ChrysostomosP.PanayiotopoulosMD,PhD,FRCP
ChrysostomosP.PanayiotopoulosMD,PhD,FRCPisaninterna-tionallyrenownedleaderandexpertinthefieldofepilepsies.Hismaincontributionistheestablishmentofthesignificanceofthesyndromicdiag-nosisofepilepsiesatatimethatepilepsieswereinappropriatelyunifiedasasinglediagnosticcategory.
Heisaclinicalneurologistandneurophysiologist.HehasworkedinGreece,UK,Australia,SaudiArabiaandUSA.HehasbeenappointedClinicalProfessorofNeurology,UniversityofColoradoandHeadandProfessorofNeurology,UniversityofRiyadh.Thelast20yearsheservedasaConsultantinClinicalNeurophysiologyandEpilepsiesatSt.ThomasHospitalinLondon,UKaswellasHonoraryConsultantinPaediatricEpileptologyandHonorarySeniorLectureratGuys,KingsandSt.ThomasMedicalschool.Hehasalsobeenanin-vitedProfessortoHarvardUniversityandtheUniversityofWesternAustralia.Hehasservedasoneofthe12membersoftheTaskForceonClassificationandTerminologyoftheInternationalLeagueAgainstEpilepsy.HeisnowConsultantemeritusatSt.Thomashospital,London.
CPPanayiotopouloshasresearchedprolifically,investigatingtheclinicalandneurophysiologi-calinvestigationsofmuscles,peripheralnerves(heisthefirsttodescribeandnameF-chronodis-persion)andaparticularfocusonepilepsies.
CPPanayiotopouloshasbeenanactivecontributortoanumberofhighlyestablishedpeer-re-viewedjournals.Hehaswrittenover140articlesinjournalssuchastheLancet,Brain,Neurolo-gy,AnnalsofNeurology,ArchivesofDiseaseinChildhood,JournalofNeurology,NeurosurgeryandPsychiatrytonamebutafew.Thesepapershavebeenwidelycitedmorethan1000timesinleadingjournals.Hehasbeentheinvitedauthorofover50chaptersinneurologybooks.Hehasal-sosatontheeditorialboardofEpilepsy&Behavior,MedlinkNeurologyandactedasareviewerfor:Brain,Lancet,AnnalsofNeurology,JournalofNeurology,NeurosurgeryandPsychiatry,Neurology,Epilepsia,JournalofElectroencephalographyandClinicalNeurophysiology.
Hisbooksonepilepsiesarebestsellersandhavebeenpraisedasgems,breathoffreshairandlandmarksintheepileptologicalliterature.
Hisworkonestablishingthesyndromicdiagnosisofepilepsiesandtheappropriatevideo-EEGmethodologyfortheirdiagnosis,hasbeenregardedasgroundbreakingandheisrecognisedasonetheleadingauthoritiesonepilepsies."Panayiotopoulossyndrome"andautonomicstatusepilepticusspecificareamongsthismaincontributions.Hispublicationsonidiopathicgeneralisedepilepsiesandabsenceshaveshapedthecurrentthoughtoftheirdiagnosisandmanagementandhealsode-scribedandcoinedthename"phantomabsences"asauniquetypeofepilepticseizures.Heisalsothefirsttoestablishobjectivedifferentialcriteriabetweenvisualsymptomsofoccipitalepilepsyandmigraine.
CPPanayiotopoulosisGreek,marriedtoThaliaValeta,theyhavetwochildren,ParisandSophia,and4grandchildren.