Dr. Birgit Frauscher

Biography

Birgit Frauscher is a clinician scientist dedicated to improving the diagnosis and prognosis of people with epilepsy. Her work focuses on developing new methods based on advanced electroencephalography techniques to localize epileptic foci and improve treatment outcomes, ultimately enhancing quality of life. She is currently the Director of the Duke Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Duke Pratt School of Engineering. After completing medical training and a neurology residency in Austria, she specialized in electroencephalography and epilepsy sleep medicine. She has extensive experience in intracranial EEG signal analysis and has held prominent positions, including a visiting professorship at McGill University. Dr. Frauscher's research interests encompass the development of novel seizure-independent EEG markers for accurate epilepsy diagnosis, exploring the interactions between sleep and epilepsy, and studying brain physiology through invasive intracranial EEG. Her publication record includes 170 peer-reviewed papers with an H-index of 62, underscoring her significant contributions to clinical knowledge and epilepsy research. She has received prestigious awards, including the Clinician-Scientist awards from FRSQ and the Michael Prize from the International League Against Epilepsy.

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