Amza Ali DM, FRCP, FAAN, MBA, FAES is Senior Associate Lecturer in Neurology at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica and Head of Neurology at the Kingston Public Hospital, with a career-long commitment to advocacy for people with epilepsy and a particular interest in research focusing on sustainability and the pragmatic implementation of technological innovation in under-resourced environments. He has published nearly 80 articles, in peer-reviewed journals and as book chapters.

His work has received recognition from major centres and institutions globally, including the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK, the American Academy of Neurology and Yale University. He was the founding President of the Jamaican League Against Epilepsy (JLAE) and then the founder and a past-President of the Epilepsy Society of the Caribbean (ESC). He received the ILAE-IBE Ambassador for Epilepsy Award in 2019.

He is the current Chair of the ILAE Environmental Health and Epilepsy Commission and is collaborating with Professor Dave Clarke, in his capacity as Chair of the ILAE-NA Commission, in a joint project on Caribbean teacher education as a climate-change crisis mitigation strategy. He is the founding Chair of the Kingston Public Hospital’s new Clinical Research Unit, created in 2026 on the 250th anniversary of the hospital.

Dr. Belle-Jarvis was appointed Medical Director of the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre by Cabinet in January 2025, after previously chairing the hospital's Department of Pediatrics. She holds a Doctor of Medicine in Pediatrics from the University of the West Indies and has built her career at the intersection of frontline neonatal and pediatric care and public health leadership.

As Chair of Pediatrics, she led SLBMC to designation as a Baby-Friendly Hospital by the Pan American Health Organization, WHO, and UNICEF in 2023, one of only three hospitals in the OECS to receive the distinction, and is a co-author of a 2022 study in BMC Pediatrics on adapting the Essential Care for Every Baby program to improve infant outcomes during the Zika epidemic. She completed an MSc in Neonatology from the University of Southampton in 2023 and, while serving full-time as Medical Director, a Master of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2025.

She has been a leading voice for early identification and intervention in autism care and expanded special-education capacity in Antigua and Barbuda, and continues to guide SLBMC's clinical and public health priorities as its Medical Director.

Dr. Ersida Buraniqi is a pediatric neurologist and epileptologist at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC, where she cares for infants, children and adolescents with epilepsy and complex seizure disorders. She is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology, and in Epilepsy, and also sees patients at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia.

Dr. Buraniqi earned her medical degree from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine before completing an epilepsy research fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, where she was first author of a study of electrographic seizures in preterm neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit. She went on to complete residencies in Pediatrics and Child Neurology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, followed by a clinical fellowship in Pediatric Epilepsy at Children’s National.

Her research focuses on drug-resistant epilepsy and its treatment in children. She is first author of studies identifying temporal encephalocele as a treatable cause of drug-resistant pediatric temporal lobe epilepsy and examining the impact of antiseizure medications on appetite and weight in children. At Children’s National she has led work on seizure burden in infants with hemimegalencephaly treated with staged transarterial embolization, presented at the American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, and has contributed to published work on thalamic stereoelectroencephalography and on infantile spasms in inborn errors of metabolism. She speaks English, Albanian, Italian, Turkish and Spanish.

Presents on counselling women with epilepsy as part of the ILAE Nursing Section's Caribbean nursing faculty.

Consultant and Interventional Neurologist at Health City Cayman Islands, with more than 15 years in neurology. His practice spans general and interventional neurology, including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, myasthenia gravis, and neurophysiology.

Pediatric neurologist practicing in St. Vincent & the Grenadines, with a clinical focus on pediatric epilepsy and migraine care in children.

House Officer in the Subspecialties Department at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre, where she completed her medical internship in 2025. She has since completed specialized regional training in sickle cell disease management — two weeks at Jamaica's Sickle Cell Unit and two weeks across hospitals in Guadeloupe — helping prepare for the opening of Antigua and Barbuda's first dedicated Sickle Cell Unit at SLBMC.

