Robert Fisher
Academic Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
- Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Neurosurgery
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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
- Academic Offices
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Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Epilepsy
- Neurology
- EEG
- Consciousness, Loss of
- Convulsion, Non-Epileptic
- Epilepsy, Complex Partial
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)
- Maslah Saul MD Professor of Neurology, Stanford Medical Center (2000 - present)
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)
- Ambassador Award, International League Against Epilepsy (2000)
Professional Education
| Residency: | Stanford University Medical Center CA (1979) |
| Board Certification: | Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1992) |
| Board Certification: | Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1983) |
| Fellowship: | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine MD (1982) |
| Internship: | Stanford University Medical Center CA (1978) |
| Medical Education: | Stanford University School of Medicine CA (1977) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Community and 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
- President, Epilepsy Society of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
Internet Links
Industry Relationships
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Scientific Focus
Current 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
- Rehospitalization and Emergency Department Use Rates Before and After Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy: Use of State Databases to Provide Longitudinal Data Across Multiple Clinical Settings. Neuromodulation. 2013: 544-554
- Seizure diaries for clinical research and practice: limitations and future prospects. Epilepsy Behav. 2012; (3): 304-10
- Therapeutic devices for epilepsy. Ann Neurol. 2012; (2): 157-68
- An online diary for tracking epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2011; (4): 705-9
- Detection of seizure-like movements using a wrist accelerometer. Epilepsy Behav. 2011; (4): 638-41
- Direct brain stimulation is an effective therapy for epilepsy. Neurology. 2011; (13): 1220-1
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