Professor, Head of Pediatric Neurology, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India Dr Naveen Sankhyan is the Chair of Pediatric Neurology at the Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India. He is a teacher, clinician, and researcher. His research has targeted improving outcomes in neurological immune-mediated disorders in children. Apart from this, he has an interest in tropical conditions like infections and nutritional deficiency with neurological consequences in children. Dr Naveen directs or...

Professor, Bambino Gesu' Children's Hospital Nicola Specchio is Chair of Neurology, Epilepsy and Movement Disorders Unit and Director of Research Unit on Neurological and Neurosurgical Sciences at Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy. Within his role, he is responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with pediatric epilepsy. Dr Specchio’s main interest lies with seizure semiology and the classification of epileptic seizures and syndromes, drug resistant epilepsies, developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. He has published more than 200 papers in many international journals. He is also a principal investigator on different...

Dr. Dlamini first joined SickKids in 2008 as a Clinical Research Fellow in the Stroke Program. Prior to this she had earned her medical degree at the University College of London, Master’s in Pediatrics, and completed her specialist training in Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology. She worked as a Staff Neurologist at the Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK specializing in stroke, neuromuscular diseases and complex neurofibromatosis prior to returning to SickKids in September 2014 as an Assistant Professor and Staff Physician in Neurology and Stroke. She recently completed her PhD examining...

Paediatric Neurologist, Pauline Samia Prof. Pauline Samia is a Paediatric Neurologist and Chair, Department of Paediatrics at Aga Khan University in Nairobi. She has research interest in Epilepsy, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Autism spectrum disorder, preterm birth and cerebral palsy. Prof. Pauline Samia is a recipient of the Sheila Wallace award of the International child neurology Association (ICNA) for her contributions to Paediatric neurology in Africa. Prof. Samia has provided a consistent clinical service that caters for referrals with various neurology conditions from the Eastern African region for over a decade. This...

Phillip L. Pearl, M.D. is Director of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology at Boston Children’s Hospital and William G. Lennox Chair and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Pearl, originally from Baltimore, attended Johns Hopkins University and Peabody Conservatory of Music and University of Maryland School of Medicine. He did his residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. He was Division Chief of Neurology at Children’s National Medical Center and Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Music at the...