EUROPEAN PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY SOCIETY

Elected to the 2010-2014 Board of the EPNS
2nd Secretary: Peter Baxter

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Peter BAXTER Affiliation
Paediatric Neurologist, Sheffield Children's NHS Trust, Sheffield, UK

Training

  • Medical education: Cambridge University (preclinical); University College Hospital London (clinical)
    Paediatric Neurology
  • Newcastle, with Dr David Gardner-Medwin and Professor Janet Eyre (Senior Registrar);
  • Sheffield, with Dr Gwylim Hosking (Lecturer)
  • Edinburgh, with Dr Keith Brown and Dr Bob Minns (Registrar)
  • Paediatric training also includes a year as Medecin Resident Etranger, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France, with Professor F Larbre and Professor P Guibaud, and posts in London

Fields of clinical and research interest
Pyridoxine dependent seizures; epilepsy; neuromuscular disorders, ataxia

Memberships

  • Ataxia UK: Medical Advisor
  • Medical and Social Services Committee, Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, UK
  • Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh / Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health: Examiner in Paediatrics
  • British Paediatric Neurology Association: President-elect 2009
  • European Paediatric Neurology Society 
  • International Child Neurology Association (Board Member)
  • Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology (Editorial Board 2001, Editor)