Robert Scott Fisher, MD
Neurologist - Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurologist - General
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Biography
Robert Scott Fisher, MD is a Neurologist - Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurologist - General practicing in Stanford, CA
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Summary
Provider Training
| University | Degree | Focus | Graduated |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Mo, Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia Mo | Other Degree | 1975 | |
| Stanford University School of Medicine | Medical Degree | 1977 |
| Institution | Focus | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Residency - Stanford University Program | Not Specified | |
| Residency - Moffitt Hospital University Of Ca, Psychiatry; Usphs Hospital, Flexible Or Transitional Year | Not Specified |
| Certification | Cert. Body | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Neurology | Not Specified |
Experience & Accolades
| Publication | Publisher | Title | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Publication | TURE REVIEWS NEUROLOGY | Electrical brain stimulation for epilepsy | 2014 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | ILAE Official Report: A practical clinical definition of epilepsy | 2014 |
| Other Publication | Neuromodulation | Rehospitalization and emergency department use rates before and after vagus nerve stimulation for | 2014 |
| Other Publication | Handbook of clinical neurology | Deep brain stimulation for epilepsy. | 2013 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR | Seizure diaries for clinical research and practice: Limitations and future prospects | 2012 |
| Other Publication | JAMA-JOURL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | Early Surgical Therapy for Drug-Resistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy A Randomized Trial | 2012 |
| Other Publication | ANLS OF NEUROLOGY | Therapeutic devices for epilepsy | 2012 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR | Benefits of trigemil nerve stimulation | 2011 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR | An online diary for tracking epilepsy | 2011 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSY CURRENTS | Neurostimulation for Epilepsy: Do We Know the Best Stimulation Parameters? | 2011 |
| Other Publication | NEUROLOGY | Direct brain stimulation is an effective therapy for epilepsy | 2011 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR | Detection of seizure-like movements using a wrist accelerometer | 2011 |
| Other Publication | WILDERNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE | Prospective, Double-Blind | 2010 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR | Definition of the postictal state: When does it start and end? | 2010 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of thalamus for treatment of refractory epilepsy | 2010 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | What is a classification essay? | 2010 |
| Other Publication | ACTA PAEDIATRICA | Tracking epilepsy with an electronic diary | 2010 |
| Other Publication | NEUROMODULATION | Recurrent Seizures Related to Motor Cortex Stimulator Programming | 2010 |
| Other Publication | NEUROLOGIC CLINICS | Therapeutic Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy | 2009 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | What clinicians want to know from epilepsy researchers | 2009 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR | Group therapy for patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A pilot study | 2008 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | Debate: When does a seizure imply epilepsy? | 2008 |
| Other Publication | NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE | Gender and age differences in expression of GABA | 2007 |
| Other Publication | Neurosci Lett | Intraventricular administration of gabapentin in the rat increases flurothyl seizure threshold. | 2007 |
| Other Publication | Acta neurologica Taiwanica | New routes for delivery of anti-epileptic medications. | 2006 |
