Course directors

Philippe Kahane, MD-PhD, is a neurologist and neurophysiologist, Hospital Practioner and University Professor at Grenoble-Alpes University and Hospital (France). He is the Director of the Grenoble Hospitalo-University Federation of Clinical Neurosciences and is in charge of the clinical epileptology program. He is acknowledged as an international expert on presurgical assessment of drug-resistant epilepsies, including SEEG investigations, with more than 25 years of experience in the field. His area of research includes the characterization of epileptogenic networks using intracerebral recordings and stimulation, the assessment of physiological networks by analysing intracranial EEG oscillatory responses to different cognitive tasks, and the implementation of novel surgical therapies such as deep brain stimulation.