Podcast guests
Discover the experts who help us spark better understanding of the epilepsies worldwide. Here you’ll find short bios, professional links, and everything you need to learn more about each guest.
Prof. Mamta Bhushan Singh is an epilepsy speicalist neurologist specialising in quality of life, high-volume epilepsy care, and outreach epilepsy services across India, with a focus on communication, observation, and improving access to specialist care.
Dr. Jane Allendorfer is a neurologist specialising in exercise, cognition, and quality of life in epilepsy, with a focus on how interventions such as physical activity influence brain networks and cognitive outcomes.
Dr. Christos Papadelis is a biomedical engineer and neuroscience researcher specialising in MEG, high-density EEG, and advanced brain mapping in the epilepsies. His work focuses on improving seizure localisation and informing surgical decision-making.
Dr. Lucretia Long is a Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology and epilepsy specialist nurse practitioner, with expertise in personalised epilepsy care, including seizure management. SUDEP, pregnancy, and quality of life.
Asst. Prof. Juan Carlos Perez Poveda is a neurologist and epileptologist specialising in paediatric epilepsy surgery, with a focus on clinical education and improving access to specialist care across low-middle income settings.
Professor John Duncan is a consultant neurologist specialising in epilepsy at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN).
Intellectual disability nurse and researcher Jay Price focuses on improving epilepsy understanding, education and care, with a particular emphasis on reducing inequalities for people with intellectual disabilities.
Dr. Konrad Wagstyl is a biomedical computing researcher at King’s College London developing AI and neuroimaging tools to detect epilepsy lesions that are often missed on MRI scans.
Frederic Schaper, MD, PhD, is an Instructor of Neurology and Director of Epilepsy Network Mapping at the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics of Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School.
Profile of Prof. Andres M. Kanner, epileptologist and neurologist at the University of Miami, known for his research on psychiatric symptoms, depression, anxiety, and quality of life in the epilepsies.
Profile of Dr. Christian Bosselmann, an Epileptologist-Scientist at the University Hospital Tübingen, Germany, specialising in rare genetic epilepsies.
Profile of Dr. Charlotte Blease, Associate Prof. at Uppsala Univeristy, Sweden, and researcher at Harvard Medical School. Charlotte specialises in health informatics, philosophy, and psychology/cognitive science.
Profile of Dr. Marian Galovic, adult neurologist and epileptologist at the University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland, specialising in epileptology, EEG, and evoked potentials.
Prof. Kette Valente is a paediatric neurologist and epileptologist specialising in cognition, behavioural morbidities, and functional outcomes in rare and developmental epileptic encephalopathies.
Prof. Norman Delanty is a consultant neurologist and epileptologist with expertise in epilepsy diagnostics, long-term EEG monitoring, and translational epilepsy research.
Dr. Ching Soong Khoo is an adult neurologist with a clinical focus on epilepsy care and long-term outcomes. His work explores how broader aspects of physical and mental health influence quality of life for people with an epilepsy.
Sándor Beniczky is board-certified neurologist, clinical neurophysiologist, and epileptologist. He is also Clinical Professor of Neurophysiology, and Head of the Clinical Neurophysiology Department at the Danish Epilepsy Centre.
Prof. Nicola Specchio is a paediatric epileptologist specialising in epilepsy syndromes and developmental epileptic encephalopathies. His work focuses on improving diagnosis and care for children with complex epilepsies.