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Staff list

Head of unit

 
Name
Helen Cross MB ChB PhD FRCP FRCPCH
Job title
The Prince of Wales's Chair of Childhood Epilepsy
Special interest(s)
Childhood epilepsy, including early onset epilepsy, neuroimaging and role of management options such as ketogenic diet and surgery.
Additional information
The Prince of Wales's Chair of Childhood Epilepsy at Young Epilepsy Lingfield Surrey

Unit administrator

 
Name
Anne Brown
Job title
Unit Administrator/PA
Additional information
PA to Professor J H Cross, The Prince of Wales's Chair of Childhood Epilepsy & Head of Neurosciences Unit

Professors

 
Name
Fenella Kirkham  MA MB BCh MRCP FRCP
Job title
Professor in paediatric neurology
Special interest(s)
Cerebrovascular disease and sickle cell disease.
Additional information
Dr Kirkham's clinical appointment is at Southampton General Hospital
Biography of Dr Fenella Kirkham
Name
Brian Neville FRCP FRCPCH
Job title
Emeritus Professor of Childhood Epilepsy
Special interest(s)
Childhood epilepsy, perisylvian syndromes, disability
Additional information
Emeritus Professor Young Epilepsy

Senior Lecturers

 
Name
Vijeya Ganesan MB ChB MD MRCP MRCPCH
Job title
Senior lecturer in paediatric neurology
Special interest(s)
Paediatric stroke and cerebrovascular disease
Email
Send an email to Vijeya Ganesan
Additional information
Lead clinician for neurovascular service at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Name
Rod Scott MB ChB PhD MRCP MRCPCH
Job title
Reader in paediatric neuroscience
Special interest(s)
Status epilepticus, epileptic encephalopathy
Email
Send an email to Rob Scott
 Name
Dr Manju Kurian

 Job Title:
Clinical Scientist

Special interest(s)

 

Lecturer

 
   
Job title

Research Staff

 

Name



Dr Elena Sakkalou

Job title

Developmental Psychologist/Senior Research Associate

Special interest(s)

Infant development/mental state understanding/imitation

Optimum Visual impairment project

Name

 Luigi D'Argenzio

Job title


Honorary Research Associate
Name
Georgina Fitzsimmons BSc BPhed PostGrad.Dip Diet RD
Job title
Specialist Paediatric Dietitian/ Research Dietitian, Ketogenic Diet
Name
Michelle O'Reilly BA, PhD
Job title
Cognitive Neuroscientist
  Biography of Michelle O'Reilly
Name
Suresh Pujar MBBS MD MRCPCH
Job title
Clinical Research Fellow
Special interest(s)
Epilepsy

Name

Anna Tostevin

Job title

Research Assistant

 Special interest(s)


Epilepsy

Name

Mrs Havinder Hava

Job title

Clinical Trials Co-ordinator (NEMO)

Name


Daniel Carranza Rojo


Job Title

 Honorary Research Associate

MPhil/PhD Students

 
Name
Tangunu Fosi MBBS MRCPCH 
Job title
Epilepsy Research Fellow
Name
Natasha Payne
Job title
PhD Student
Special interest(s)

Epilepsy/ketogenic diet

Name
Michael Yoong MA MBBCH
Job title
Epilepsy Research Fellow
Special interest(s)
Study co-ordinator and lead investigator for STEP IN Study

Support Staff

 
Name
Minnie Bilimoria BA (Hons) Experimental Psychology
Job title
Academic Secretary

Honorary Visiting Professors

 
Name
Christopher Gillberg
Job title
Honorary Visiting Professor
Name
Professor Sheena Reilly BAppSci PhD
Job title
Professor of speech pathology
Additional information
sheena.reilly@rch.org.au
Biography of Professor Sheena Reilly
 Name Charles Newton MB ChB MD MRCP FRCPCH
 Job Title
Honorary Visiting Professor in paediatric neurosciences and international child health

Honorary Senior Lecturers

 
Name
Sarah Aylett MB BS MRCP FRCPCH
Job title
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurology
Special interest(s)
Epilepsy and neurocutaneous syndromes
Name
Stewart Boyd MD FRCPCH
Job title
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurophysiology
Special interest(s)
Activity of the brain in childhood as assessed by EEG, evoked and event-related potentials, functional mapping and intracraniel EEG recordings.
Name
Lucinda Carr   MD MBChB DCH FRCPCH
Job title
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurology
Special interest(s)
Motor disorders
Name
Naomi Dale BA, MA, PhD
Job title
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Paediatric clinical neuropsychology
Special interest(s)

visual impairment, neurometabolic disorders, neurodisability

Optimum Visual Impairment Project

Additional information
Head of Psychology (Neurodisability) of Great Ormond Street Hospital
Name
Catherine DeVile  MA MB BS MD, MRCP, MPCPCH
Job title
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurology
Special interest(s)
Neuromuscular disorders
Name
Carlos de Sousa  MB BS BSc MD FRCP FRCPCH
Job title
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurology
Special interest(s)
Neuro-oncology and head injury

Name

Christin Eltze  MRCP, M
Job title Consultant Paediatric Neurologist Great Ormond Street Hospital/Honorary Research Fell
Special interest(s) Epilepsy

Name
William Harkness  FRCS
Job title
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurosurgery
Special interest(s)
Surgery for epilepsy, paediatric neuro-oncology and hydrocephalus.
Additional information
Clinical Director of Neurosciences
Name Cheryl Hemingway
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 

Name
Isabel Heyman  BSc MB BS MRCPsych PhD
Job title
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric psychiatry
Special interest(s)
Obsessive compulsive disorders and epilepsy
Name
Matthew Pitt MD FRCP
Job title
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurophysiology
Special interest(s)
Paediatric EMG
Name
Robert Robinson
Job title
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Name
Jenefer Sargent MA, MBBCh, MRCP, MSc
Job title
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Developmental Paediatrician
Special interest(s)
Visual impairment, complex communication disorders.
Name
Alison Salt  MSc DCH FRCAP FRCPCH
Job title
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurology
Special interest(s)
Visual impairment and neurodisability
Additional information
Joint appointment with Moorfields Eye Hospital
Name
Patricia Sonksen  MD FRCP FRCPCH MB BS DObstRCOG
Job title
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurology and neurodisability
Special interest(s)
Neurodevelopmental and neurological consequences of visual impairment in infancy and childhood; neurodevelopment and neurodisability.
Name
Dominic Thompson MB BS BSc FRCS (SN)
Job title
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurosurgery
Special interest(s)
Paediatric neurosurgical spinal disorders
- Spinal cord tumours
- Spinal dysraphism
- Cranniovertebral junction anomalies

Name

Sophia Varadkar BA, MB, BCh, BAO, MRCP1, DCH, MSc

Job title

Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Name
Steve White MA DPhil MB BChir MRCPsych FRCP
Job title
Honorary senior lecturer, paediatric neurophysiology
Special interest(s)
EEG in paediatric critical care; neurophysiological evaluation for epilepsy surgery
Email
Send an email to Steve White

Additional information

Also at the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology,
St Mary's Hospital, London.

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