Andy’s Swim for Telethon for Youth Mental Health Research at the Perron Institute
Perth swimmer Andy Donaldson’s epic swim for Telethon returns Sunday 20 October 2024 after popular acclaim in 2023. This year,...
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Research group
Dr Gaitatzis is a Consultant Neurologist specialised in epilepsy at Perron Institute and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. He qualified in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and completed his specialist training in London becoming dually accredited in Neurology and in Clinical Neurophysiology in the UK. He obtained a research degree (MD) at the UCL Institute of Neurology working on mortality and comorbidity of epilepsy. He completed a fellowship in Epilepsy Surgery and then worked as a Consultant Neurologist and Clinical Neurophysiologist at SEIN Epilepsy Institute in The Netherlands, Heemstede, the largest tertiary Epilepsy Centre in The Netherlands. He runs the dedicated Epilepsy & Pregnancy clinic, the only such clinic in WA and the second in Australia.
Dr Gaitatzis is a member of the Association of British Neurologists (ABN), Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists (ANZAN), the Epilepsy Society of Australia (ESA) and the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). He is a tutor at the bi-annual international course “EEG in the Diagnosis and Management of Epilepsy” that is run by the Virtual Epilepsy Academy (VIREPA) Distance Educational Program of the ILAE. He also actively participates in teaching of UWA medical students, neurology advanced trainees, and neurophysiology technologists at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
Dr Gaitatzis’ principal research and publication activity has been in the areas of somatic and psychiatric comorbidity, mortality, and health services in epilepsy and EEG. He has been a reviewer for a number of neurology journals.
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