Ambassador for Epilepsy Award 2023

Akio Ikeda is currently Professor, Department of Epilepsy, Movement Disorders and Physiology at Kyoto University School of Medicine in Kyoto, Japan since 2013. He was appointed as the Regional Chair of ILAE-Asia and Oceania (2017-2021) and the President of the Japan Epilepsy Society, JES (2017-2021). He was trained in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology in Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA, between 1989 and 1991, and earned his PhD from Kyoto University in 1993. Dr. Ikeda is involved in clinical epilepsy, neurology, and clinical neurophysiology, including epilepsy surgery (i.e., epileptogenesis made by astrocytes, ictal DC shifts. wide-band EEG), central control of myoclonus, motor seizures, movement disorders, and voluntary movements. He was an Associate Editor of Epilepsia (2013-2017) and Neurology & Clinical Neuroscience (2013-2018) (English journal of Japan Neurology Society) and sits on the editorial boards of many journals. He has published in more than 360 original articles in English.