Welcome to the International League Against Epilepsy
The World's preeminent association of health care professionals and scientists working toward a world where no person's life is limited by epilepsy
News from ILAE about COVID-19
PWE and COVID-19: Information about the COVID-19 virus and epilepsy, and an email address to share information on our resources page.
Congresses: The International Epilepsy Congress will be held in Paris in August 2021 as originally planned, however, all ILAE Regional congresses for 2020 have been postponed; new dates will be announced shortly.
Latest News
About ILAE
New Editor in Chief for the ILAE Wikipedia Project
The ILAE welcomes Dr. Diptanshu Das from India as new Editor in chief for the ILAE Wikipedia Project, effective July 1st 2020. Dr. Das is a pediatric neurologist with considerable experience with editing thousands of Wikipedia articles, and is a Board Member of Wikimedia Medicine.
19 May, 2020
World News
Call for nominations for the 2021 Michael Prize
The Michael Prize is one of the most highly regarded international awards for the best contribution to scientific and clinical research which promote further developments in epileptology. Awarded biennially, it is specially designed to attract scientists not older than 45 years of age. Submission deadline: 31 December, 2020.
19 May, 2020
About ILAE
YES Webinars
Join the open-access Epilepsy Webinars 2020 for high-quality education and hot topics in epilepsy care and research. The talks by international experts will be streamed on YouTube and hosted by the ILAE Young Epilepsy Section. The focus in May/June 2020 is on pediatric epileptology, neonatal…
18 May, 2020
About ILAE
Richard Holmes Retires: The End of an Era
As of April, 2020, Richard Holmes has retired as International Director of Meetings (IDM) for ILAE and IBE. It is the end of an era for our two organizations that has been characterized by tremendous growth and prosperity.
4 May, 2020
Our Publications
The International League Against Epilepsy disseminates the latest original research findings and breakthroughs in the cure for epilepsy and related seizure disorders through its official peer-reviewed publications.
Epilepsia Open®
Genetic generalized epilepsies with frontal lesions mimicking migratory disorders on the epilepsy monitoring unit
Fauser et al
Epileptic Disorders
Epigenetics explained: a topic “primer” for the epilepsy community by the ILAE Genetics/Epigenetics Task Force
Katja Kobow, Christopher A. Reid, Erwin A. van Vliet, Albert J. Becker, Gemma L. Carvill, Alica M. Goldman, Shinichi Hirose, Iscia Lopes-Cendes, Hela Mrabet Khiari, Annapurna Poduri, Michael R. Johnson, David C. Henshall
Upcoming Congresses
ILAE Endorsed
2nd Educational Symposium of the Psychiatry Commission
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
10 June 2020
Other
4th International Conference on Functional Neurological Disorders
Boston, MA, USA
14 - 16 June 2020
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