Dr. Greg Lipscomb grew up on a farm in Magnolia Springs, Alabama. He dreamed of becoming an astronaut and set out to make that happen by studying electrical engineering at Auburn University. He spent several quarters as a co-op student at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, where he even secured a job position he intended to take after graduating. On a medical trip to Kenya, however, he realized his true calling was medicine. He added the undergraduate classes he needed, then began his medical training at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. He put his engineering skills to good use by entering the field of neurology, doing his residency at USA as well.
Upon completion of his neurology residency, Dr. Lipscomb moved to Montgomery, AL to begin his career as a private practice neurologist. As he traveled internationally, he learned that neurology patients in most developing countries are treated very poorly and do not have access to even basic medical care. In particular, he learned epilepsy patients struggle severely with the physical condition of the disease, but even more so from the isolation, neglect and abuse often inflicted because of this misunderstood condition. He discovered that there are approximately 32 million people in developing countries with epilepsy who are untreated.
