Saurabh R. Sinha, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Neurology
Director of EEG Laboratories, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Vice-Chair for Neurodiagnostics, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Department: Neurology
Contact information
3400 Spruce St
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Office: 2153495166
Fax: 2153495733
Fax: 2153495733
Education
BSc (Biomedical Engineering, magna cum laude)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1990.
PhD (Neuroscience)
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1997.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1999.
BSc (Biomedical Engineering, magna cum laude)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1990.
PhD (Neuroscience)
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1997.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1999.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1999-2000.
Resident in Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2000-2003.
Post-doctoral Fellowship (Neuroscience), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2002-2003.
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2003-2004.
Epilepsy Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2004-2005.
Intern in Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1999-2000.
Resident in Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2000-2003.
Post-doctoral Fellowship (Neuroscience), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2002-2003.
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2003-2004.
Epilepsy Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2004-2005.
Certifications
Adult Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2005.
Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2007.
Advanced Central Clinical Neurophysiology With Added Competency in Intraoperative Monitoring, American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2010.
Epilepsy, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2013.
Permanent linkAdult Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2005.
Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2007.
Advanced Central Clinical Neurophysiology With Added Competency in Intraoperative Monitoring, American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2010.
Epilepsy, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2013.
Description of Clinical Expertise
My clinical interests are in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology. For epilepsy, my practice concentrates on the medical and surgical management of patients with refractory epilepsy, including medications, neuromodulation and surgical resection. For clinical neurophysiology, this includes utilization and interpretation of scalp and intracranial EEG in patients with epilepsy and critically/acutely ill patients.ORCID identifier 
0000-0003-0305-6731
Selected Publications
Duraivel S, Rahimpour S, Barth K, Chiang CH, Wang C, Harward SC, Lad SP, Sexton DP, Friedman AH, Sinha SR, Hickok G, Southwell DG, Viventi J, Cogan G.: Distinct neural processes link speech planning and execution. Nat Hum Behav Aug 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1038/s41562-026-02546-w.Conrad EC, Chang E, Xie K, Aguila CA, Kim J, Shi H, Ojemann WK, Jing J, Westover MB, Sinha SR, Litt B, Davis KA, Cao Q, Ellis CA.: Association between Interictal Spike Rate and Seizure Frequency in a Large Epilepsy Cohort. medRxiv Jun 2026 Notes: doi: 10.64898/2026.02.24.26346988.
Barth KJ, Rachinskiy I, Duraivel S, Sun J, Chiang CH, Wang C, Rahimpour S, Haglund MM, Vestal M, Harward SC, Devore S, Friedman D, Pesaran B, Sinha SR, Southwell DG, Frauscher B, Cogan GB, Blanco J, Viventi J.: Mapping intraoperative interictal epileptiform discharges using high-resolution, thin-film cortical arrays. Epilepsia 67(5): 2545-2558, 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 Notes: doi: 10.64898/2026.02.27.26347224.
Katyal R, Sheikh IS, Gutierrez C, Sinha SR, Day BK, Gavvala JR, Sheth SA, Wirrell E, Beniczky S, Nascimento FA.: Epilepsy Surgery Education: A Survey of US Epilepsy Fellowship Program Directors. J Clin Neurophysiol 43(1): 1-8, Jan 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000001144.
Huang Z, Shimizu R, Sinha SR, Southwell D, Charalambous CC, Peterchev AV, Feng W, Chhatbar PY, Kim T.: C3-C4 transcranial direct current stimulation montage stimulates lower limb region better than C1-C2 montage. Clin Neurophysiol 181: 2111416, Jan 2026.
Haskell-Mendoza AP, Ramani P, Dhoot R, Parikh P, Frauscher B, Sinha SR, Muh CR, Southwell D, Husain A, Agashe S.: Responsive neurostimulation detections: "Recognizing the unseen" Epileptic Disord 27(5): 997-1003, Oct 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1002/epd2.70049.
Aguila CA, Lucas A, Lavelle S, Pattnaik AR, Kim J, Ojemann WKS, Ma D, Josyula M, Petillo N, LaRocque JJ, Sinha SR, Ellis CA, Parashos A, Gleichgerrcht E, Davis KA, Litt B, Conrad EC.: Mesial-to-lateral gradients of epileptiform activity to localize mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 66(9): 3491-3504, Sep 2025.
Xu Z, Scheid BH, Conrad EC, Davis KA, Ganguly T, Gelfand MA, Gugger JJ, Jiang X, LaRocque JJ, Ojemann WKS, Sinha SR, Waldman GJ, Wagenaar J, Sinha N, Litt B.: Annotating neurophysiologic data at scale with optimized human input. J Neural Eng 22(4): 046003, Jul 2025.
Thio BJ, Sinha N, Davis KA, Sinha SR, Grill WM.: Stereo-EEG propagating source reconstruction identifies new surgical targets for epilepsy patients. Brain 148(3): 764-775, Mar 2025.