Rate My Professor Sanjay Sisodiya

Professor Sanjay Sisodiya is Professor of Neurology at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, and serves as honorary consultant neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and the Epilepsy Society. He studied medicine at the University of Cambridge and Guy’s Hospital, trained in neurology in Oxford and at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, and was awarded a PhD for his work on brain magnetic resonance imaging in epilepsy. As a clinician-scientist focused on complex epilepsy, he runs specialist epilepsy clinics, including an epilepsy genomics clinic, for the evaluation and management of difficult-to-treat epilepsy in adults.

Sisodiya's research interests encompass epilepsy genomics, pharmacogenomics, novel phenotyping, translational genomics, genetic causes of epilepsy, treatment responses, drug resistance, neuropathology, and the effects of climate change on neurological health. He has made major contributions to epilepsy genetics and pharmacogenetics, leading international initiatives as joint chief investigator of the ENIGMA-Epilepsy Project, coordinator of the EU-funded EpiPGX epilepsy pharmacogenomics project, and principal investigator for EpilepsyPlus, SUDEP, clinical translation, and TMS-EEG projects. He also leads the EpilepsyClimateChange project, which held the first conference on epilepsy and climate change, promoting cross-disciplinary collaborations. Key publications include 'Climate change and disorders of the nervous system' (The Lancet Neurology, 2024) and 'Climate change and the brain' (Practical Neurology, 2023). Sisodiya chairs the Epilepsy Advisory Group of the Association of British Neurologists and the ILAE Joint Task Force on Clinical Genetic Testing in the Epilepsies, serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Dravet Syndrome UK, and is patron of Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood UK. Appointed Transformation Director at the Epilepsy Society in 2025 and Deputy Director for Sustainability and Climate Change at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology in 2021, his honors include the Ambassador for Epilepsy Award from the ILAE (2023) and the UCL Sustainability Research Award (2022). With over 260 peer-reviewed publications and more than 13,000 citations, his work has profoundly impacted epilepsy research and clinical management.