SelimRaminBenbadisMD

Neurology • Tampa, FL

Epilepsy, Neurophysiology

Professor of Neurology, Director of Epilepsy & EEG

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Office
2 Tampa General Cir
# Stc
Tampa, FL 33606
Phone+1 813-259-0892

Fax+1 813-259-0858

Summary

Dr. Selim Benbadis is a neurologist in Tampa, FL and is affiliated with Tampa General Hospital. He received his medical degree from Other and has been in practice 30 years. He specializes in epilepsy and neurophysiology and is experienced in general neurology, child neurology, sleep medicine, electroencephalography, and epilepsy.

Education & Training

Cleveland Clinic FoundationResidency, Neurology, 1988 - 1992
University of NiceUniversity Diploma, Sports Traumatology, 1988
University of NiceUniversity Diploma, Sports Traumatology, 1988
OtherClass of 1987
University of NiceUniversity Diploma, Epidemiology, Statistics and Computer Sciences Applied to the Medical Sciences, 1986
University of NiceUniversity Diploma, Epidemiology, Statistics and Computer Sciences Applied to the Medical Sciences, 1986

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 1992 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2016 - 2016
ME State Medical License Active through 2009
WI State Medical License 1990 - 1997
OH State Medical License 1991 - 1994
IL State Medical License 1992 - 1993
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2012
Best Doctors for Tampa Bay area 2010
Distinguished Faculty University of South Florida College of Medicine, 2007
Teacher of the year University of South Florida College of Medicine, 1999
Excellent and frequent participation as an ad hoc reviewer for Neurology American Academy of Neurology, 1996-1997
Sleep Research Society Travel Award American Professional Sleep Societies, 1995
Teacher of the Year Medical College of Wisconsin, 1995
Annual Peskind Award for Best Scientific Paper Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation, 1994
Second Prize XVIth Cleveland Clinic Neuroscience Research Day, 1991
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
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Clinical Trials

Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of Intravenous Carbamazepine in Adults With Epilepsy Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 3
A Study of the Structure and Function of the Retina in Adult Patients With Refractory Complex Partial Seizures Treated With Vigabatrin (Sabril®) Start of enrollment: 2010 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 4
Microburst Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS) Therapy Feasibility Study Start of enrollment: 2018 Feb 27
Completed
Not Applicable
A Trial of the Efficacy and Safety of CVL-865 as Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Focal Onset Seizures Start of enrollment: 2020 Jan 27
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Roles: Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Teaching Video NeuroImage: Ictal Retching as a Localizing Sign in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.
Nicole L Platti, Nadia Khalil, Natasha Llanes, Mark Jack, Ushtar Amin
Neurology. 2025-01-14
1 citations
Overcoming traps and pitfalls leading to misinterpretation of normal EEG variants and variation of the background activity.
Philippe Gélisse, Selim R Benbadis, Arielle Crespel, William O Tatum
Journal of Neurology. 2024-07-01
1 citations
The role of stand-alone videos in the diagnosis of seizures.
Ushtar Amin, Selim R Benbadis
Epilepsy & Behavior. 2024-04-01

