created the Epilepsy Handbook to provide families with reliable, accessible information about epilepsy.

When not seeing patients, Dr. Parfyonov enjoys spending time with his daughters, painting and travelling.

Contact

For speaking engagements, media inquiries, or questions about this handbook, please contact parfyonovm@gmail.com.