Patricia E. Penovich, MD

Dr. Penovich is an Emeritus member of the Minnesota Epilepsy Group PA in St. Paul, Minnesota, and an Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Minnesota. She is an adult epileptologist. She chairs the Professional Advisory Board and serves on the Board of Directors of the Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota and serves on the Professional Advisory Board of the Epilepsy Foundation of America. 

She received her neurology training and a pharmacology fellowship at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.  Her epilepsy and EEG fellowships occurred at the University of Rochester and the University of Minnesota. She is board certified in Neurology (USA) and Neurology with special certification in epilepsy (USA).

Her main interests have been medically intractable epilepsy, clinical pharmaceutical trials evaluating new treatments for epilepsy, treatment and care of women with epilepsy, epilepsy in pregnancy, and surgical epilepsy treatment.  She is active in epilepsy education for residents, persons with epilepsy, and the public.