Books/Book Chapters

Interictal State in Epilepsy: Co-morbidities and Quality of Life.
Chapter: Psychogenic Attacks and Epilepsy.
McCoy B, Benbadis SR, St. Louis EKEditors: St. Louis EK, Ficker DM, O'Brien TJ.John Wiley and Sons, Oxford, UK2012
Uncommon Causes of Movement Disordders.
Chapter: The boundaries between epilepsy and movement disorders.
Eissa IA, Benbadis SREditors: Galvez-Jimenez N, Tuite PJ.Cambridge University Press2011
The Little Black Book of Neuropsychology: A Syndrome Based Approach.
Chapter: Episodic neurologic dysfunction.
Schoenberg MR, Scott JGSpringer, New York, NY2011
The treatment of epilepsy: Principles and practice.
Chapter: Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.
Page 486 - 494Benbadis SREditors: Wyllie E.Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 5th,2010
Gates and Rowan's Nonepileptic Seizures.
Chapter: Clinical Features and the Role of Video-E Monitoring
Page 38 - 50Benbadis SR, LaFrance Jr WCEditors: Schachter SC, LaFrance Jr WC.Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, NY2010
Atlas of Video-EEG Monitoring: A Text and Video Reference.
Chapter: Unclassified and psychogenic spell.
Page 343 - 349Sirven J, Stern JMcGraw-Hill Publishing2010
Advanced therapy in epilepsy.
Chapter: Psychogenic seizures.
Page 220 - 225Bozorg AM, Benbadis SREditors: Wheless, Willmore, Brumback.People's medical Publishing House2009
Textbook of epilepsy surgery.
Chapter: Ethical issues in epilepsy surgery: informed consent.
Vale F, Benbadis SREditors: Luders HO.Taylor & Francis, UK2008
The UCB Educational Kit on Epilepsies.
Chapter: EEG in newly diagnosed adult epilepsy.
Widdess-Walsh P, Benbadis SEditors: Panayiotopoulos T.Medicinae2007
Pediatric Epilepsy.
Chapter: Idiopathic generalized epilepsies of adolescence.
Pellock J, Bourgeois B2007
Handbook of EEG interpretation.
Tatum WO, Benbadis SR, et alDemos2007
Handbook of EEG interpretation.
Tatum WO, Benbadis SR, et alDemos2007
The UCB Educational Kit on Epilepsies.
Chapter: Epilepsy surgery in children.
Benbadis SREditors: Panayiotopoulos T.Publishers Medicinae2006
The UCB Educational Kit on Epilepsies.
Chapter: Psychological disorders imitating epilepsy.
Benbadis SREditors: Panayiotopoulos T.Publishers Medicinae2006
Sleep: A comprehensive handbook.
Chapter: Introduction to EEG.
Benbadis SREditors: T. Lee-Chiong.Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ2006
The treatment of epilepsy: Principles and practice.
Chapter: Idiopathic generalized epilepsies.
Page 391 - 406Loddenkemper T, Benbadis SR, et alEditors: Wyllie E.Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 4th,2005
The treatment of epilepsy: Principles and practice.
Chapter: Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.
Page 623 - 630Benbadis SREditors: Wyllie E.Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 4th,2005
Clinical Sleep Disorders.
Chapter: Chronobiology and Circadian Rhythms.
Page 85 - 94Andrews A, Benbadis SREditors: Berry R, Carney P.Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA2005
Sleep deprivation.
Chapter: Questionnaires and rating scales.
Page 1 - 9Benbadis SREditors: Kushida CA.Marcel Dekker, New York, NY2005
The treatment of epilepsy: Principles and practice.
Chapter: Childhood absence epilepsy and juvenile absence epilepsy.
Page 485 - 490Berkovic S, Benbadis SREditors: Wyllie E.Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 3rd,2001
The treatment of epilepsy: Principles and practice.
Chapter: Absence seizures.
Page 357 - 365Berkovic S, Benbadis SREditors: Wyllie E.Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 3rd,2001
The treatment of epilepsy: Principles and practice.
Chapter: Intracranial EEG and localization studies.
Page 1067 - 1075Benbadis SR, Wyllie E, Bingaman WEditors: Wyllie E.Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 3rd,2001
Epilepsy surgery.
Chapter: Essentials for the establishment of a surgery of epilepsy program.
Page 979 - 986Luders HO, Comair YLippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 2nd,2001
Epilepsy surgery.
Chapter: Intracarotid amobarbital test for language lateralization.
Page 525 - 530Luders HO, Comair YLippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 2nd,2001
Comprehensive clinical neurophysiology.
Chapter: Focal disturbances of brain function.
Page 457 - 467Benbadis SREditors: Levin KH, Luders HO.WB Saunders, Philadelphia, PA2000
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Abstracts/Posters

The use of IV levetiracetam in the ICU.
Bozorg A, Chen S, Benbadis SR, 62nd annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Seattle, WA, 1/1/2008
The yield of "stat EEGs" in the diagnosis of status epilepticus?
Bozorg A, Chen S, Benbadis SR, 62nd annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Seattle, WA, 1/1/2008

