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)

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

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Neurology and Neurol Sciences

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 

Internet Links

• Stanford Epilepsy Center

Industry Relationships

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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

• An online diary for tracking epilepsy. Le S, Shafer PO, Bartfeld E, Fisher RS. Epilepsy Behav. 2011; 22 (4): 705-9
• Detection of seizure-like movements using a wrist accelerometer. Lockman J, Fisher RS, Olson DM. Epilepsy Behav. 2011; 20 (4): 638-41
• Direct brain stimulation is an effective therapy for epilepsy. Fisher RS, Neurology. 2011; 77 (13): 1220-1
• Definition of the postictal state: when does it start and end? Fisher RS, Engel JJ. Epilepsy Behav. 2010; 19 (2): 100-4
• Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of thalamus for treatment of refractory epilepsy. Fisher R, Salanova V, Witt T, Worth R, Henry T, Gross R, Oommen K, Osorio I, Nazzaro J, Labar D, Kaplitt M, Sperling M, Sandok E, Neal J, Handforth A, Stern J, DeSalles A, Chung S, Shetter A, Bergen D, Bakay R, Henderson J, French J, Baltuch G, Rosenfeld W, Youkilis A, Marks W, Garcia P, Barbaro N, Fountain N, Bazil C, Goodman R, McKhann G, Babu Krishnamurthy K, Papavassiliou S, Epstein C, Pollard J, Tonder L, Grebin J, Coffey R, Graves N. Epilepsia. 2010; 51 (5): 899-908