| Other Publication | NEUROPHARMACOLOGY | Selective changes in thalamic and cortical GABA | 2006 |
| Other Publication | Epilepsy Research | Measuring effects of antiepileptic medication on balance in older people | 2006 |
| Other Publication | American Jourl of Psychiatry | Nonepileptic seizures: Clinical case conference: Conversion disorder | 2006 |
| Other Publication | NEUROLOGY | Use of serum prolactin in diagnosing epileptic seizures - Report of the therapeutics | 2005 |
| Other Publication | AKTUELLE NEUROLOGIE | Epileptic seizures and epilepsy | 2005 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | Epileptic seizures and epilepsy | 2005 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR | A blinded pilot study of artwork in a comprehensive epilepsy center population | 2005 |
| Other Publication | Current treatment options in neurology | Experimental Electrical Stimulation Therapy for Epilepsy. | 2005 |
| Other Publication | Epilepsia | Photic- and pattern-induced seizures | 2005 |
| Other Publication | Epilepsia | Photic- and pattern-induced seizures: a report by the Epilepsy Foundation of America Working Group | 2005 |
| Other Publication | Clinical Neurosurgery | Neurostimulation for epilepsy, including a pilot study of anterior nucleus stimulation | 2005 |
| Other Publication | EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY | Focally injected adenosine prevents seizures in the rat | 2004 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | Peer-reviewed publication: A view from inside | 2004 |
| Other Publication | BRAIN RESEARCH | Abnormal benzodiazepine and zinc modulation of GABA | 2004 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus | 2004 |
| Other Publication | NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS | Diazepam prophylaxis for bicuculline-induced seizures: a rat dose-response model | 2004 |
| Other Publication | LANCET NEUROLOGY | Brain stimulation for epilepsy | 2004 |
| Other Publication | BRAIN RESEARCH | Intracellular energy failure does not underlie hyperthermic spreading depressions | 2003 |
| Other Publication | MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS | Seizure-related motor vehicle crashes in Arizo before | 2003 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR | Psychological factors in the genesis and magement of nonepileptic seizures: clinical observations | 2002 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | Cooling abolishes neurol network synchronization in rat hippocampal slices | 2002 |
| Other Publication | Epilepsy & behavior : E&B | Employment for People with Epilepsy. To the Editor. | 2002 |
| Other Publication | Epilepsy & behavior : E&B | Psychological factors in the genesis and magement of nonepileptic seizures: clinical observations. | 2002 |
| Other Publication | CNS DRUGS | Potential new methods for antiepileptic drug delivery | 2002 |
| Other Publication | BMC NEUROSCIENCE | Gamma oscillation underlies hyperthermia-induced epileptiform | 2001 |
| Other Publication | Epilepsy & behavior | A pilot study of donepezil for memory problems in epilepsy. | 2001 |
| Other Publication | NEUROLOGY | Rapid initiation of gabapentin - A randomized, controlled trial | 2001 |
| Other Publication | Neurologia | The etiology and mechanisms of symptomatic acute seizures. | 2001 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY | Hyperthermic spreading depressions in the immature rat hippocampal slice | 2000 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSY RESEARCH | The impact of epilepsy from the patient's perspective II: views about therapy and health care | 2000 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSY RESEARCH | The impact of epilepsy from the patient's perspective I. Descriptions and subjective perceptions | 2000 |
| Other Publication | Epilepsy and Behavior | Epilepsy from the patient?s perspective: Review of results of a community-based survey | 2000 |
| Other Publication | Epilepsy and Behavior | The postictal state: a neglected entity in the magement of epilepsy | 2000 |
| Other Publication | Epilepsy & behavior : E&B | Epilepsy from the Patient's Perspective: Review of Results of a Community-Based Survey. | 2000 |
