Erin Conrad, MD, MA
Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Neurology
Contact information
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Graduate Group Affiliations
Education
BS (Physics, Math, French)
University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2009.
MA (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics of Health)
University College London, 2011.
MD
University of Michigan, 2015.
BS (Physics, Math, French)
University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2009.
MA (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics of Health)
University College London, 2011.
MD
University of Michigan, 2015.
Post-Graduate Training
Medicine Internship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2015-2016.
Neurology Residency, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2016-2019.
Epilepsy Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2019-2020.
Postdoctoral Researcher in Neurology and Epilepsy Instructor, University of Pennsylvania, 2020-2022.
Medicine Internship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2015-2016.
Neurology Residency, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2016-2019.
Epilepsy Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2019-2020.
Postdoctoral Researcher in Neurology and Epilepsy Instructor, University of Pennsylvania, 2020-2022.
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Neurology certification, 2019.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Epilepsy certification, 2020.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Neurology certification, 2019.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Epilepsy certification, 2020.
Selected Publications
Pattnaik A, Xu Z, Ojemann WKS, Aguila C, Lucas A, Lavelle S, Goldblum Z, Galer PD, Gallagher RO, Davis KA, Sinha N, Conrad E, Litt B.: The seizure embedding map: A spatio-temporal transformer for comparing patients by ictal intracranial EEG features at scale. J Neural Eng Jun 2026.Aguila CA, Zhou Z, Lavelle SB, Ojemann WKS, Kim J, Walsh K, Mournani SS, Lucas A, Sinha N, Feys O, Scheid BH, Davis KA, Litt B, Conrad EC.: Regional excitability, not epileptic pathology, drives stimulation-evoked interictal spike increases. medRxiv May 2026.
Revell AY, Jaskir M, Pattnaik AR, Ojemann WKS, Conrad E, Sinha N, Scheid BH, Lucas A, Bernabei JM, Beckerle J, Stein JM, Das SR, Litt B, Davis KA.: AI-Driven Mapping of Seizure Spread Patterns. Ann Neurol May 2026.
Kojima J, Shi H, Jaikumar S, Ojemann WKS, Aguila C, Kim J, Ganguly TM, Litt B, Conrad EC.: How Much Does the Reduced EEG Montage Matter for Seizure Detection?: A Large-Cohort Simulation Study. medRxiv May 2026.
Ganguly TM, Lai A, Niemiec A, Cameron T, Conrad EC, Raghupathi R, Ellis C, Halliday AJ, Gillinder L, Seneviratne U, Kwan P, Perucca P, McGonigal A, Vogrin S, Fontenot H, Cook MJ.: Feasibility and signal quality of the Minder® implantable continuous EEG monitoring® system compared to 10-20 scalp electrodes over extended monitoring periods. Epilepsia May 2026.
LaRocque JJ, Ojemann WKS, Xu J, Lucas A, Sinha N, Cornblath EJ, Armstrong C, Tomlinson S, Marsh E, Sinha SR, Litt B, Davis K, Cao Q, Conrad EC.: Intrinsic and extrinsic connectivity of the seizure onset zone at rest and during stimulation. medRxiv Mar 2026.
Goldblum Z, Shi H, Xu Z, Ojemann WK, Aguila CA, Long K, Xie K, Nix KC, Walsh K, Chang E, Lavelle S, Bach B, Davis KA, Sinha N, Hammer LH, Conrad EC, Litt B.: An Implantable Device that Converses with Patients and Learns to Co-Manage Epilepsy. medRxiv Mar 2026.
Armstrong C, Tomlinson SB, Davis P, Ojemann W, Kilaru Kessler S, Kennedy BC, Conrad EC, Marsh ED.: Low Frequency Stimulation and Seizure Induction in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With Drug Resistant Epilepsy Undergoing Stereoelectroencephalography. J Clin Neurophysiol Mar 2026.
Chang E, Xie K, Zhou DJ, Korzun J, Conrad EC, Roth D, Litt B, Ellis CA.: Automated epilepsy and seizure type phenotyping with pre-trained language models. medRxiv Feb 2026.
Ma D, Ghosn NJ, Aguila CA, Cao Q, Conrad EC, Litt B.: Synchrony is a robust iEEG biomarker for antiseizure medication load in epileptic patients. bioRxiv Jan 2026.