Professor Simon Shorvon

Simon Shorvon is Professor in Clinical Neurology and Clinical Sub-deanat the Institute of Neurology (ION), University College London (UCL) and Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN), Queen Square, London (appointed in 1983).

Other current appointments include:

Chairman, Medical Committee, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (2010-present)

Member of the Executive Committee of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) (1993-present)

Harveian Librarian and member of Council, Royal College of Physicians (July 2012-)

Jt Editor-in-Chief of EPILEPSIA (2006-present)

President-elect ILAE British Chapter of ILAE (2011-)

Guarantor of Brain (1998-present)

Prizes include:

2011 - TS Srinivasan Award (a prize awarded by the TS Srinivasan Foundation for Lifetime Achievement in neurological research)

2010 - Lennox Prize (an annual prize awarded by the American Epilepsy Society for lifetime contribution to epilepsy and epilepsy research).

2008 - European Epileptology Prize (a prize awarded every two years by the ILAE Commission on European Affairs for lifetime contribution to epilepsy and epilepsy research in Europe)

2000 - Gopalakrishna Foundation endowment for Lifetime Achievement

1995 - Ambassador for Epilepsy award, by the ILAE

His main clinical and research interests are in epilepsy. He runs neurology and epilepsy clinics at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. His research in epilepsy has been largely in the fields of epidemiology, clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, magnetic resonance imaging, status epilepticus and genetics.