Ley Sander

Josemir W. Sander, also known as Ley Sander, is the NSE Professor of Neurology and Clinical Epilepsy at the Institute of Neurology of University College London. He is Honorary Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, and at the National Society for Epilepsy in Buckinghamshire. Ley Sander is Head of the World Health Organization Collaborative Centre for Research and Training in Neurosciences, London and Director of the Clinical Trials Unit at the Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy. He is based at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy at the Institute of Neurology, which is headed by John S. Duncan.

Ley Sander was born in Nova Petropolis, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He qualified (M.D., 1981) in the Universidade Federal do Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil and after his initial medical training in Brazil, he moved to the UK where he completed his medical and neurological training. He obtained his doctorate (Ph.D., 1991) at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of London.

He has served as a member of the Management Committee of the International League Against Epilepsy and of the Executive Committee of the International Bureau for Epilepsy. Ley Sander is a member of numerous organisations and professional societies including the Royal Society of Medicine, the American Academy of Neurology, the American Epilepsy Society, the Association of British Neurologists and the British Medical Association. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and an elected Trustee of Epilepsy Action.

Ley Sander has published extensively on various aspects of epilepsy but particularly on drug issues, patient care and on the epidemiology. He is a frequent speaker at International Conferences, and is a member of the Editorial Board of several specialist journals. The International League Against Epilepsy and the International Bureau for Epilepsy made him an Ambassador for Epilepsy in 1993.