Consultant neurologist specializing in epilepsy surgery and drug-resistant seizures
Experience
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Languages
English, Spanish
Location
Al Barsha, Dubai
Sees
adults
Dr. Miguel Ley Nacher is a board-certified neurologist and clinical psychologist with deep expertise in epilepsy and complex neurological conditions. He completed dual residency training in neurology and psychiatry at Hospital del Mar in Barcelona (2009–2013), then pursued advanced fellowship training in epilepsy at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and a leading US comprehensive epilepsy center. Since 2014, he has served as a consultant neurologist at Hospital del Mar's Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, a tertiary referral centre for stroke and seizure disorders, and has also worked at Cleveland Clinic.
Dr. Ley Nacher leads epilepsy programs across emergency, inpatient, outpatient, and critical care settings. His technical skills include long-term video EEG monitoring, epilepsy surgery, stereo-electroencephalography (SEEG), intraoperative brain mapping, laser thermal therapy, and radiofrequency ablation for drug-resistant seizures. Beyond epilepsy, he manages strokes, headaches, movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and essential tremor, ADHD, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular disease, dementia, peripheral nerve disorders, and brain tumours.
Dr. Ley Nacher holds a master's degree in statistics and a PhD in biomedicine, and is actively involved in academic research with multiple peer-reviewed publications. He is a member of leading professional societies including the American Academy of Neurology, European Academy of Neurology, American Epilepsy Society, and International League Against Epilepsy. His training and multidisciplinary experience make him a trusted specialist for patients with complex neurological conditions.
Special interests: seizure surgery, stereo-electroencephalography, advanced thermal ablation techniques, neuropsychiatric aspects of neurological disease.
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Degree in Medicine and Surgery
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Degree in Psychology
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Dual Residency in Neurology and Psychiatry
Hospital del Mar, Spain · 2013
Epilepsy Fellowship
Rush University Medical Center, United States
Master of Science in Statistics
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
PhD in Biomedicine
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Dual Residency in Neurology and Psychiatry
Hospital del Mar, Spain · 2009-2013
Clinical Fellowship
Rush University Medical Center, United States
Consultant Neurologist, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
Hospital del Mar, Spain · 2014-present
Consultant Neurologist
Cleveland Clinic, United States
Consultations are available in English, Spanish.
Al Zahra Hospital, Al Barsha, Dubai.
This doctor primarily sees adults.
Commonly treated: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Brain Tumors, Dementia and Cognitive Disorders, Essential Tremor, Headaches, Movement Disorders, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromuscular Diseases.
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