Providence Brain Institute
Dr. Mark Yerby has been practicing and teaching neurology for more than 25 years. He has focused extensively on the effects of epilepsy on pregnancy and how women with epilepsy can achieve safe, healthy pregnancies. He has authored more than 50 articles and has been published in nearly every major journal in his field, including Neurology, Epilepsia, Epilepsy Research and Nature.
As epilepsy specialist of Providence Epilepsy Services, Dr. Yerby provides medical care and education to help patients gain and maintain control of their lives, despite their illness. He provides diagnostic services for Providence physicians and their patients. Since joining Providence in 2003, Dr. Yerby has established an inpatient epilepsy monitoring unit. He has also developed a multidisciplinary team to evaluate patients who have challenging cases of epilepsy.
Dr. Yerby holds a medical degree from the University of Vermont
Medical School and a master’s degree in public health from
the University of Washington.
Prior to joining Providence, he held teaching posts in
the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Obstetrics
and Gynecology, and Public Health at Oregon Health & Science University
and at the University of Washington.
Dr. Yerby served as a health policy advisor to former Senator Mark Hatfield and on the Health Resources Commission for Oregon. He currently serves on the professional advisory board of the Epilepsy Foundation of America and the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Neurology.
- Through his contributions to research, Dr. Yerby has helped define the effects of antiepileptic drugs on pregnancy and has helped to make pregnancy a viable option for women with epilepsy.
- Dr. Yerby was named the first Health Policy Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Society, and Child Neurology Society.
- Dr. Yerby wrote the language of the Clinical Research Enhancement Act, which was passed by Congress in 1999 to expand support for clinical research.
"I look forward to the day when we will manage epilepsy so well that Providence Epilepsy Services will serve as a model of integrated care, where comprehensive medical, surgical, social and mental health services work in tandem toward the shared goal of maximizing each patient’s functional capacity and quality of life."