How the ILAE works
- ILAE has national chapters in more than 150 countries and territories with over 26,000 health care members. Each national chapter has elected officers and members who are doctors and other health care professionals interested in epilepsy.
- ILAE has an Executive Committee: President, Vice President, Secretary-General, Treasurer, and the Immediate Past President, and the Chairs of each of the recognized ILAE regions as voting members for four-year terms. The Chairs of each of the five Councils are also represented on the Executive Committee.
- ILAE is funded from membership fees, Epilepsia subscriptions, congresses, and from sponsorships and charitable donations. Details about Sponsorship & Funding.
- ILAE has offices in Dublin, Ireland and Texas, USA.
- ILAE publishes three journals:
- Epilepsia, which is the leading, most authoritative source for current clinical and research results on all aspects of epilepsy
- Epileptic Disorders, the League's educational journal
- Epilepsia Open, an open-access publication forum for early, preliminary studies on epilepsy
- ILAE publishes a membership newsletter, Epigraph.
- ILAE holds scientific congresses on a regular basis:
- International congresses every two years in conjunction with the International Bureau For Epilespy (IBE)
- Regional congresses in each of its regions every two years
- National congresses annually by each national chapter
- ILAE has formal links with the World Health Organization (for the Global Campaign Against Epilepsy) and with the International Bureau for Epilepsy (the world's leading lay persons epilepsy association).
- ILAE organizes and runs Regional Commissions, Topic-Oriented Commissions, and Task Forces on specific epilepsy topics, as well as five Councils to provide oversight and coordination.
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