Nihal DeLanerolle, DPhil, DSc
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Professor Emeritus of Neurosurgery
Biography
Dr. Nihal C. de Lanerolle holds the rank of Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurobiology. A Fulbright Senior Scholar and Corresponding Member of the German League Against Epilepsy, he is the recipient of the higher doctoral degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Sussex, England. He has served as a Member of the National Institute of Mental Health study Section on "Cognitive Functional Neuroscience", as a Member of the "Sensory, Motor and Cognitive Neuroscience Fellowships Study Section and the Study Section on Traumatic Brain Injury, CDMRP Department of Defense.
An expert on the neuropathology of human seizure foci and explosive blast traumatic brain injury, Dr. de Lanerolle participates in national and international symposia on epilepsy and traumatic brain injury, and regularly as a reviewer of manuscripts for leading scientific journals. He is member of the Yale Epilepsy Surgery Research Program and the Yale Interdepartmental Neuroscience Graduate Program and is active as a teacher of neuroscience to medical students and undergraduates.
Appointments
Neurosurgery
EmeritusPrimaryNeurosurgery
Senior Research ScientistSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Neurosurgery
- South Asian Studies
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- DSc
- University of Sussex, Neuroscience (1995)
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Yale University (1979)
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- University of Minnesota (1978)
- DPhil
- University of Sussex (1972)
Research
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
Links & Media
News
- April 01, 2009
Finding new ways to calm storms in the brain
- July 15, 2004
Enzyme linked to epilepsy
- February 02, 2004
Study Implicates Enzyme in Certain Epileptic Seizures
- September 15, 1998
Researching the whole brain