Richard Henry Mattson MD
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Neurology; Epilepsy Fellowship Director

Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical GroupNeurology: Epilepsy and Neurophysiology
Epilepsy Program
Research Interests
Clinical pharmacology of Antiepileptic Drugs in clinical trials; pathophysiologic and pharmacologic studies using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Clinical Interests
Clinical Interests: Primary interest is in clinical diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in clinic and in the Epilepsy Inpatient Unit at YNHH in adults and children. Focus is particularly on difficult diagnosis or intractable epilepsy using pharmacologic methods and epilepsy surgery.
Education
- M.D., Boston University , 1957
- M.S., Mayo Medical School (Univ. of Minnesota) , 1962
Articles

March/April 2009
Finding new ways to calm storms in the brain
When Dennis D. Spencer, M.D., a tall, soft-spoken man with an Iowa drawl and a mostly gray beard, speaks about his many...


