Prof. Vicente Villanueva
About Vicente
Dr Vicente Villanueva, MD, PhD, is a neurologist at the Neurology Service of Hospital La Fe in Valencia, Spain, where he has worked since 2004. Since 2005, he has also worked in the hospital’s Multidisciplinary Epilepsy Unit, where he is Head of the Refractory Epilepsy Unit and Epilepsy Surgery Programme.
He completed training at Fundación Jiménez Díaz in Madrid, the Epilepsy Center at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, USA, the Epilepsy Center at New York University, USA, and Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul in Paris, France.
Vicente received his PhD for research into the evaluation of video-electroencephalography (video-EEG) in refractory epilepsy and is certified in epileptology by the European Epilepsy Academy.
From 2017 to 2023, Vicente was Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Valencia. He currently serves as Professor on the university’s Master’s programme in Neuroscience and supervises several doctoral theses.
Vicente serves as a representative of the European Reference Network Epi-CARE, is a member of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Intellectual Disability Task Force, and sits on the Board of the European Consortium of Epilepsy Trials. He is also a member of the EEG Board and Epilepsy Guidelines Board of the Spanish Neurological Society.
He reviews manuscripts for several epilepsy journals and serves on the editorial board of Epilepsy & Behavior. He has authored 180 scientific papers on epilepsy, edited three books and directed several epilepsy courses.
In 2014, Vicente received the Scientific Prize in Epilepsy from the Spanish Neurological Society.
His current research interests include refractory epilepsy, video-EEG monitoring, epilepsy clinical trials and epilepsy surgery.
Areas of focus
refractory epilepsy
rare epilepsies
video-EEG
epilepsy surgery
Links
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Episode
Cenobamate & Fenfluramine: What's Changing for Uncontrolled Seizures?
12 Nov 2026
Can newer epilepsy treatments help more people achieve seizure control - and does it matter when they're introduced? Epileptologist Vicente Villanueva shares with us findings from two studies investigating cenobamate and fenfluramine. He explains why earlier treatment may improve outcomes, how medication combinations and side effects affect quality of life, and what the research reveals about cognition, behaviour and sleep!