Chrysostomos P. Panayiotopoulos

Chrysostomos (Tomis) P. Panayiotopoulos MD, PhD, FRCP is a renowned expert in the field of the epilepsies. Panayiotopoulos syndrome is named after him.^[1]

Born in the island of Tinos, Greece (31 January 1938) he is married from 1972 to Thalia Valeta, actress, writer and dramatherapist; they have two children and four grandchildren.

C P Panayiotopoulos studied medicine and specialised in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology in Greece and England. He has investigated the clinical and neurophysiological aspects of muscle and peripheral nerve function (he was first to describe F-chronodispersion) and is particularly known for his study of the epilepsies.^[2] He has written over 140 articles and editorials in prestigious journals including Brain, Neurology, Annals of Neurology, Archives of Disease in Childhood, Epilepsia, Journal of Child Neurology, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. His books on epilepsies and particularly "A clinical guide to epileptic syndromes and their treatment" revised 2nd edition, Springer, 2010 are praised as landmarks in the epileptological literature. He is the Editor of the recent 3 volume “Atlas of Epilepsies".^[3] His work on establishing the syndromic diagnosis of epilepsies and the appropriate video-EEG methodology for their diagnosis has been regarded as ground breaking. "Panayiotopoulos syndrome" and autonomic status epilepticus specific to childhood are amongst his main contributions.^[4][5] His publications on idiopathic generalized epilepsies and absence seizures have shaped the current thought of their diagnosis and management. He is also the first to establish objective differential criteria between visual symptoms of occipital epilepsy and migraine.^[6]

C P Panayiotopoulos is currently practising as Locum Consultant Neurologist on epilepsies at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford and remains Consultant emeritus at St. Thomas' Hospital, London where he has served over the last 20 years as a Consultant in Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsies. Prior to this, he has been appointed Clinical Professor of Neurology, University of Colorado and Head and Professor of Neurology, University of Riyadh (1983–1988). He has also been an invited Associate Professor to Harvard University and Professor to the University of Western Australia.

References

1. ^ Koutroumanidis M. Panayiotopoulos Syndrome: An Important Electroclinical Example of Benign Childhood System Epilepsy. Epilepsia 2007; 48(6):1044-1053
2. ^ http://www.epilepsy.com/etp/Bios#panayiotopoulos
3. ^ http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/724674
4. ^ Panayiotopoulos CP. The birth and evolution of the concept of Panayiotopoulos syndrome. Epilepsia 2007; 48(6):1041-1043
5. ^ Ferrie CD, Caraballo R, Covanis A, Demirbilek V, Dervent A, Fejerman N et al. Autonomic status epilepticus in Panayiotopoulos syndrome and other childhood and adult epilepsies: a consensus view. Epilepsia 2007; 48(6):1165-1172
6. ^ Panayiotopoulos CP. Visual phenomena and headache in occipital epilepsy: a review, a systematic study and differentiation from migraine. Epileptic Disord 1999; 1(4):205-216.

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Name	Panayiotopoulos, Chrysostomos P.
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Date of birth	31 January 1938
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