MarielVelezMDPh.D.

Neurology • San Francisco, CA

Epilepsy

Director of the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit

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Office
1100 Van Ness Ave
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone+1 415-600-7880

Fax+1 415-600-7885
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Summary

I received my M.D. as well as my Ph.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine. I also completed my internship, residency and fellowship at Stanford. I am board certified in Neurology and Epilepsy.

Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Epilepsy, 2015 - 2017
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Neurology, 2012 - 2015
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 2011 - 2012
Stanford UniversityPhD, Neuroscience, 2004 - 2009
Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 2009

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2012 - 2025
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation directed to a seizure focus localized by high-density EEG: A case report
Robert S. Fisher, Jing Zhou, Adam Fogarty, Aditya N Joshi, Matthew Markert, Gayle K. Deutsch, Mariel M. Velez> ;Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports. 2018 Jan 1
34 citations
Tracking generalized tonic-clonic seizures with a wrist accelerometer linked to an online database.
Mariel M. Velez, Robert S. Fisher, Victoria Bartlett, Scheherazade Le> ;Seizure. 2016 Jul 1
10 citations
Differences in Neural Circuitry Guiding Behavioral Responses to Polarized light Presented to Either the Dorsal or Ventral Retina in Drosophila
Mariel M. Velez, Daryl M. Gohl, Thomas R. Clandinin, Mathias F. Wernet> ;Journal of Neurogenetics. 2014 Jun 10
10 citations
Walking Drosophila align with the e-vector of linearly polarized light through directed modulation of angular acceleration
Mariel M. Velez, Mathias F. Wernet, Damon A. Clark, Thomas R. Clandinin> ;Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 2014 May 10
75 citations
Genetic Dissection Reveals Two Separate Retinal Substrates for Polarization Vision in Drosophila
Mathias F. Wernet, Mariel M. Velez, Damon A. Clark, Franziska Baumann-Klausener, Julian Brown, Martha Klovstad, Thomas Labhart, Thomas R. Clandinin> ;Current Biology. 2012 Jan 10
Neural Circuitry: Seeing the Parts That Make the Picture
Mariel M. Velez, Thomas R. Clandinin> ;Current Biology. 2008 May 6
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Journal Articles

A biosensor for tracking tonic-clonic seizures: linking a wrist accelerometer to an online seizure database
Velez MM, Fisher RS, Bartlett V, Le S., Seizure, 2016
T-cells and 65kDa heat shock protein expression following Cryptosporidium parvum challenge in athymic C57BL/6J nude mice.
Adjei AA, Curran BC, Castro M, Shrestha AK, Delsid L, Fritz H, Velez M, Enriquez FJ, Immunology Letters, 2000

Books/Book Chapters

Neurology and Psychiatry of Women: A Guide to Gender-based Issues in Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Chapter: Epilepsy in Pregnancy
Velez MM, Meador KMEditors: O’Neal, M.

Hospital Affiliations

Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical CenterSacramento, California