Patricia Dean of Miami Children’s Hospital Receives American Epilepsy Society’s 2011 J. Kiffin Penry Award

Patricia Dean has served children and families affected by epilepsy both as a professional care provider and as an advocate and volunteer at the local, state, and national level. She has served as president of the Epilepsy Foundation of South Florida, as a member of Florida Governor’s Task Force on Epilepsy, board director for the Epilepsy Foundation of America, and as a member of many ad hoc committees working to advance the care and quality of life for children with epilepsy.