Background
Devinsky, Orrin was born on February 12, 1957 in Brooklyn.
Devinsky, Orrin was born on February 12, 1957 in Brooklyn.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, New Haven. Master of Science, Yale University, 1977. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1982.
Internship in medicine Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1982—1983. Residency training in neurology New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, New York City, 1983—1986. Clinical fellowship in neurology National Institutes of Health, 1986—1988.
Attending physician University Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey, Newark, 1988-1989. Chief in neurology Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York City, 1989-1998. Director Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, professor neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry New York University Medical Center, since 1998.
Director St. Barnabas Medical Center Institute Neurology, Livingston, New Jersey.
Active Epilepsy Foundation. Member of American Academy Neurology, American Epilepsy Society (former board member, committees chair).