Jaideep Kapur MBBS, PhD

Dr. Jaideep Kapur, MBBS, PhD, is the Eugene Meyer III Professor of Neuroscience, Professor of Neurology & Director of UVA Brain Institute. Dr. Kapur provides care to epilepsy patients as a member of the FE Dreifuss Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at the University of Virginia and serves as the Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence.

Dr. Kapur has a long-standing interest in understanding the neurobiological mechanisms underlying prolonged self-sustaining seizures, called status epilepticus. His laboratory studies the rapid plasticity of GABA and glutamate-mediated neurotransmission. Another area of research is the regulation of seizures by hormonal fluctuations. Grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Epilepsy Foundation, the CURE epilepsy foundation, and the Department of Defense support his research.

He has served on numerous grant review panels for the National Institutes of Health, the CURE Epilepsy Foundation, the Epilepsy Foundation, and the Epilepsy Research Foundation. He served as the President of the American Epilepsy Society in 2010.