Dr. Nicholas Maraj

UWI St. Augustine — Trinidad & Tobago

• Moderator — Epilepsy Day (morning)
• Rapid Triage Pathways (Stroke, afternoon)

Consultant Neurologist 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. Romnesh de Sousa

Cayman Islands

• Imaging & Decision-Making (tentative)

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, and neurophysiology.

Dr. Roxanne Melbourne-Chambers

Bustamante Hospital — Jamaica

• Pediatric Stroke Recognition

Deputy Dean of Graduate Studies and Senior Lecturer in Child & Adolescent Health at the University of the West Indies, Mona, where she also practices as a consultant pediatrician and pediatric neurologist. Her research spans the neurological effects of arboviral infections and epilepsy in Jamaican children.

Dr. Mubeen Rafay

Institution to be confirmed

• Inflammatory or Other Cerebral Arteriopathies Affecting Children and Young Adults

Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurology at the University of Manitoba and a clinician scientist with the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba. His research centers on pediatric stroke and cerebrovascular disease, alongside epilepsy and inflammatory neurological conditions in children.

Dr. Avidesh Panday

University of the West Indies — Trinidad & Tobago

• Regional Migraine Care Across the Caribbean
• Epilepsy Essentials

Neurologist at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Trinidad and Tobago, trained at the University of Calgary and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London). His clinical focus includes stroke management and neuro-oncology.

Dr. Dave Clarke

University of Texas, Austin — Austin, TX

• Seizure and Epilepsy Syndromes by Age

Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, where he directs the Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Program at Dell Children's. A board-certified pediatric epileptologist, his work focuses on drug-resistant epilepsy and strengthening ties between epilepsy centers in Texas and the Caribbean.

Dr. Vanita Shukla

UWI — Trinidad & Tobago

• Genetic Testing in Epilepsy

Lecturer in Child Health at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, with a clinical and research focus on pediatric neurology and epilepsy. She is active in seizure-awareness education across Trinidad and Tobago.

Dr. Amza Ali

Jamaica / Toronto

• Mitochondrial Medicine in Epilepsy: Implementation and Global Health

Founding President of the Jamaica Epilepsy Association and the Jamaican chapter of the ILAE. He established the region's first video-EEG monitoring unit and a telemedicine partnership with Yale University, and helped secure epilepsy coverage under Jamaica's National Health Fund.

Dr. Teshamae Monteith

University of Miami — Miami

• Migraine Diagnosis Across Age Groups (tentative)

Professor of Clinical Neurology and Chief of the Headache Division at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She co-chairs the editorial board of the American Migraine Foundation and is a Fellow of both the American Headache Society and the American Academy of Neurology.

Dr. Judy Tapper

Jamaica / Caribbean

• Acute Treatment Strategies

Presents on acute treatment strategies for migraine as part of the summit's headache and migraine faculty, drawing on clinical practice in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean.

Dr. Mishka Duncan

University of the West Indies — St. Vincent & the Grenadines

• Pediatric Migraine

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

• Equity in Headache Care (tentative)

Founder and CEO of the Headache Center of Hope in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a Fellow of the American Headache Society and American Academy of Neurology. She established the Young Adult Headache Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and focuses on equitable access to headache care.

Dr. Paula Robertson

Institution to be confirmed

• Seizure Classification and Semiology

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

• Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures
• Opening Remarks
• Closing Remarks

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

Carmela Redhead

Institution to be confirmed

• Seizure Assessments: Ictal and Postictal
• ILAE Nursing Curriculum — Overview of the Self-Management Domain

Registered nurse 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.

Dr. Kelly Connors

Institution to be confirmed

• Counselling Women with Epilepsy

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

Dr. Shannon Linder

Institution to be confirmed

• Counselling Patients and Families about the Psychiatric Comorbidities of Epilepsy

Presents on counselling patients and families about the psychiatric comorbidities of epilepsy as part of the ILAE Nursing Section's Caribbean nursing faculty.

Nichole Vanderpool

Institution to be confirmed

• Counselling Patients and Families about Seizure Logs and Treatment Adherence

Presents on counselling patients and families about seizure logs and treatment adherence as part of the ILAE Nursing Section's Caribbean nursing faculty.