Dr. Wilner graduated from Yale University and Brown University School of Medicine. He is board certified in internal medicine and neurology, with added qualifications in clinical neurophysiology. He was medical director of the Carolinas Epilepsy Center, Charlotte, NC, and then Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at the Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI. Dr. Wilner has a lifelong interest in writing fiction and nonfiction, and writes for many medical and other publications. He received the American Academy of Neurology's Creative Expression of Human Values Award (2001), the American Academy of Neurology's Journalism Fellowship for Excellence in Medical/Health Reporting (2008), and is the author of two books on epilepsy; Epilepsy: 199 Answers and Epilepsy in Clinical Practice.