Dr. Vera Bril is professor of medicine (neurology) at the University of Toronto, director of neurology and deputy physician-in-chief for economic affairs at University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, and the Krembil Family Chair in Neurology at University Health Network. She has particular expertise in the diagnosis and management of patients with complex neuromuscular disorders.

Dr. Bril's research interests center on the diagnosis and evidence-based treatment of myasthenia gravis, inflammatory polyneuropathies, and diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy. Her work has helped to set the standards for electrophysiological investigations in the definition and evaluation of the progression of chronic polyneuropathies and to establish the role of intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of myasthenia gravis and Guillain-Barré syndrome and in the long-term treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.