| Other Publication | Epilepsy & behavior : E&B | The Postictal State: A Neglected Entity in the Magement of Epilepsy. | 2000 |
| Other Publication | Epilepsia | The potential for vigabatrin-induced intramyelinic edema in humans: a review | 2000 |
| Other Publication | Epilepsy & behavior : E&B | Raising the Bar on Seizure Control. | 2000 |
| Other Publication | Epilepsy Research | An automated drug delivery system for the treatment of intractable focal epilepsy. | 2000 |
| Other Publication | NEUROLOGY | Reassessment: Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy | 1999 |
| Other Publication | LANCET | Epilepsy surgery where there is dual pathology | 1999 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY | Can patients perform volitiol motor acts at the start of a seizure? | 1999 |
| Other Publication | Neurology | Oxcarbazepine: double-blind, randomized, placebo-control, monotherapy trial for partial seizures | 1999 |
| Other Publication | Epilepsia | New antiepileptic drugs: Comparison of key clinical trials | 1999 |
| Other Publication | Reassessment: vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy: a report of the Th | Neurology | 1999 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | Bilateral temporal hypometabolism in epilepsy | 1998 |
| Other Publication | Drug Development research | Open label pilot study of oxcarbazepine for inpatients under evaluation for epilepsy surgery | 1998 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSY RESEARCH | Anticonvulsant effect of anterior thalamic high frequency electrical stimulation in the rat | 1997 |
| Other Publication | NEUROLOGY | Assessment of vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy | 1997 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | Local perfusion of diazepam attenuates interictal | 1997 |
| Other Publication | AMERICAN JOURL OF NEURORADIOLOGY | Epilepsy for the neuroradiologist | 1997 |
| Other Publication | Epilepsy Research | Interictal and ictal activity in the rat cobalt | 1997 |
| Other Publication | BRAIN RESEARCH | The selective GABA(B) antagonist CGP | 1996 |
| Other Publication | NEUROLOGY | Newer antiepileptic drugs as monotherapy: Data on vigabatrin | 1996 |
| Other Publication | NEUROLOGY | Patient awareness of seizures | 1996 |
| Other Publication | NEUROSURGERY | Titanium aneurysm clips .2. Seizure and electroencephalographic studies in implanted rabbits | 1996 |
| Other Publication | DRUG DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH | Open label pilot study of oxcarbazepine for inpatients under evaluation for epilepsy surgery | 1996 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | Cognitive effects of resecting basal temporal language areas | 1996 |
| Other Publication | Neurosurgery | Titanium aneurysm clips: part II - seizure and electroencephalographic studies in implanted rabbits | 1996 |
| Other Publication | Jourl of Epilepsy | Sensitivity and specificity of paired capillary prolactin measurement in diagnosis of seizures | 1996 |
| Other Publication | Neurology | Ethical use of placebos and provocative testing in diagnosis of epilepsy | 1996 |
| Other Publication | NEUROLOGY | DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS IN NONEPILEPTIC AND EPILEPTIC SEIZURE PATIENTS ON A TEST OF | 1995 |
| Other Publication | NEUROLOGY | COMPLEX PARTIAL STATUS EPILEPTICUS ACCOMPANIED BY SERIOUS MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY | 1995 |
| Other Publication | Fisher, R., Blum, D. | CLOBAZAM, OXCARBAZEPINE, TIAGABINE, TOPIRAMATE, AND OTHER NEW ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS | 1995 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | ELECTRICAL-STIMULATION OF THE MAMILLARY NUCLEI INCREASES SEIZURE THRESHOLD TO PENTYLENETETRAZOL IN | 1994 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | CLINICAL AND ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE FOR SITES OF ORIGIN OF SEIZURES WITH DIFFUSE | 1994 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC CHANGES DURING SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURES | 1994 |
