David B. Wheeler, MD, PhD, FAAN, FAES, FAHA
​2019 American Heart Association Physician of the Year

EDUCATION

• M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (9/91-6/00)
• Ph.D., Neurosciences Program, Identification of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels Involved in Regulation of Excitatory Synaptic Transmission in Rat Hippocampus, Research Supervisor: Prof. Richard W. Tsien, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (1/93-1/98)
• M.Sc., Faculty of Physiological Sciences, In Vivo Monitoring of Striatal Neurochemistry: Neurotransmitter Interactions During Behaviour, Research Supervisor: Dr. Marianne Fillenz, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (10/89-9/91)
• B.A., with High Honors, Zoological Sciences (Chemistry Minor), University of Montana, Missoula, MT (9/84-6/89)

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

• Fellow, Clinical Neurophysiology (EEG, Epilepsy and Evoked Potentials), Division of EEG and Epilepsy, Department of Neurology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (7/04-6/05)
• Resident, Neurology, Partners Program, Massachusetts General and Brigham & Women’s Hospitals, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (7/01-6/04)
• Intern, Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s and Faulkner Hospitals, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (7/00-6/01)

BOARD CERTIFICATION

• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology: Neurology (2005, 2015-)
  
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology: Clinical Neurophysiology (2007, 2017-)
  
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology: Epilepsy (2016-)
  
• National Board of Physicians and Surgeons: Neurology (2015-)
  
• National Board of Physicians and Surgeons: Clinical Neurophysiology (2015-)
  
• National Board of Physicians and Surgeons: Epilepsy (2016-)
  

HONORS

• American Heart Association, Physician of the Year (2019)
• Wyoming Medical Center, Physician of the Year (2010)
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Stanford University (1993-1998)
• Rhodes Scholarship, Montana and Magdalen College, University of Oxford (1989-1991)
• Watkins Scholarship for Senior Project, University of Montana (1988-1989)
• University of Montana Presidential Award of Merit, University of Montana (1988)
• Silent Sentinel Award for Academic Excellence, University of Montana (1988)

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