David J. Anschel, MD, an expert in clinical neurophysiology, the treatment of epilepsy and other neurological disorders, is the Director of Clinical Neurophysiology and the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at St. Charles.

Previously, Dr. Anschel held the position of co-director of the Long Island Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and director of Intraoperative Neurophysiology at Stony Brook University Hospital. He is board certified in neurology and clinical neurophysiology and is a guest scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Dr. Anschel graduated Summa Cum Laude from SUNY Buffalo in 1993 and earned a Medical Doctorate from New York University in 1998. He completed his neurology residency at Harvard University-Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Boston Children’s Hospital followed by a fellowship in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at Stanford University.

A prolific author, Dr. Anschel has published over 50 scientific papers, abstracts and book chapters as well as authoring 2 books widely used by medical students and residents in neurology training.