House Officer in the Subspecialties Department at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre, where she completed her medical internship in 2025. Alongside Dr. Grace Edwards, she completed specialized regional training in sickle cell disease management — two weeks at Jamaica's Sickle Cell Unit and two weeks across hospitals in Guadeloupe — as part of preparations for the country's first dedicated Sickle Cell Unit at SLBMC, which opened in August 2026.

DNP, APRN-CNP, and Assistant Clinical Professor and Director of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner track at The Ohio State University College of Nursing, she presents on counselling patients and families about the psychiatric comorbidities of epilepsy as part of the ILAE Nursing Section's Caribbean nursing faculty.

Consultant Neurologist (MBBS, MRCP (UK), FRCP Edin) and founder of Synapse Medical Services Ltd in Trinidad and Tobago. Fellowship-trained in general and vascular neurology, his clinical interests also include neuro-ophthalmology and sleep neurology.

Dr. Roxanne Melbourne-Chambers is a consultant pediatrician and pediatric neurologist at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) in Kingston, Jamaica. At The University of the West Indies, Mona, she is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Deputy Dean for Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Medical Sciences. She holds the MBBS and the DM (Paediatrics).

Her research focuses on the neurological effects of arboviral infections, cognition in Jamaican children with epilepsy, and the epidemiology of myasthenia gravis in Jamaica. She has published nearly 30 papers, including studies of acute paralysis and neuroinflammation in Jamaican children during the 2016 Zika and dengue epidemics, the clinical features of chikungunya in children, and trends in microcephaly following the 2016 epidemics. She is lead author of a 2025 study in Paediatrics and International Child Health on the clinical findings and neurodevelopmental outcomes of Jamaican children with suspected congenital Zika syndrome, part of the international ZIKAction Paediatric Registry.

A committed educator and advocate, she contributes to graduate medical training at UWI and to public education on epilepsy, its treatment and seizure first aid, including through the Jamaican Epilepsy Association.

Sharoon Qaiser, MD, is a Child Neurologist and Headache Medicine specialist at the University of Kentucky, where he holds the Robert and Judith Baumann Distinguished Professorship in Child Neurology. He serves as Director of the Child Neurology Residency Program and Director of the Children and Young Adult Headache and Research Program at the Kentucky Neuroscience Institute.

Dr. Qaiser’s clinical and academic interests include pediatric and young adult headache disorders, migraine therapeutics, medical education, and improving communication and quality of care in neurologic practice. His research includes pediatric migraine prevention and treatment, onabotulinumtoxinA for chronic migraine, biomarkers and nutraceuticals in migraine, and the emerging use of artificial intelligence in headache prediction and phenotyping.

In addition to his clinical and research work, Dr. Qaiser is deeply involved in graduate medical education and curriculum development. He serves as an American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) board examiner editor, contributing to the evaluation and development of board examination content. His work focuses on combining excellent clinical care, meaningful research, and innovative education to improve the lives of children and young adults with neurologic disorders.

Dr. Hope O’Brien is a board-certified neurologist and headache medicine specialist recognized nationally and internationally for her expertise in migraine care. She founded and is medical director at Headache Center of Hope, a comprehensive headache program integrating advanced therapies and multidisciplinary approaches, and has led pivotal clinical trials, authored numerous publications, and lectured worldwide.

Dedicated to education and mentorship, Dr. O’Brien has developed curricula and trained future leaders in neurology. With an Executive MBA from Xavier University, she combines clinical excellence, scholarship, leadership, and community engagement to advance patient care and the field of headache medicine.

She serves as volunteer associate professor at Morehouse School of Medicine, Vice-Chair of the Meeting Management Committee of the American Academy of Neurology, Chair of the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties Accreditation Committee, and President of the National Headache Foundation.

