Dr. Emna Farhat, MD, PhD Student Neurologist & Myologist, Tunis, Tunisia Dr. Emna Farhat is a neurologist and myologist with extensive experience in neuromuscular disorders, muscle pathology, and neurodegenerative diseases. She completed her Doctor of Medicine degree in 2012 with a thesis investigating phenotype–genotype correlations in 300 Tunisian patients with autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMDR). From 2012 to 2016, she served as a neurologist at the Mongi Ben Hamida National Institute of Neurology in Tunis, working within the neuro-muscular biopsy unit of the pathology and molecular neurobiology laboratory. During this period, her scientific work focused primarily on...

Dr Konrad Wagsty Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Computing, King’s College London Honorary Associate Professor, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Lead, IMAGINE Lab Co-Founder, MELD Project Konrad Wagstyl is a Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Computing at KCL and Honorary Associate Professor at UCL's Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health. He leads the IMAGINE lab working on Imaging, Machine learning and Genetics in Neurodevelopmental Epilepsies. As part of his work, Konrad co-founded the Multicentre Epilepsy Lesion Detection project (MELD), an international consortium creating the MRI datasets and AI tools to better understand, diagnose and...

Dr Ipek Polat Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurology, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Türkiye Dr. Ipek Polat graduated from Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine in Izmir, Türkiye. She completed her Pediatrics Residency at Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine Pediatrics Department, and also her Pediatric Neurology Fellowship at Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Neurology. She has worked as a pediatric neurologist in various private and public institutions across the eastern, southeastern, and western regions of Türkiye. She served as a chief resident at Behçet Uz Children’s Hospital. As...

Dr Seda Kanmaz Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurology, Ege University, Izmir, Türkiye Dr. Seda Kanmaz graduated from the Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in Ankara, Türkiye. She completed her Pediatrics Residency at Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in Ankara, Türkiye. From 2016 until 2020, she held a position as a resident at the Ege University Medical Faculty Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology. She successfully concluded the pediatric neurology training program in March 2020. She is currently employed within the identical department as Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurology. She is a member...

Dr Huseyin Bahadir Senol Pediatric Neurology Resident, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Türkiye Dr. Huseyin Bahadir Senol graduated from Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine in 2015. He completed his Pediatrics residency at Dokuz Eylül University between 2016 and 2021. He then worked as a pediatrician for two years at Kağızman State Hospital in Kars. Due to his interest in neurology, he began his child neurology fellowship at Dokuz Eylül University in 2023. He is a member of ICNA and FLICNA. His clinical and research interests include spinal muscular atrophy, pediatric nerve conduction studies and...

Dr Cemile Busra Olculu Consultant Pediatric Neurologist, Zeynep Kamil Women and Children’s Diseases Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye Dr. Cemile Busra Olculu graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in Turkey and finished Pediatrics residency in Zeynep Kamil Women and Children’s Diseases Training and Research Hospital in İstanbul. She worked as pediatrician for a year in Mus State Hospital in Mus Turkey. Then finished pediatric neurology fellowship in Ege University Faculty of Medicine in Izmir. She had been as pediatric neurology consultant for 2 years in Corum Training and Research Hospital in Corum, Turkey She is...

Prof. Imane Chahid Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology Head of the Pediatric Neurology Unit, Casablanca Imane Chahid. I am a Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology, and I currently serve as the Head of the Pediatric Neurology Unit at Abderrahim El Harouchi University Hospital in Casablanca. I am also an active member of the Moroccan Society of Clinical Neurophysiology.  

Dr. Zeinab Koné Neuropédiatre et Épileptologue, CHU du Point G, Bamako (Mali); Présidente, Commission Africaine de l’ILAE Dr Zeinab Koné est neurologue, neuropédiatre et épileptologue au Service de Neurologie du CHU du Point G à Bamako (Mali). Elle est également chargée de recherche à l’Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako (USTTB). Titulaire d'un master en neurobiologie et neurosciences, d'un diplôme post-universitaire en épileptologie et électrophysiologie clinique, elle est présidente de la Commission africaine de l'ILAE. Ses domaines d’expertise incluent l’épilepsie de l’enfant, les troubles du neurodéveloppement et les politiques de...

Dr Sonali Singh, MBBS, MD, DNB, DM (Paediatric Neurology), CSCN (EEG) Epilepsy Fellow, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dr Sonali Singh, MBBS, MD, DNB, DM pediatric neurology, CSCN (EEG). Sonali trained in India and completed her pediatric Neurology training (DM) from AIIMS, New Delhi (India). She worked as a consultant for two years, and currently, she is pursuing a fellowship in Epilepsy Fellow at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is currently studying the outcome of VNS in children with monogenic DRE. ...

Dr Helen Branson, BSc, MBBS Associate Professor, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto; Staff Neuroradiologist, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Dr Helen Branson, BSc, MBBS. Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Imaging at the University of Toronto and a staff neuroradiologist in the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). She completed her BSc. in Zoology and Marine Sciences and her MBBS at the University of Sydney, Australia followed by residencies and fellowships in general medicine, radiology and pediatric radiology at...