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Raman Sankar, M.D., Ph.D., is the Emeritus Chief of Pediatric Neurology at UCLA Health. He is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society, and a member of the American Pediatric Society, the Child Neurology Society and the Society for Neuroscience. He has served on several editorial boards of journals dedicated to epilepsy research and has also served on several NINDS-NIH review committees. He is a recipient of the Founders Award of the American Epilepsy Society, the highest honor conferred by the Society in recognition of outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of epilepsy. Board certified in neurology with special qualification in child neurology, he has dedicated over three decades to advancing research and clinical practices in epilepsy and child neurology. Dr. Sankar holds an M.D. from Tulane University and a Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Washington.