Dr. Nabil Al Macki

Dr. Nabil is a Senior Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at Muscat Private Hospital, caring for babies, children and adolescents up to 18 years old with conditions of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles. He has headed Paediatric Neurology at the Royal Hospital in Muscat since 2010 and leads its Ketogenic Diet Programme.

Dr. Nabil earned his medical degree from Sultan Qaboos University and completed his residency in paediatric neurology at McGill University in Canada from 2004 to 2009, becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in paediatric neurology. He then completed a fellowship in paediatric neurophysiology at the Montreal Children's Hospital. He is also a Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in the UK, and has trained in ketogenic diet therapy at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the United States and in invasive EEG monitoring at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.

His main areas of expertise are epilepsy and seizure disorders, including epilepsy that has not responded to medication, alongside neurogenetic and neurometabolic conditions and disorders of development. He also sees children with cerebral palsy, headache and migraine, movement disorders, and diseases of the nerves and muscles.

From 2013 to 2017 Dr. Nabil served on the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Task Force for Dietary Therapy, part of its Commission on Medical Therapy, and from 2018 to 2020 he was a board member of the Oman Epilepsy Society. He has published in international journals and presented at international conferences.