Mark Cook is Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Sir John Eccles Chair of Medicine, University of Melbourne, and Director of Neurology at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. He is a neurologist recognised internationally for his expertise in epilepsy management, particularly imaging and surgical planning. In 2023 he was named an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to neurological medicine and research through contributions to the treatment of epilepsy. He has worked closely with engineers for most of his career, developing novel therapies for epilepsy. His interests have included experimental models of epilepsy and seizure prediction, and he has led 3 first in human clinical studies of epilepsy devices, and is involved in the commercialisation of an implantable seizure detection device - Epiminder - that recently received FDA approval.