Neurology &
Neurological Sciences–

MARTHA J. MORRELL, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer, NeuroPace
Clinical Professor of Neurology, Stanford University

Dr. Morrell is a Clinical Professor of Neurology at Stanford University and Chief Medical Officer of NeuroPace, Inc. Prior to July 2004, she was the Caitlin Tynan Doyle Professor of Clinical Neurology at Columbia University and Director of the Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Previously she was on the faculty of the Stanford University School of Medicine where she served as Director of the Stanford Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. A graduate of Stanford Medical School, she completed residency training in Neurology at University of Pennsylvania, as well as fellowship training in EEG and epilepsy.

Dr. Morrell’s clinical and academic work has been directed entirely to the care of people with epilepsy. She has especially focused on gender differences in epilepsy and effects of epilepsy on reproductive health. At NeuroPace, she directs clinical investigations to investigate the safety and efficacy of an implanted responsive neurostimulator in adults with medically uncontrolled epilepsy.

Dr. Morrell has more than 150 publications on epilepsy and has spoken extensively on epilepsy nationally as well as internationally. She served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Epilepsy Society, as well as a member and then Chair of the Scientific Program Committee and the Women with Epilepsy Committee and Special Interest Group. She served on the Council of the American Neurological Association. Her service to the Epilepsy Foundation includes as a member of the Board of Directors and Past Chair of the Board, Chair of the Research and of the Public Information and Education Committees, co-Founder of the Women with Epilepsy Initiative, and service on other committees. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and past Chair of the Epilepsy Section. She chaired the Epilepsy Therapy Section of the CDC’s Living with Epilepsy Conference. She was Chair of the Commission on Diagnostic Strategies, member of the Scientific Program Committee, and is an elected Ambassador for Epilepsy of the International League Against Epilepsy. Dr Morrell was the recipient of the American Epilepsy Society 2007 Service Award.

Training and Employment

1984-1985: Medical Internship, University of Pennsylvania
1985-1988: Neurology Residency, University of Pennsylvania
1988-1990: Epilepsy and EEG Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
1990-1994: Assistant Professor Neurology, Stanford University
1994-1998: Associate Professor Neurology, Stanford University
1998-2004: Professor of Clinical Neurology, Columbia University
2004-present: Clinical Professor of Neurology, Stanford University
2004-present: Chief Medical Officer, NeuroPace, Inc.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

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