Josemir W. Sander, also known as Ley Sander, is a Professor of

Neurology Neurology (from , "string, nerve" and the suffix wikt:-logia, -logia, "study of") is the branch of specialty (medicine) , medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous syst ...

and Clinical

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, and the head of Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, at

UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology The UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology is an institute within the Faculty of Brain Sciences of University College London (UCL) and is located in London, United Kingdom. Together with the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, a ...

. He is also a Professor of Neurology at West China Hospital, Sichaun University in Chengdu, China. He is a Consultant Neurologist at the

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (informally the National Hospital or Queen Square) is a neurological hospital in Queen Square, London. It is part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It was the f ...

, Queen Square London. He is the Medical Director of the Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy and of the

Epilepsy Society The Epilepsy Society (formerly known as the National Society for Epilepsy) is the largest medical charity in the field of epilepsy in the United Kingdom, providing services for people with epilepsy for over 100 years. Based in Chalfont St Peter, B ...

in Buckinghamshire. Sander is the Director of Scientific Research at SEIN – Centre of expertise in epilepsy and sleep medicine in Heemstede, The Netherlands. Sander was the Head of the

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for Research and Training in Neurosciences. The last 10 years Sander is in the top of ExpertScape and has a h-index of 126 on Google Scholar. Fellow of the European Academy of Medical Science. The Academy of Medical Sciences has elected Ley Sander, amongst 59 other influential biomedical and health scientists, to its respecte
Fellowship
announced on May 18 2023. The new Fellows have been elected to the Academy in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the advancement of biomedical and health science, cutting edge research discoveries, and translating developments into benefits for patients and wider society. Fellows are drawn from institutions across the UK and their breadth of expertise ranges from molecular imaging to biostatistics to public health policy. They join a prestigious Fellowship of 1,400 esteemed researchers who are central to the Academy’s work. This includes providing career support to the next generation of researchers and contributing to the Academy’s influential policy work to improve health in the UK and globally.

History

Ley Sander qualified in medicine in 1981 (Medico, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil) and then completed medical and specialist training in neurology in London at St Thomas Hospital and the UCLH National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Until 2018 he directed the

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Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Neurosciences in London and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research, Training and Treatment of Epilepsy in Heemstede, in the Netherlands.

Academic positions

Source:

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UCL Institute of Neurology The UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology is an institute within the Faculty of Brain Sciences of University College London (UCL) and is located in London, United Kingdom. Together with the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, a ...

, London, Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy,

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1 Jul 1999 - present Director for Scientific Research Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, R&D Division,

Heemstede Heemstede () is a town and a municipality in the Western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. In 2021, it had a population of 27,545. Located just south of the city of Haarlem on the border with South Holland, it is one of the richest ...

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

2 Jan 2007 - present Head of Department

, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy,

3 Dec 2018 - present Professor of Neurology West China Hospital of

Sichuan University Sichuan University (SCU) is a public university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The university is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. I ...

, Department of Neurology,

Chengdu Chengdu; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, previously Romanization of Chinese, romanized as Chengtu. is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

15 Oct 2019 - present

Non-academic positions

Consultant Neurologist

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is an NHS foundation trust based in London, United Kingdom. It comprises University College Hospital, University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street, the UCH Macmillan Cancer C ...

, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Dec 1994 - present Medical Director

, Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy Feb 2012 - present

Degrees, certifications, training

Degrees *

Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of Postgraduate education, graduate study and original resear ...

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...

1994 * Diploma, Universidade Federal do Parana 1981 Certifications * Specialist Register: Clinical Neurology *

General Medical Council The General Medical Council (GMC) is a public body that maintains the official register of physician, medical practitioners within the United Kingdom. Its chief responsibility is to "protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the pu ...

, London, United Kingdom, 6 May 1996 - present Postgraduate training * Specialist Training in Neurology:

, London, United Kingdom1990 - 1994 * NeurologyResidency: Registrar in Neurology *

St Thomas' Hospital St Thomas' Hospital is a large NHS teaching hospital in Central London, England. Administratively part of the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, together with Guy's Hospital, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospita ...

, Neurology, London, United Kingdom: Residency

Fields of Research

* Clinical sciences *

Neurosciences Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions, and its disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, ...

* Cognitive and computational psychology *

Biological psychology Behavioral neuroscience, also known as biological psychology, biopsychology, or psychobiology,Psychobi ...

* Health services and systems *

Public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the de ...

* Clinical and health psychology

References

Epilepsy Action Trustees: Professor Ley SanderHelsinki 7th European Congress on EpileptologyList of papers at PubMed
Living people People from Rio Grande do Sul Brazilian neurologists Alumni of the University of London Federal University of Paraná alumni 21st-century British medical doctors Brazilian people of German descent Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Brazil-med-bio-stub