• Program Leader, Neurotechnology
• Site Miner, BI Deaconess Med Ctr (BIDMC)

• Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
• Director of Research, Department of Neurology, BIDMC
• Associate Director, Clinical Research, Harvard Medical School Osher Institute
• Member, Board of the Epilepsy Therapy Development Project
• Founder & Editor-in–Chief, Epilepsy & Behavior
• Editor-in-Chief of Epilepsy.com

Background:
Dr. Schachter attended medical school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He completed an internship in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a neurological residency at the Harvard-Longwood Neurological Training Program, and an epilepsy fellowship at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He is currently Director of Research for the Neurology Department and Vice Chair of the Committee for Clinical Investigations at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Director of Clinical Research, Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Harvard Medical School Scholars in Clinical Science Program, funded by a K30 Clinical Research Curriculum Award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, and co-directs its Longitudinal Seminar.
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Dr. Schachter is past Chair of the Professional Advisory Board of the Epilepsy Foundation and serves on their Board of Directors. He is also Treasurer and past Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the American Epilepsy Society and serves on their Board of Directors. He has directed over 80 research projects involving antiepileptic drugs and contributed extensively to the medical literature.

Dr. Schachter compiled the 6-volume Brainstorms series, which has been distributed to over 150,000 patients and families worldwide. He has edited or written nine other books on epilepsy and behavioral neurology, and is the founding editor and editor-in-chief of the medical journal Epilepsy & Behavior.