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Robert Fisher
Academic Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
- Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Neurosurgery
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Neurology Clinic 300 Pasteur Dr A301 MC 5325 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 498-7551 Fax (650) 725-0390Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Epilepsy
- Neurology
- EEG
- Consciousness, Loss of
- Convulsion, Non-Epileptic
Administrative Appointments
- Executive Committee, International League Against Epilepsy (2000 - 2005)
- Editor-In-Chief, Epilepsia (2000 - 2005)
- Director, Neurology Teaching, Stanford (2000 - present)
- Professor (by courtesy), Neurosurgery (2000 - present)
- Director, Epilepsy Center, Stanford (2000 - present) View All 10administrative appointments of Robert Fisher
Honors and Awards
- Pierre Gloor Award, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (Annual National EEG Award) (2010)
- Annual International Clinical Research Award, American Epilepsy Society (2006)
- Editor-in-Chief, Epilepsia, International League Against Epilepsy (2001-2006)
- President, American Epilepsy Society (2000)
- Best Doctors in America, Woodward & White (1998-2008)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1983) |
| Board Certification: | Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1992) |
| Fellowship: | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD (1982) |
| Residency: | Stanford University Medical Center, CA (1979) |
| Internship: | Stanford University Medical Center, CA (1978) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Community & International Work
- Editor-in-Chief, epilepsy.com, www.epilepsy.com
- Epilepsy Foundation of N. California Board, Oakland, CA
- International League Against Epilepsy Board, Brussels, Belgium
- The Epilepsy Project Advisory Board, New York
- Epilepsy Foundation, Professional Board, Landover, Maryland
Web Site Links
Industry Relationships
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| Equity: | IntelliVision , NeuroVista |
Scientific Focus
Research Interests
Dr. Fisher is interested in clincal, laboratory and translational aspects of epilepsy research. Prior work has included: electrical deep brain stimulation for epilepsy, studied in laboratory models and clinical trials; drug delivery directly to a seizure focus in the brain; mechanisms of absence (petit mal) epilepsy and how the physiology and chemistry of brain changes in this disorder; hyperthermic (high-temperature) seizures; diagnosis and treatment of non-epileptic seizures, the post-ictal state (the condition in the aftermath of a seizure); driving and epilepsy; new antiepileptic drugs; surgery for epilepsy.
Publications
- Therapeutic brain stimulation for epilepsy. Neurol Clin. 2009; (4): 1031-40
- What clinicians want to know from epilepsy researchers. Epilepsia. 2009; (3): 364-7
- Debate: When does a seizure imply epilepsy? Epilepsia. 2008: 7-12
- Group therapy for patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: a pilot study. Epilepsy Behav. 2008; (4): 624-9
- Intraventricular administration of gabapentin in the rat increases flurothyl seizure threshold. Neurosci Lett. 2007; (3): 308-11
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