Mauricio F. Villamar, MD, FAAN, FACNS, FAES

Mauricio F. Villamar, MD, FAAN, FACNS, FAES, is a fellowship-trained neurologist specializing in epilepsy, clinical neurophysiology, and hospital neurology at the Norman Prince Spine Institute of Brown University Health.

Dr. Villamar holds a faculty appointment as an assistant professor of neurology, clinician educator, at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. His clinical and research interests include hospital neurology, epilepsy, electroencephalography (EEG), medical education, global neurology, and improving hospital quality and care processes.

After earning his medical degree with highest honors from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Dr. Villamar spent a year serving as a physician in the Amazon rainforest. He then went on to complete a research fellowship in non invasive brain stimulation at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Villamar is a graduate of the neurology residency program at the University of Kentucky, where he obtained multiple research and teaching awards and was inducted to Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society. He completed additional fellowships in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Board-certified in neurology and in epilepsy, Dr. Villamar is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, and the American Epilepsy Society. He is a member of The Neurohospitalist Society, the American Neurological Association, and the Catholic Medical Association.

He has received multiple grants and awards for his clinical research and quality and process improvement initiatives. He has also been recognized at both the institutional and national levels for his work as a medical educator.

In addition to English, Dr. Villamar is fluent in Spanish.