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Charles A Szabo, MD
Professor/Clinical
Charles Ákos Szabó, MD, FAES & FAAN, is Professor of Neurology, and serves as the Chief of Epilepsy. He is also Co-Director of the South Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, which has the highest (Level 4) accreditation by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers and as the Medical Director of the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit.
Dr. Szabó is a graduate of the University of Vienna Medical School (Vienna, Austria), and completed his Neurology Residency and Epilepsy Fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio). Since his arrival at UT Health San Antonio in 1996, he led the growth of a successful epilepsy surgery program, and was involved in the early development of the Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship. He served as Interim Chair of the Department of Neurology during its transition from being a division of Medicine. Extramurally, he participated on several committees at the American Epilepsy Society, he is medical director of the outreach clinics of the Epilepsy Foundation of Central and South Texas (EFCST), he served on the national Professional Advisory Board (PAB) of the Epilepsy Foundation of America and currently co-chairs the local PAB. He is also the CME Director for Southern Epilepsy and EEG Society, the last remaining regional EEG chapter in the United States.
In addition to his clinical and research interests, Dr. Szabo has been a research mentor to several residents and fellows, who have published case reports, chapters and manuscripts. He had also mentored graduate students from UT San Antonio and local high school students. His own research interests range from clinical epilepsy/epilepsy surgery to the characterization of baboon model for genetic generalized epilepsy, which he has led at the Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC; San Antonio, Texas). One important area of overlap between his clinical and translational research interests is Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy. In addition to the researchers at the SNPRC, he enjoys active collaborations with researchers at UTRGV, UTSA, NYU, and the newly founded UT Epilepsy Research Consortium.
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Professional Background
Education
- 1989 - MD - Medicine - University of Vienna Medical School
- 1984 - BA - Mathematics - Haverford College
- 1980 - BA - American International School
Training
- 1996 - Postdoctoral Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- 1994 - Residency - Neurology - Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- 1991 - Internship - Medicine - St. Luke's Hospital
- 1990 - Internship - Medicine - Muhimbili Hospital
- 1989 - Internship - Medicine - State University of New York
Highlights
01/2018 Fellow: Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology
01/2018 Fellow: Fellow of the American Epilepsy Society (FAES)Appointments
- 1/2016 - Adjunct Scientist - Texas Biomedical Research InstituteSan Antonio
- 1/2014 - CME Director - Southern Epilepsy and EEG Society
- 9/2010 - Professor - UTHSCSA, Neurology, San Antonio
- 6/2009 - Chief of Epilepsy - UTHSCSA, Neurology, San Antonio
- 9/2005 - Co-Director of the South Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy Center - UTHSCSA/UHS/AMVAH, Neurology, San Antonio
- 9/2003 - Director of Epilepsy Surgery Program - University Health SystemSan Antonio
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Instruction & Training
- 9/2015 - Present, Epilepsy Lecture for 3rd Year Med Students, UTHealth SA
- 1/2012 - Present, Rotation Student Supervision, UTHSCSA
- 9/1996 - Present, UHS
- 9/1996 - Present, UTHSCSA
- 9/1996 - Present, UHS/AMVAH
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Research & Grants
Grants
State
Period: 04/2021-01/2029
Funding Agency: UT Health Houston
Title: Study of wearable devices to monitor the person with epilepsy. Seizure related physiological changes and its clinical significance.
Role: Principal InvestigatorFederal
Period: 7/2018-01/2029
Funding Agency: NIH/NINDS
Title: Retrospecctive SUDEP at Epilepsy Centerse: A Case-Control Study
Role Principal InvestigatorPeriod: 3/2021-01/2029
Funding Agency: NIH/NINDS
Title: Retrospecctive Human Epilepsy Project 3
Role Principal InvestigatorPrivate
Period: 6/20201-06/2022
Funding Agency: Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Title: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of XEN1101 as AdjunctiveTherapy in Focal-onset
Role: Principal InvestigatorPeriod: 8/2018-10/2019
Agency: LivaNova, Inc.
Title: Regional CBF Differences Bertween High-Frequency Microburst and Standard Low-Frequency VNS Therapy: A Pilot Study
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Service
Department
09/2009-Present Finance Committee, UTHSCSA, Neurology (Member)
01/2007-Present Departmental P & T Committee, UTHSCSA, Medicine, Neurology (Member)Institutional
01/2018-Present Clinical and Translational Science Award (Reviewer)
01/2016-Present CBN (Reviewer)
10/2015-09/2017 Alzheimer's Neurodegenerative Disease-UTHSCSA (Co-Director)
01/2014-Present Neuroscience Strategy & Program Development (Board Member)
01/2012-Present STRF Neuroscience Director (Search Committee Member)
09/2009-Present Grant Reviewer for the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (Reviewer)
08/2005-Present Co-Director of the South Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy CenterService to the Profession
01/2008-Present Southern Epilepsy and EEG Society
01/1998-2021 Texas Neurological Society
01/1997-2011 Bexar County Medical Society
01/1997-Present Hungarian Medical Association of America
01/1994-Present American Epilepsy Society
01/1991-Present American Academy of NeurologyNational
01/2010-Present Ad hoc reviewer for the Mind Science Foundation
12/2007-Present Professional Advisory Board, National Epilepsy Foundation of America (Board Member)
06/2003-Present Southern Epilepsy & EEG Conference (Organizing Committee Member)
01/2000-Present Southern Epilepsy & EEG Society (Board Member)Community
01/2016-Present First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Antonio (Co-Chair)
09/2006-Present 4th Annual Epilepsy Symposium (Director)
01/2000-Present Medical Director of STCEC clinics, Epilepsy Foundation of Central and South Texas (Director)
2018-2019 Southern Epilepsy and EEG Society (President)Global
01/2009-Present Ad hoc reviewer of a grant for International Foundation Francaise Pour La Recherch sur L‘epilepie. (Reviewer)
01/1998-Present International Ad hoc reviewer for Epilepsia, Epilepsy Research, Journal of Neurology Neurosugery, Psychiatry Research, JAMA Neurology, Pharmaco-Therap (Reviewer) -
Publications
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Clinical
Board Certifications
- 2016 - Diplomate-American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Added Qualifications in Epilepsy
- 1996 - American Board of P&N/Clinical Neurophysiology