Dr. Panday is a Neurologist based at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Trinidad. He completed his Neurology and Epilepsy Fellowship Training at the University of Calgary. He has been actively involved in Resident Teaching as well as Research with recent publications in Stroke/Multiple Sclerosis and Migraines amongst local populations.

ILAE Nursing Section Representative for North America and a member of the summit's Caribbean nursing faculty, presenting on psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.

Dr. Mubeen Rafay is an Associate Professor, Pediatric Neurologist and Stroke Specialist in the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at the University of Manitoba, and a Clinician Scientist at the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM). She completed her Pediatric Neurology and Stroke Fellowships and a Master’s degree in Epidemiology at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto.

Her clinical research focuses on the field of pediatric stroke, mainly stroke subtypes, presentation, risk factors and outcome. Her other research interests include Rett Syndrome and a variety of inflammatory and genetic neurological diseases. She has published widely in her areas of clinical interest. As a valuable member of the national and international Pediatric Stroke Network, she participates in both national and international strategic planning, guidelines and publications development for childhood stroke through the International Pediatric Stroke Study (IPSS) and the International Pediatric Stroke Organization (IPSO).

She is also very passionate about advancing pediatric neurology education and has supervised many medical students, residents and fellows, both locally and internationally. This is best reflected by her additional current positions as an Honorary Professor at the Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan, and the Chair of the Child Neurology Society International Affairs Committee.

Registered nurse (BScN, HBSc) and member of the ILAE North America Executive Board, serving on its Nursing Section and Liaison & Collaboration Task Force. She is a regional nursing lead for the summit's Caribbean nursing program.

Presents on seizure classification and semiology as part of the ILAE Nursing Section's Caribbean nursing faculty.

Lecturer in Child Health at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, and a paediatric neurologist at Mt. Hope, holding MRCPCH and DM Paediatrics qualifications and a paediatric neurology fellowship from Bristol Royal Hospital for Children in the UK. She is active in seizure-awareness education across Trinidad and Tobago.

An Emergency Medicine specialist (MD, PgDip E.M.), Dr. Stevens has served multiple terms as President of the Medical Association of Antigua & Barbuda, including 2020–2022, 2022–2024, and again from 2026. She served on the national COVID-19 Vaccine Technical Working Group, and was honoured with the State Insurance Company Award for Outstanding Leadership & Professionalism and the Total Imports Award for Outstanding Community Service.

Dr. Judy Marie Tapper is a highly distinguished Paediatric Neurologist based in Kingston, Jamaica, recognised as one of the pioneers of this specialised field in the country. She obtained her medical degree (MBBS) from the University of the West Indies (UWI) in 1980 and her postgraduate certification (FRCPC) in Canada in 1985 as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, specialising in Paediatric Neurology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

Dr. Tapper maintains dual practices across the public health system and the private sector. She has served as Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston since 1992, and was Consultant and Lecturer in the Department of Child and Adolescent Health at UWI, Mona, from 1988 to 1991, then Associate Lecturer from 1992 to 2026.

She was a founding member of the Jamaican League Against Epilepsy and an integral member of the transitional board of the Epilepsy Society of the Caribbean, a previously elected committee member of ILAE-North America, and is a member of the International Child Neurology Association. Her work frequently involves managing and advocating for children with epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and developmental and neuromuscular disorders.

Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre and in private practice, trained at the University of the West Indies, Mona, where she served as Chief Resident. A Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, she leads Antigua & Barbuda's Taskforce for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer, driving the country's national HPV testing initiative.

Founder and President of the Seizure Awareness Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago, she presents on counselling patients and families about seizure logs and treatment adherence as part of the ILAE Nursing Section's Caribbean nursing faculty.

Registered nurse and certified midwife at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre, where she also serves as an EEG technologist and is currently pursuing her BSN. In 2024 she was named Caribbean Nurse of the Year and received the APUA inet Hero Award for her volunteer health screenings in Freetown, the underserved community where she grew up, and for a scholarship she established at its primary school in memory of her late sister.