Epilepsy and Sleep Disorders

Speakers for this event

• Prof. Philippe Kahane

  Prof. Philippe Kahane

  Philippe Kahane, MD, PhD, is a neurologist and neurophysiologist, Hospital Practitioner and University Professor at Grenoble-Alpes Hospital & University, France. He is heading the Clinical Neurosciences Axis of Grenoble Hospital. He is acknowledged as an international expert on presurgical assessment of drug-resistant epilepsies in adults and children, including SEEG recordings. The area of research covers various fields in epileptology and physiology in humans, including the characterization of epileptogenic networks using SEEG recordings and stimulation, the assessment of physiological networks by analysing SEEG oscillatory responses to different cognitive tasks, and the implementation of novel surgical therapies such as deep brain stimulation. He is Associate Editor of the international journal Epileptic Disorders, and is co-director of the annual Asian, European and North-American SEEG Training Courses. He is author or co-author of over 280 articles in international journals indexed in Medline, and has been invited to give presentations in over 320 international seminars and meetings.