Biography: Martha J. Morrell, M.D.

Martha J. Morrell, M.D., is the Chief Medical Officer of NeuroPace, Inc., as well as a Clinical Professor of Neurology at Stanford University and American Academy of Neurology liaison to the American Epilepsy Society Board of Directors. 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 Dr. Morrell served as Director of the Stanford Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. Her clinical and research work has been directed entirely to the care of people with epilepsy. She has helped to author more than 100 publications on epilepsy and has spoken extensively on epilepsy nationally as well as internationally. She served as an advisor on epilepsy to the National Institutes of Health, to the Centers for Disease Control and is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Epilepsy Society. Dr. Morrell also serves on the national Board of Directors of the Epilepsy Foundation. She is past board Chair of the Epilepsy Foundation, representing the American Epilepsy Society, and serves as head of its research committee.

A graduate of Stanford Medical School, Dr. Morrell completed residency training in Neurology at University of Pennsylvania, as well as fellowship training in EEG and epilepsy. Dr. Morrell currently sits on the Council of the American Neurological Association and is Chair of the Epilepsy Section of the American Academy of Neurology. She is an elected Ambassador for Epilepsy of the International League Against Epilepsy and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.