Joline Fan, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor at UCSF in the Departments of Neurology (Division of Epilepsy) and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. Her research focuses on developing innovative neurostimulation technologies for neuropsychiatric disorders and exploring the complex relationship between sleep and epilepsy through multimodal neuroimaging. As an epileptologist, Dr. Fan specializes in invasive recording methods, including intracranial responsive neurostimulation and stimulation mapping. She is also investigating personalized, non-invasive, low-intensity focused ultrasound methods for treating neuropsychiatric disorders like depression and epilepsy.

Dr. Fan earned her bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University and her master’s in Bioengineering from Stanford University. She completed her medical education, neurology residency, and epilepsy fellowship at UCSF. Her work has garnered numerous early-career investigator awards, including the NIH K23 Career Development Award, American Epilepsy Society Young Investigator Award, NARSAD Brain Behavior Research Foundation, Doris-Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship, and the Chen Scholars Junior Award