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

Spring 2012
A neurologist inspired by his patients
When Irving S. Cooper, M.D., was perfecting the stereotactic cryosurgery to treat Parkinson disease in the late 1950s,...
Spring 2010
Class of 1985: 25th reunion
The 25th reunion, traditionally a momentous occasion, took on a special significance and sense of our past as the...
Winter/Spring 1998
Richard H. Mattson, M.D.
Richard H. Mattson, M.D. '53, professor of neurology and vice chair for academic affairs, was honored with the 1997...



