Martin Tisdall

Martin is a Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Honorary Associate Professor at UCL-GOS Institute of Child Health. 

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He completed his neurosurgical training in London and an MD at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. He currently is also Chief of Service for the Brain Directorate at Great Ormond Street Hospital. 

Torsten Baldeweg

Torsten is Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL-GOS Institute of Child Health. He has extensive expertise in neurodevelopmental and imaging outcomes of paediatric epilepsy surgery.

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He is head of the Developmental Neurosciences section of  UCL-GOS Institute of Child Health and is lead for capacity building at the new Epilepsy Research Institute.

Rory Piper

Rory is a GOSH Children's Charity Surgeon Scientist Fellow at UCL-GOS Institute of Child Health and Neurosurgery Registrar at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

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He is currently completing his PhD under the supervision of Martin, Prof Torsten Baldeweg and Prof David Carmichael, focusing on neuromodulation and neuroimaging in paediatric epilepsy surgery. 

Aswin Chari

Aswin is an Academic Clinical Lecturer in Neurosurgery at UCL-GOS Institute of Child Health and Neurosurgery Registrar at the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery. 

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He completed his PhD, entitled 'Interictal network dynamics in paediatric epilepsy surgery' in 2023, under the supervision of Martin, Prof Rod Scott & Dr Richard Rosch. 

Zubair Tahir

Zubair is a Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Honorary Associate Professor at UCL-GOS Institute of Child Health. 

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In addition to paediatric epilepsy surgery, Zubair has an expertise in paediatric spinal surgery, including fetal surgery for myelomeningocele. 

Nicky Barnes

Nicky is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Epilepsy and Neuromodulation at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

She represents specialist nursing on the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Epilepsy Board and has served as faculty on a range of courses including for the British Paediatric Neurology Association. 

Sarah Carter

Sarah is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Epilepsy Surgery & Vagus Nerve Stimulation at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

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Francois Okoroafor

Francois is an academic neurosurgery trainee who is currently pursuing an iCASE PhD at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health exploring deep brain stimulation for treatment of paediatric epilepsy.

He completed his medical degree at Cambridge university before commencing neurosurgery training in Sheffield.

Damjan Veljanoski

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