Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD
Epilepsy Neurology
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Bio & Overview
Nathan B. Fountain, MD, titles with the University of Virginia School of Medicine include:
- Thomas E. Worrell, Jr, Professor of Neurology and Epileptology
- Director of the F.E. Dreifuss Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
- Director of EEG and Epilepsy Fellowships
This is where he completed his neurology residency as well as clinical and research epilepsy fellowships.
Dr. Fountain's clinical interests include diagnosis and treatment of all types of epilepsy. His research focuses on clinical trials of new drugs and devices for epilepsy and other clinical research. He was formerly chair of the FDA Advisory Committee for neurology drugs and president of the National Association of Epilepsy Centers and the Epilepsy Foundation Professional Advisory Board.
Academic Information
- Department
- Medicine
- Academic Role
- Professor
- Division
- Neurology
- Research Interests
- Antiepileptic drugs, clinical epilepsy, EEG and epilepsy
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
- Residency
- University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Fellowships
- University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Certification
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Epilepsy), American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology)
- Appointment
- Director - FE Dreifuss Comprehensive Epilepsy
Highlights
Dr. Nathan Fountain profile video
- I'm Nathan Fountain, and I'm a neurologist in the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at the University of Virginia. I've always had an interest in neuroscience. So being a neurologist who is always in the stars for me. I'd always considered that. The reason I chose epilepsy or went into epilepsy is because it provides a lot of different opportunities to help people. I've been doing it for 20-some years, and in the period of that time, we've gone from having very, very few treatments available to having many. A lot of people think that they're the only one in the world with seizures or epilepsy, and it's such an unusual experience that it really makes them afraid to even talk about with anyone including doctors. So I think to help make people feel better, they should understand that epilepsy specialists in our clinic in particular are going to understand a lot of their problems. Of course, we don't necessarily have epilepsy ourselves, but we have such a big investment in our professional and personal lives and epilepsy that we really can try to help them address those problems as best they can. But I think the most satisfying things that I do is to help people sort of iron out those other aspects of their lives. So not only fix their seizures but help address their other problems as well.
Awards
- 2011-2022 Best Doctors in America® List
Reviews
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