The global mental health and neuroscience communities are mourning the loss of Nolan Williams, M.D., who passed away on October 8, 2025. A brilliant, irreverent, and deeply compassionate physician-scientist, Dr. Williams was a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Brain Stimulation Lab. To those who knew him best, he was far more than a pioneer — he was a devoted husband, an adoring father, and a man who approached life with curi...