Michael Graham Saunders (11 June 1920 – 3 April 1975) was a Neurophysiologist, Medical Doctor, and Medical Researcher who was fundamental in the development of the Electroencephalography, as well as a strong advocate for the advancement of computer use in medicine.

He was born in London, England, to Eric Graham Saunders and Rose Kate Gasson, and received his early education at Launceston College, Cornwall.

[1] He was appointed assistant professor of Physiology specializing in Neurophysiology at the University of Manitoba, and also Director of the Electroencephalography Departments of the Winnipeg General Hospital and Children's Hospital[2] and consultant EEG Services to the Department of Health, Province of Manitoba and to the St. Boniface General Hospital (Winnipeg).

He was an honorary member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association; the Canadian Association of EEG Technicians; a member of the University of Manitoba Committee for Safety in Experimental Deprivation; a member of the council and an examiner for the American Board of Registration of EEG technologists; examiner for the Board of Qualification, American EEG Society; secretary and later president, Canadian Society of Electroencephalographers; president and member of Council of the Central EEG Society (U.S.); president (Manitoba Chapter) and delegate (National Society) of the Computer Society of Canada.

He was also Procedural Counselor, delegate-at-large, and Chairman of the Rules Committee for the Vienna meeting of the International Federation of Societies for Encephalography and Clinical Physiology (IFECN).