Lectures

Epilepsy Medicine and EEG: A Comprehensive Review
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Medical Education, Fort Lauderdale, Florida - 10/4/2013
Epilepsy Medicine and EEG: A Comprehensive Review
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Medical Education, Fort Lauderdale, Florida - 10/4/2013
EEG-video monitoring.
Marrakesh, Morocco - 11/1/2011
A simple scale to differentiate psychogenic attacks from epileptic seizures.
Boston, MA - 12/1/2009
The value of interictal discharges in patients with normal MRI and clear ictal patterns.
Boston, MA - 12/1/2009
Errors in EEG interpretation: what is misinterpreted besides temporal sharp transients?
Boston, MA - 12/1/2009
The differential diagnosis of facial movements: seizures or not?
Boston, MA - 12/1/2009
Discussion of epilepsy surgery.
Berlin, Germany - 9/6/2007
Treatment of refractory epilepsy.
Singapore - 7/1/2007
Main session: refractory idiopathic generalized epilepsies.
Singapore - 7/1/2007
Eurepa Blended Learning Course on "AED treatment and pharmacotherapy"
Singapore - 7/1/2007
Cognitive effects of levetiracetam in patients treated for intractable epilepsy.
San Diego, CA - 1/1/2006
The use of intracranial electrodes for medically intractable localization-related epilepsy - A 6-year review.
San Diego, CA - 1/1/2006
The assessment of anger in patients with epileptic and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.
San Diego, CA - 1/1/2006
"Why aren't my seizures controlled?" - A better use of medications.
Appleton, WI, 1994, Milwaukee, WI, 1994 - 9/28/1994
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Other

First Seizure in Adulthood, Diagnosis and Treatment.
AlEissa EI, Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1186214-overview
6/7/2010
Partial Epilepsies.
Benbadis SR, Agrawal VK, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1186635-overview
3/17/2010
Focal (Nonepileptic) Abnormalities on EEG.
Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1140635-overview
3/8/2010
Generalized Epilepsies on EEG.
Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1140724-overview
3/8/2010
Epileptiform Normal Variants on EEG.
Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1140563-overview
3/8/2010
Normal Sleep EEG.
Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1140322-overview
3/8/2010
Normal Awake EEG.
Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1140143-overview
3/8/2010
EEG Artifacts.
Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1140247-overview
3/8/2010
Encephalopathic EEG Patterns.
Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1140530-overview
3/8/2010
Shuddering Attacks.
Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1179488-overview
3/8/2010
Localization-Related Epilepsies on EEG.
Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1140797-overview
3/8/2010
Narcolepsy.
Bozorg AM, Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1188433-overview
2/19/2010
Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures.
Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1184694-overview
2/18/2010
EEG Video Monitoring.
Vidal-Soto YE, Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1137908-overview
2/18/2010
Vagus nerve stimulation.
Rielo D, Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1186123-overview
2/2/2010
Psychiatric Disorders Associated With Epilepsy.
Hernandez-Frau PE, Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1186336-overview
1/14/2010
Complex Partial Seizures.
Carroll E, Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1183962-overview
12/11/2009
CADASIL.
Behrouz R, Benbadis SR, eMedicine from WebMD
1/1/2008
Benign partial epilepsies of childhood.
Benbadis S, UpToDate. Basow, DS.
Waltham, MA - 1/1/2008
Localization-related epilepsy: Causes and clinical features.
Benbadis S, UpToDate. Basow, DS.
Waltham, MA - 1/1/2008
Pediatric epilepsy: diagnostic and treatment considerations.
Benbadis SR, Wilner AN, CNS News
1/1/2005
When drugs fail to control seizures: a case for non-pharmacologic treatments.
Benbadis SR, CNS News
1/1/2001
Pseudoseizures.
Benbadis SR, Healthline
1/1/1999
Epilepsy surgery: Does it work? For whom?
Benbadis SR, Healthline
1/1/1999
The management of epilepsy.
Benbadis SR, Healthline
1/1/1997
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Press Mentions

Patients with Epilepsy Much More Likely to Die from COVIDDecember 15th, 2021
Are Patients with Epilepsy at Increased Risk of COVID-19 Infection?April 23rd, 2020
Verify: Does a Full Moon Really Impact Hospitals?September 5th, 2017
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