Andres M. Kanner, MD, is a senior attending physician in neurology. He has been director of the Laboratory of Electroencephalography and Video-EEG-Telemetry at Rush University Medical Center In Chicago, Illinois, since 1991, when he joined the staff at the Rush Epilepsy Center.  He also holds the positions of associate director of the Section of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology and of the Rush Epilepsy Center.  He is also professor of neurological sciences and psychiatry at Rush Medical College. 

Dr. Kanner was born and raised in Mexico City and received his medical degree (cum laude) from the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. He came to the United States in 1977 and completed a residency in psychiatry at the Long-Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center in New Hyde Park, NY, and a research fellowship in child psychiatry and psychopharmacology, sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in New York City. It was during his training in psychiatry that Dr. Kanner became interested in epilepsy and went on to complete a residency in neurology at the Department of Neurology of Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.  He completed his training with a fellowship in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Kanner is triple boarded in neurology, psychiatry and clinical neurophysiology. His research has focused on the surgical and pharmacologic treatment of refractory epilepsy and has become an internationally recognized authority in psychiatric issues in epilepsy.He has authored more than 100 articles and has co-edited five textbooks on various aspects of epilepsy.

As of April 2008, Dr. Kanner is serving as chair of the Epilepsy Section of the American Academy of Neurology. He also chairs the committee on clinical guidelines and the task force on Suicidality in Epilepsy at the American Epilepsy Society. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurologic Association, the American Epilepsy Society, the American Neuropsychiatric Association and the International Neuropsychiatric Association. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Epilepsia, Epilepsy and Behavior and Epilepsy and Seizures.