Dr. Andrade is a Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at the University of Toronto. She is the Medical Director of the Epilepsy Program at the University Health Network. She is also the founder and Director of the Krembil Brain Institute Epilepsy Genetics Program. She is the Chair of the International League Against Epilepsy task force on the transition of patients with epilepsy from pediatric to adult care. Finally, she is an appointed board member of the ILAE-North American Chapter.
Dr. Andrade graduated in Medicine from Universidade Federal do Parana (Brazil) and completed her Neurology Residency at Hospital N.S. Gracas (Brazil). She then completed a Master of Sciences at The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, which was focused on “Protein Therapy for Unverricht-Lundborg Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy”. Between 2004 and 2006 Dr. Andrade completed an Epilepsy and Clinical Electrophysiology Fellowship at Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto.