EUROPEAN PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY SOCIETY

Elected to the 2010-2014 Board of the EPNS 
Thomas Sejersen

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Affiliation
Professor and Senior lecturer in Paediatric Neurology and Habilitation, Astrid Lindgrens Children's Hospital, Karolinska Hospital and Karolinska Institute, Stockholm

Training

  • PhD, 1987
  • Medical school, 1988; MD, 1990 
  • Docent in Medical cell genetics 1991
  • Specialist in Paediatrics. 1998
  • Specialist in Paediatric neurology and habilitation, 1999
  • Professor in Pediatric Neurology 2009

Fields of clinical and research interest
Neuromuscular disorders

Memberships

  • Swedish research council network on muscle disorders 

  • Board member Swedish society for muscular dystrophy research

  • Swedish paediatic neurology society

  • Board member of Scientific committee of RBU (National Association for Disabled Children and Adolescents)

  • Member of Stockholm ethics review board for medical research

  • Expert committee member on diagnosis and care of Duchenne muscular dystrophy for Center for disease control (CDC, Atlanta, USA) and for  spinal muscular atrophy (International Care Committee for SMA, USA)

  • Activity leader for standards of diagnosis and care, governing board and ethics board member in EU network on neuromuscular disorders, TREAT-NMD

  • Invited DuchenneConnect Advisor

  • Member of governing board for EU-project on development of high throughput genetic diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders, NMD-CHIP