Dragos Nita graduated from 'Carol Davila' University in Bucharest, Romania. He earned his PhD from Laval University in Quebec, Canada, where he studied the cellular and network mechanisms of post-traumatic epilepsy and the relationship between seizures and different states of vigilance under the supervision of Prof. Mircea Steriade.
Since 2008, he has been a pediatric neurology resident at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. His academic interests include epilepsy, neurophysiology, neuro-intensive care and sleep medicine.