ILAE-Eastern Mediterranean

Aims

  • Promote epilepsy education by organizing epilepsy courses
  • Epilepsy care and patient education
  • Translational research
  • Increase the number of chapters in the region

Recent Events

6th UAE Epilepsy Congress
26 - 27 October 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
ELAE 2018 Program 

Latest News

COVID-19 and Epilepsy: Resources from ILAE
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News about COVID-19 from ILAE

Find information about the COVID-19 virus and epilepsy, read FAQs, and take surveys in many languages. Do you have an unusual case regarding COVID-19 and epilepsy? Report it here Also find out about the new ILAE research award, and get an email address to share information on our resources…

5 July, 2020
Chrysostomos P ("Tomis") Panayiotopoulos
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In memoriam: Professor Chrysostomos P. Panayiotopoulos

We regret to announce that Professor Chrysostomos P. Panayiotopoulos (“Tomis”), one of the fathers of modern epileptology who discovered the Panayiotopoulos Syndrome, has died at age 82.

2 July, 2020
ILAE Journal Prizes Symposium 2020
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ILAE Journals Virtual Prize Symposium

This year for the first time, the ILAE Journal Prizes were presented in a virtual symposium. See program and view here..

22 June, 2020
Diptanshu Das
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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

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