Professor Sameer Zuberi is a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow and Honorary Professor within the School of Medicine and School of Health & Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow leading the Paediatric Neurosciences Research Group. His other national and international roles include Clinical Lead of the Scottish National Genetic Epilepsy Service, National and International roles include Member of the ILAE Terminology Commission, Member of the Executive Committee of the European Brain Council, Board Member of the European Paediatric Neurology Society and Member of the Women & Children’s Health Innovation Leadership Group and Steering Group Member of the UK National Epilepsy Research Collaborative.
Professor Zuberi was President of the European Paediatric Neurology Society from 2018 until early 2022, and Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Paediatric Neurology from November 2014 until early 2021. His primary research interests are in epilepsy, movement disorders, channelopathies and neurological sleep disorders. During his MD he studied the emerging field of the ion channelopathies and has built a research career and team identifying genetic aetiologies of neurological disorders, defining genotype phenotype relationships and undertaking RCTs of new medications through national and international collaborations.
In 2005 he established the Glasgow Epilepsy Genetics Service and has been its clinical lead since then. He is Chair of the International League Against Epilepsy Commission on Classification & Terminology, Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Paediatric Neurology and Board Member of the European Paediatric Neurology Society.