Staff list
Head of unit |
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Name |
Helen Cross MB ChB PhD FRCP FRCPCH |
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Job title |
The Prince of Wales's Chair of Childhood Epilepsy |
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Special interest(s) |
Childhood epilepsy, including early onset epilepsy, neuroimaging and role of management options such as ketogenic diet and surgery. |
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Additional information |
The Prince of Wales's Chair of Childhood Epilepsy at Young Epilepsy Lingfield Surrey |
Unit administrator |
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Name |
Anne Brown |
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Job title |
Unit Administrator/PA |
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Additional information |
PA to Professor J H Cross, The Prince of Wales's Chair of Childhood Epilepsy & Head of Neurosciences Unit |
Professors |
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Name |
Fenella Kirkham MA MB BCh MRCP FRCP |
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Job title |
Professor in paediatric neurology |
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Special interest(s) |
Cerebrovascular disease and sickle cell disease. |
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Additional information |
Dr Kirkham's clinical appointment is at Southampton General Hospital Biography of Dr Fenella Kirkham |
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Name |
Brian Neville FRCP FRCPCH |
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Job title |
Emeritus Professor of Childhood Epilepsy |
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Special interest(s) |
Childhood epilepsy, perisylvian syndromes, disability |
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Additional information |
Emeritus Professor Young Epilepsy |
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Senior Lecturers |
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Name |
Vijeya Ganesan MB ChB MD MRCP MRCPCH |
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Job title |
Senior lecturer in paediatric neurology |
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Special interest(s) |
Paediatric stroke and cerebrovascular disease |
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Email |
Send an email to Vijeya Ganesan |
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Additional information |
Lead clinician for neurovascular service at Great Ormond Street Hospital |
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Name |
Rod Scott MB ChB PhD MRCP MRCPCH |
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Job title |
Reader in paediatric neuroscience |
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Special interest(s) |
Status epilepticus, epileptic encephalopathy |
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Email |
Send an email to Rob Scott |
| Name |
Dr Manju Kurian |
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Job Title: |
Clinical Scientist |
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Special interest(s) |
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Lecturer |
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Job title |
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Research Staff |
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Name |
Dr Elena Sakkalou |
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Job title |
Developmental Psychologist/Senior Research Associate |
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Special interest(s) |
Infant development/mental state understanding/imitation Optimum Visual impairment project |
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Name |
Luigi D'Argenzio |
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Job title |
Honorary Research Associate |
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Name |
Georgina Fitzsimmons BSc BPhed PostGrad.Dip Diet RD |
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Job title |
Specialist Paediatric Dietitian/ Research Dietitian, Ketogenic Diet |
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Name |
Michelle O'Reilly BA, PhD |
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Job title |
Cognitive Neuroscientist |
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Biography of Michelle O'Reilly |
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Name |
Suresh Pujar MBBS MD MRCPCH |
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Job title |
Clinical Research Fellow |
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Special interest(s) |
Epilepsy |
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Name |
Anna Tostevin |
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Job title |
Research Assistant |
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Special interest(s) |
Epilepsy |
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Name |
Mrs Havinder Hava |
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Job title |
Clinical Trials Co-ordinator (NEMO) |
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Name |
Daniel Carranza Rojo |
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Job Title |
Honorary Research Associate |
MPhil/PhD Students |
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Name |
Tangunu Fosi MBBS MRCPCH |
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Job title |
Epilepsy Research Fellow |
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Name |
Natasha Payne |
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Job title |
PhD Student |
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Special interest(s) |
Epilepsy/ketogenic diet |
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Name |
Michael Yoong MA MBBCH |
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Job title |
Epilepsy Research Fellow |
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Special interest(s) |
Study co-ordinator and lead investigator for STEP IN Study |
Support Staff |
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Name |
Minnie Bilimoria BA (Hons) Experimental Psychology |
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Job title |
Academic Secretary |
Honorary Visiting Professors |
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Name |
Christopher Gillberg |
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Job title |
Honorary Visiting Professor |
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Name |
Professor Sheena Reilly BAppSci PhD |
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Job title |
Professor of speech pathology |
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Additional information |
sheena.reilly@rch.org.au Biography of Professor Sheena Reilly |
| Name | Charles Newton MB ChB MD MRCP FRCPCH |
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Job Title |
Honorary Visiting Professor in paediatric neurosciences and international child health |
