Aaron Struck, MD, joined the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis on July 1, 2025, as associate professor of neurology and head of the adult epilepsy section. His clinical and research interests include surgical treatment of idiopathic generalized epilepsy, EEG and neuroimaging, molecular imaging and data science.
Struck came to WashU Medicine from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was assistant professor of neurology as well as medical director and section head of epilepsy and neurophysiology. He also served as director of the fellowship programs in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology, in addition to directing the EEG lab and his own lab, the University of Wisconsin Lab for Data Science in Epilepsy and Critical Illness, which used EEG, neuroimaging and clinical data to understand the neurophysiology of epilepsy and critical illness. In 2024, he was appointed chair of epilepsy and neuromonitoring research for the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation.
Beyond his university appointments, Struck has held leadership roles with the Wisconsin Neurological Society and with the Critical Care EEG Monitoring Research Consortium (CCEMRC), which he chaired from 2023 to 2025. He has been a member of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Clinical Research Committee since 2021, is a Fellow of the American Epilepsy Society (FAES) and a Fellow of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (FACNS). Struck also held an appointment as neurologist at the William S. Middleton VA Hospital in Madison, WI.
After earning his MD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Struck completed his neurology residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, then a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Struck has been continuously funded by the NIH since 2020 and is pursuing several lines of research. One key facet of his work has been focused on inpatient neuromonitoring. In collaboration with Brandon Westover, MD, PhD, of Harvard Medical School, he is working on developing new EEG devices and AI automation software for seizure detection and forecasting to improve outcomes for inpatient with CNS dysfunction. This builds on his prior work, including the development of the 2HELPS2B score for inpatient seizure risk stratification. He is also investigating the use of neuroimaging and neurophysiology to understand the etiology of idiopathic generalized epilepsy and the neural networks involved in seizure generation. The goal of this research is to develop neuromodulatory strategies to improve patient outcomes such as seizure prevention, cognition and affective disorders.
Struck’s additional work in the field of epilepsy research includes using molecular and biochemistry-based techniques to determine the influence of inflammation on the progression of epilepsy and a planned multicenter prospective observational study examining the complex relationship of THC and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (publication forthcoming). In addition to the research connections he has already established at WashU Medicine, Struck is looking for collaborators interested in studying THC abuse or the relationship between affective disorders and epilepsy.
Outside of work, Struck is taking lessons to get a private pilot license.
