LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Joseph Maytal upon the occasion of
his designation as recipient of the 2009 Professional Leadership Award
by the Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and pay
tribute to those individuals within the medical field who distinguish
themselves through professional excellence and who have made significant
contributions to the quality of life of citizens in the State of New
York; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
stranding traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to honor Dr.
Joseph Maytal upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of the
2009 Professional Leadership Award by the Epilepsy Foundation of Long
Island to be celebrated at its 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner Dance "Casa-
blanca Night", on Friday, April 17, 2009, at Carlyle on the Green, Beth-
page State Park; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Maytal is a graduate of Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-
Aviv University, Israel; he served as a pediatric resident in Israel as
well as Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Brookdale Hospital; and
WHEREAS, Currently, he is the Chief of the Divisions of Pediatric
Neurology at Schneider Children's Hospital, North Shore-Long Island
Jewish Health Care System and the Director of the Neurophysiology Lab;
and
WHEREAS, The Pediatric Neurology Division at Schneider Children's
Hospital provides comprehensive care for patients with neurological
disorders from birth to adolescence; and
WHEREAS, The division offers evaluation and treatment of seizure
disorders/epilepsy, head trauma, headaches, movement disorders, congen-
ital anomalies of the brain, development disabilities, attention deficit
and hyperactivity, learning disabilities, balance and equilibrium,
autistic disorders and metabolic-degenerative diseases of the brain; and
WHEREAS, As part of the Epilepsy Center at Schneider Children's Hospi-
tal, overall services include diagnostic testings, multidisciplinary
outpatient services, long-term inpatient video-eeg monitoring, specialty
clinics and the childhood brain and spinal cord tumor center; and
WHEREAS, From 1983 to 1987, Dr. Maytal completed his residency in
Pediatric Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx
and thereafter a Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at the college;
he was then appointed as a Professor of Clinical Neurology and Clinical
Pediatrics at Albert Einstein; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Maytal has been in practice for over 20 years and has
been published in many peer reviewed journals including: PEDIATRIC
NEUROLOGY, CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY, PEDIATRICS AND JOURNAL
OF CHILD NEUROLOGY; and
WHEREAS, He has also served as an ad hoc editor for many scientific
journals such as EPILEPSIA, NEUROLOGY and JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC
NEUROLOGY; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Maytal is board certified at the American Board of Pedia-
trics, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, with special quali-
fications in child neurology and the American Board of Clinical Neuro-
physiology; he is also an active member of the Child Neurology Society,
American Academy of Neurology, American Epilepsy Society, and the Ameri-
can Association for the Study of Headache; and
WHEREAS, As a leader in his profession, Dr. Joseph Maytal has proven
himself to be a great asset to medicine and to the health and welfare of
the citizens of the State of New York; and

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when individ-
uals of such noble aims and accomplishments are brought to our atten-
tion, they should be celebrated and recognized by all the citizens of
this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Dr. Joseph Maytal upon the occasion of his designation as recipi-
ent of the 2009 Professional Leadership Award by the Epilepsy Foundation
of Long Island; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Dr. Joseph Maytal.