Stephen Waxman

Stephen G. Waxman
Waxman in his laboratory in 2002
Born1945
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (PhD, MD)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Harvard Medical School (Clinical Fellow)
Scientific career
FieldsNeurology
Neuroscience
Neurobiology
Pharmacology
InstitutionsYale University (1986-)
University College London (1998-)
Stanford University (1978-1986)
Harvard University (1975-1978)
MIT (1975-1978)

Stephen George Waxman (born 1945) is an American neurologist and neuroscientist. He served as Chairman of the Department of Neurology at Yale School of Medicine, and Neurologist-in-Chief at Yale-New Haven Hospital from 1986 until 2009. As of 2023, he is the Bridget Flaherty Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology, and Pharmacology at Yale University. He founded the Yale University Neuroscience & Regeneration Research Center in 1988 and is its director. He previously held faculty positions at Harvard Medical School, MIT, and Stanford Medical School. He is also visiting professor at University College London. He is the editor-in-chief of The Neuroscientist.