Dario Englot is a neurosurgeon-scientist whose interdisciplinary research has advanced the understanding and treatment of epilepsy. He is Associate Professor with tenure at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he serves as Vice Chair of Research, Director of Functional Neurosurgery, and Surgical Director of Epilepsy. His surgical practice focuses on epilepsy, movement disorders, and facial pain.

Dario received his undergraduate degree in neuroscience from the University of Scranton, graduating summa cum laude with minors in philosophy and biochemistry. He earned his MD and PhD in neuroscience at Yale University, where he studied mechanisms of impaired consciousness in rodent and human seizures. After neurosurgical residency at UCSF and fellowship training at Vanderbilt, he joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2017.

Dario’s lab studies human brain networks using intracranial EEG, neuroimaging, and computational modeling, with a focus on understanding and treating abnormal brain state dynamics. He has published over 180 peer-reviewed articles, including several influential studies introducing the Interictal Suppression Hypothesis and Extended Network Inhibition Hypothesis. Dario’s work has been continuously supported by the NIH and the American Epilepsy Society. He has submitted two patent applications for AI-based brain state prediction and is an active consultant and collaborator in device development.

Dario is an elected fellow of the American Epilepsy Society, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and holds national leadership roles in the International League Against Epilepsy, the North American Neuromodulation Society, and multiple U.S. neurosurgical societies. He is incoming Co-Chair and future Associate Editor of the Journal of Neurosurgery, and future Editor-in-Chief of Epilepsy Currents. He has given over 100 invited national and international lectures, planned two national meetings as scientific chair, and mentored approximately 50 students.

Dario’s most important contributions are to his patients, his wife Lara, and young sons Aren and Alek.