Sai Folmsbee, MD, PhD

Sai Folmsbee is a clinical assistant professor in the neuropsychiatry section and leads the Neuroimmunology Disorders Neuropsychiatry Clinic. He is also a member of the Stanford Autoimmune Encephalitis Clinic (AEC), focusing on the treatment of the psychiatric symptoms of immune-mediated epilepsy/encephalitis. His clinical and research interests include the psychiatric manifestations and treatment of immune-mediated illness. He graduated from the Medical Scientist Training Program at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, where he received his Ph.D. investigating the role of cell adhesion in immunologic and neurologic processes. He completed his general psychiatry residency training in the Psychiatry Research Pathway at the University of Pittsburgh. Afterwards, he completed the Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology Fellowship at Stanford University and joined the faculty in 2023. Currently, he is also the Neuropsychiatry Fellowship Course Director and Neuropsychiatry Rotation Director, as well as a faculty mentor for the Stanford Comprehensive Neurology Instructorship.