active interest include autism, tuberous sclerosis, and head trauma. Devinsky serves as the director of the Phenome Core for the Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project, funded by an NIH multi-institutional grant. Devinsky and his co-investigators are conducting studies of several investigational antiepileptic medications such as topiramate, tiagabine, lamotrigine, vigabatrin, oxcarbazepine, and remacemide, as well as vagal nerve stimulator implantation. He is also collaborating with other researchers to develop a device to deliver antiepileptic drugs directly to the brain to treat seizures. He was involved in pivotal drug studies for felbamate, oxcarbazepine, intravenous valproate and other drugs. He was the lead investigator of the Quality of Life in Epilepsy group that developed the four inventories that were translated into many languages and used in over 150 academic studies. Publications Articles Devinsky has published more than 350 articles and book chapters. Books Devinsky has authored more than 20 books and monographs. Alternative Therapies for Epilepsy (Orrin Devinsky,Steven C. Schachter, Steven V. Pacia) 2012 Epilepsy (Orrin Devinsky) 2007 Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Epilepsy (Orrin Devinsky,Steven C. Schachter, and Steven V. Pacia) 2005 Managing Epilepsy and Co-Existing Disorders, i.e. (Alan B. Ettinger and Orrin Devinsky) 2001 Epilepsy and Developmental Disabilities, 1e (Orrin Devinsky and Lauren Westbrook) 2001 Examination of the Cranial and Peripheral Nerves, i.e. (Orrin Devinsky and Edward Feldman) 1987 Neurological Complications of Pregnancy (Advances in Neurology) (Orrin Devinsky, Edward Feldmann, and Brian Hainline) 1994 References External links Lectures FACES 2008 Epilepsy Conference Orrin Devinsky, Part I: Limbic Lessons from Epilepsy - Neuropsychoanalysis Lecture Series Orrin Devinsky, Part 2: Limbic Lessons from Epilepsy - Neuropsychoanalysis Lecture Series Websites NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center NYU Finding a Cure for Epilepsy and Seizures (FACES) Epilepsy.com 1957 births Living people American neurologists Columbia High School (New Jersey) alumni Harvard Medical School alumni Yale University alumni