Adeel Ilyas, MD

Adeel Ilyas, MD is an assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) who specializes in epilepsy and functional neurosurgery. He completed his undergraduate degree in neuroscience and computer science at the University of Virginia (UVa). He then worked as a software engineer at TRAX LLC, developing optimized simulation code. Subsequently, he obtained his medical degree from the UVa and completed his residency in neurosurgery at UAB. During his residency, he also obtained a research fellowship at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTH). Following residency, Dr. Ilyas completed a fellowship in epilepsy and functional neurosurgery at UTH. Dr. Ilyas’ interests are in applying machine learning and signal processing techniques to improve patient outcomes in epilepsy.