Honorary Senior Lecturers |
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Name |
Sarah Aylett MB BS MRCP FRCPCH |
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Job title |
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurology |
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Special interest(s) |
Epilepsy and neurocutaneous syndromes |
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Name |
Stewart Boyd MD FRCPCH |
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Job title |
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurophysiology |
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Special interest(s) |
Activity of the brain in childhood as assessed by EEG, evoked and event-related potentials, functional mapping and intracraniel EEG recordings. |
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Name |
Lucinda Carr MD MBChB DCH FRCPCH |
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Job title |
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurology |
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Special interest(s) |
Motor disorders |
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Name |
Naomi Dale BA, MA, PhD |
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Job title |
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Paediatric clinical neuropsychology |
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Special interest(s) |
visual impairment, neurometabolic disorders, neurodisability Optimum Visual Impairment Project |
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Additional information |
Head of Psychology (Neurodisability) of Great Ormond Street Hospital |
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Name |
Catherine DeVile MA MB BS MD, MRCP, MPCPCH |
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Job title |
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurology |
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Special interest(s) |
Neuromuscular disorders |
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Name |
Carlos de Sousa MB BS BSc MD FRCP FRCPCH |
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Job title |
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurology |
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Special interest(s) |
Neuro-oncology and head injury |
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Name |
Christin Eltze MRCP, M |
| Job title | Consultant Paediatric Neurologist Great Ormond Street Hospital/Honorary Research Fell |
| Special interest(s) |
Epilepsy |
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Name |
William Harkness FRCS |
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Job title |
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurosurgery |
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Special interest(s) |
Surgery for epilepsy, paediatric neuro-oncology and hydrocephalus. |
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Additional information |
Clinical Director of Neurosciences |
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Cheryl Hemingway |
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Job title |
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Consultant in Paediatric Neurology and Epilep |
| Special interest(s) |
Paediatric multiple sclerosis and demyelinating disease in childhood - Auto-immune disorders of the nervous system - CNS infections in children in particular TB meningitis |
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Name |
Isabel Heyman BSc MB BS MRCPsych PhD |
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Job title |
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric psychiatry |
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Special interest(s) |
Obsessive compulsive disorders and epilepsy |
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Name |
Matthew Pitt MD FRCP |
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Job title |
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurophysiology |
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Special interest(s) |
Paediatric EMG |
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Name |
Robert Robinson |
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Job title |
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist |
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Name |
Jenefer Sargent MA, MBBCh, MRCP, MSc |
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Job title |
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Developmental Paediatrician |
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Special interest(s) |
Visual impairment, complex communication disorders. |
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Name |
Alison Salt MSc DCH FRCAP FRCPCH |
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Job title |
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurology |
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Special interest(s) |
Visual impairment and neurodisability |
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Additional information |
Joint appointment with Moorfields Eye Hospital |
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Name |
Patricia Sonksen MD FRCP FRCPCH MB BS DObstRCOG |
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Job title |
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurology and neurodisability |
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Special interest(s) |
Neurodevelopmental and neurological
consequences of visual impairment in infancy and childhood;
neurodevelopment and neurodisability. |
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Name |
Dominic Thompson MB BS BSc FRCS (SN) |
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Job title |
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurosurgery |
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Special interest(s) |
Paediatric neurosurgical spinal disorders - Spinal cord tumours - Spinal dysraphism - Cranniovertebral junction anomalies |
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Name |
Sophia Varadkar BA, MB, BCh, BAO, MRCP1, DCH, MSc |
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Job title |
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist |
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Name |
Steve White MA DPhil MB BChir MRCPsych FRCP |
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Job title |
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurophysiology |
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Special interest(s) |
EEG in paediatric critical care; neurophysiological evaluation for epilepsy surgery |
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Email |
Send an email to Steve White |
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Additional information |
Also at the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, St Mary's Hospital, London. |
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