Professor Gail Scher is a paediatric neurologist with a special interest in epilepsy, cerebral palsy, neuromuscular disorders and central nervous system infections. She is attached to Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre and the University of the Witwatersrand. She enjoys teaching and has lectured on multiple Paediatric Epilepsy Training (PET1) courses and on the Paediatric Neurology component of the MSc Neurodevelopment Current positons: Chairperson of PANDA-SA (Paediatric Neurology and Development
Association of Southern Africa), Chairperson of Epilepsy Society of South Africa (ILAE-SA chapter).

Board member and immediate past-secretary of ACNA (African Child Neurology Association), International Child Neurology Association (ICNA) Nominations committee Chair ICNC2024 local hosting committee