| Other Publication | Fisher, R. S., PARSOGE, M., Beaussart, M., Bladin, P., MASLAND, R., So | EPILEPSY AND DRIVING - AN INTERTIOL PERSPECTIVE | 1994 |
| Other Publication | CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROLOGY | ADVANCES IN EPILEPSY | 1994 |
| Other Publication | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY | AUTOMATIC EEG SPIKE DETECTION - WHAT SHOULD THE COMPUTER IMITATE | 1993 |
| Other Publication | NEUROLOGY | EMERGING ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS | 1993 |
| Other Publication | ANLS OF NEUROLOGY | DECREASED HIPPOCAMPAL MUSCARINIC CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR-BINDING MEASURED BY I | 1993 |
| Other Publication | BRAIN | MIRTH, LAUGHTER AND GELASTIC SEIZURES | 1993 |
| Other Publication | Advances in neurology | Cerebellar and thalamic stimulation for epilepsy. | 1993 |
| Other Publication | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY | ANTERIOR CHEEK ELECTRODES ARE COMPARABLE TO SPHENOIDAL ELECTRODES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF ICTAL | 1992 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | PLACEBO-CONTROLLED PILOT | 1992 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY | HIGH-FREQUENCY EEG ACTIVITY AT THE START OF SEIZURES | 1992 |
| Other Publication | NEUROSURGERY | MOTOR AND SENSORY CORTEX IN HUMANS - TOPOGRAPHY STUDIED WITH CHRONIC SUBDURAL STIMULATION | 1992 |
| Other Publication | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY | DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR COMPUTERIZED EEG MONITORING | 1992 |
| Other Publication | Fisher, R. S., Mayberg, H. S., Frost, J. J., Engel, J., Gale, K., Meye | NEURORECEPTORS AND GLUCOSE-METABOLISM IN EPILEPSY AS STUDIED BY PET SCANNING | 1992 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSY RESEARCH | APPARENT DESENSITIZATION TO GLUTAMATE - POSSIBLE ROLE IN EPILEPSY | 1992 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSY RESEARCH | ASSESSMENT OF SURGICAL OUTCOME | 1992 |
| Other Publication | Advances in neurology | Positron emission and single photon emission computed tomographic studies in the frontal lobe with | 1992 |
| Other Publication | Fisher, R. S. | INTRODUCTION TO THE EXCITATORY AMINO-ACID SYSTEM | 1991 |
| Other Publication | Fisher, R. S. | NEUROL DAMAGE AND EPILEPSY - BASIC AND CLINICAL INTERFACE | 1991 |
| Other Publication | ANLS OF NEUROLOGY | QUANTIFICATION OF MU-OPIATE AND NON | 1991 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE | EPILEPSY | 1991 |
| Other Publication | RADIOLOGY | MAPPING THE DISTRIBUTION OF AMOBARBITAL SODIUM IN THE INTRACAROTID WADA TEST BY USE OF TC | 1991 |
| Other Publication | JAMA-JOURL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | DRIVING AND EPILEPSY - A REVIEW AND REAPPRAISAL | 1991 |
| Other Publication | ANLS OF NEUROLOGY | CAPILLARY PROLACTIN MEASUREMENT FOR DIAGNOSIS OF SEIZURES | 1991 |
| Other Publication | ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY | DOMINT-SIDE INTRACAROTID AMOBARBITAL SPARES COMPREHENSION OF WORD MEANING | 1991 |
| Other Publication | ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY | A CONTINUING CONTROVERSY - MAGNESIUM-SULFATE IN THE TREATMENT OF ECLAMPTIC SEIZURES | 1990 |
| Other Publication | BRAIN RESEARCH | BIPHASIC ACTION OF DEXTRORPHAN ON PENICILLIN INDUCED BURSTING IN RAT HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE | 1990 |
| Other Publication | NEUROLOGY | CHARACTERIZATION OF THE BASAL TEMPORAL LANGUAGE AREA IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT TEMPORAL-LOBE EPILEPSY | 1990 |
| Other Publication | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY | PARAMETERS FOR DIRECT CORTICAL ELECTRICAL-STIMULATION IN THE HUMAN - HISTOPATHOLOGIC CONFIRMATION | 1990 |
| Other Publication | NEUROLOGY | DEXTROMETHORPHAN FOR TREATMENT OF COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURES | 1990 |
| Other Publication | Stereotactic and functiol neurosurgery | Resection of the epileptogenic area in critical cortex with the aid of a subdural electrode grid. | 1990 |
| Other Publication | LIFE SCIENCES | CYCLOSPORINE LOWERS SEIZURE THRESHOLD IN AN EXPERIMENTAL-MODEL OF ELECTROSHOCK | 1990 |
| Other Publication | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY | THE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH INTRACTABLE COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURES | 1989 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSY RESEARCH | PARENTERAL MAGNESIUM-SULFATE FAILS TO CONTROL ELECTROSHOCK AND PENTYLENETETRAZOL SEIZURES IN MICE | 1989 |
| Other Publication | TRANSPLANTATION | CENTRAL NERVOUS-SYSTEM TOXICITY OF CYCLOSPORINE IN A RAT MODEL | 1989 |
| Other Publication | BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS | ANIMAL-MODELS OF THE EPILEPSIES | 1989 |
| Other Publication | NEUROPHARMACOLOGY | SELECTIVE DEPRESSION OF N-METHYL | 1989 |
| Other Publication | SYPSE | FADE OF THE RESPONSE TO PROLONGED GLUTAMATE APPLICATION IN THE RAT HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE | 1989 |
| Other Publication | CLINICAL NEUROPHARMACOLOGY | FAILURE OF HIGH-DOSE INTRAVENOUS MAGNESIUM-SULFATE TO CONTROL MYOCLONIC STATUS EPILEPTICUS | 1988 |
| Other Publication | ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY | NO, MAGNESIUM-SULFATE SHOULD NOT BE USED IN TREATING ECLAMPTIC SEIZURES | 1988 |
| Other Publication | Maryland medical jourl (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) | Driving and epilepsy. | 1988 |
| Other Publication | ANLS OF NEUROLOGY | PLASMAPHERESIS AND GUILLAIN-BARRE | 1988 |
| Other Publication | ANLS OF NEUROLOGY | MU-OPIATE RECEPTORS MEASURED BY POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY ARE INCREASED IN TEMPORAL | 1988 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF TOXICOLOGY-CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY | A FATAL OVERDOSE OF CARBAMAZEPINE - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE | 1988 |
| Other Publication | PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY | PRACTICAL LIMITS ON THE BIOMAGNETIC INVERSE PROCESS DETERMINED FROM INVITRO MEASUREMENTS IN | 1988 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS | TILETAMINE IS A POTENT INHIBITOR OF N-METHYL | 1987 |
| Other Publication | ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY | 1ST SEIZURE MAGEMENT - RECONSIDERED - RESPONSE-II | 1987 |
| Other Publication | CLINICAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY | DEPTH EEG STUDIES IN THE LENNOX-GASTAUT SYNDROME | 1987 |
| Other Publication | EPILEPSIA | DICARBOXYLIC AMINO-ACIDS BLOCK EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY IN HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE | 1986 |
| Other Publication | NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS | EXCESSIVE GLUTAMATE AS AN INHIBITOR OF EXCITATORY TRANSMISSION IN RAT HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE | 1985 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF NEUROLOGY | EPILEPTIC SEIZURE DISORDERS - DEVELOPMENTS IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY | 1985 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF NEUROSCIENCE | DIPEPTIDES OF GLUTAMATE AND ASPARTATE MAY BE ENDOGENOUS NEUROEXCITANTS IN THE RAT HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE | 1985 |
| Other Publication | JOURL OF NEUROSCIENCE | ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF KAINIC ACID | 1984 |
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EnglishMedical Specialties
- Neurologist - Sub-Specialty: Clinical Neurophysiology
- Neurologist
Psychiatry
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Locations
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Stanford Medical Center, Division of Urogynecology
300 Pasteur DriveStanford, CA 94305
Medical Spec Clnc Stanford END
300 Pasteur DrPalo Alto, CA 94304
Practice Colleagues
Amanda Kirane, MD - Surgeon
Michael Martyna, MD - Psychiatrist
Sherveen Parivash, MD - Diagnostic Radiologist
Claire Turchi, MD - Emergency Medicine Physician
Grace Kioko, NP - Nurse Practitioner
Michael Owen, PA - Physician Assistant
Jennifer Cheesborough, MD - Plastic Surgeon
Natasha Weiser, MD, PhD - Pathologist
Fran Riley, MD - Emergency Medicine Physician
Margaret Ferris, MD - Neurologist
Procedures & Services
Procedures & Treatments Offered
- Epilepsy
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