Biography

DATE OF BIRTH AND PLACE OF BIRTH

October 13th 1935, Caerleon Monmouthshire

DATE OF BIRTH AND PLACE OF BIRTH

October 13th 1935, Caerleon Monmouthshire

EDUCATION

St Peter’s School, Weston-Super-Mare, 1943-1949

The Oratory School, Reading, 1949-1953

MEDICAL EDUCATION

The Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff, 1953-1959

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH

October 13th 1935, Caerleon Monmouthshire

EDUCATION

St Peter’s School, Weston-Super-Mare, 1943-1949

The Oratory School, Reading, 1949-1953

MEDICAL EDUCATION

The Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff, 1953-1959

QUALIFICATIONS

MB, BCh (Wales)	1959
MRCS, LRCP (London)	1959
MRCP (London)	1963
MD (Wales)	1969
FRCP (London)	1979
FRCPsych	1985

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION

House Physician and House Surgeon, Llandough Hospital and Cardiff Royal Infirmary, 1959-1960

Senior House Officer posts, East Glamorgan and Sully Hospitals,
1960-62

Brompton Hospital, London 1963

NEUROLOGICAL EDUCATION

The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London 1963-1969

The MRC Neuropsychiatry Research Unit, 1965-1968

NATIONAL AWARDS

Mental Health Research Fund Registrar’s Prize, 1966

Queen Square Prize in Neurology, 1969

Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1985

NEUROLOGICAL APPOINTMENTS

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Yale University Medical School, USA, 1970

Lecturer, University Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and King’s College School of Medicine, London and MRC Clinical Research Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, 1971-1974

Consultant Neurologist, Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals and King’s College Hospital, London 1974-1999

Chairman, Centre for Epilepsy, Maudsley and King’s College Hospitals, London, 1994-1999

Director, Institute of Epileptology, King’s College, University of London, 1994-2000

Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, King’s College, London, 2000 –

Part time Consultant Neurologist, Epsom Hospital, Surrey, 2000-2004

Visiting Consultant Neurologist, Old Cottage Hospital General Practice, Epsom, Surrey, 2000-2012

NATIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Member Medical Advisory Committee and Research Sub-Committee, British Epilepsy Association, 1977-1983

Secretary, MRC Coordination Group on Epilepsy, 1978-1983

Secretary (1979-1984) and President (1993-1996) British Chapter of the International League against Epilepsy

Founding Neurological Committee Member, British Neuropsychiatry Association, 1987-1993

INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Secretary, Commission on Antiepileptic Drugs, International League against Epilepsy, 1974-1977

Vice-President, International League against Epilepsy (ILAE) and Chairman of the Education Committee of the ILAE, 1989-1993

President, International League against Epilepsy 1993-1997

First Chairman, ILAE/IBE/WHO Global Campaign against Epilepsy, 1997-2001

The above national and international activities included invited Lectures to: The American Neurological Association and the American Academy of Neurology; many departments of Neurology and Psychiatry in the UK, North America, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, China, Japan and Australia; and numerous National Chapters of the ILAE and IBE*

*IBE = International Bureau for Epilepsy(the lay organisation)

CIVIL STATUS

Married to Angela Sheehan, Psychotherapist.

One daughter, Catherine Bennett, Lawyer.

Two granddaughters, Jemima and Leila.

My father Dr. William Reynolds, GP and Medical Officer of Health for Caerleon, was President of the UK Catholic Doctors Association and a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory.

My sister, Dr. Mary Reynolds, received an OBE for services to Insurance Medicine.

Biography

DATE OF BIRTH AND PLACE OF BIRTH

October 13th 1935, Caerleon Monmouthshire

DATE OF BIRTH AND PLACE OF BIRTH

October 13th 1935, Caerleon Monmouthshire

EDUCATION

MEDICAL EDUCATION

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH

EDUCATION

MEDICAL EDUCATION

QUALIFICATIONS

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION

NEUROLOGICAL EDUCATION

The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London 1963-1969

The MRC Neuropsychiatry Research Unit, 1965-1968

NATIONAL AWARDS

Mental Health Research Fund Registrar’s Prize, 1966

Queen Square Prize in Neurology, 1969

Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1985

NEUROLOGICAL APPOINTMENTS

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Yale University Medical School, USA, 1970

Lecturer, University Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and King’s College School of Medicine, London and MRC Clinical Research Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, 1971-1974

Consultant Neurologist, Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals and King’s College Hospital, London 1974-1999

Chairman, Centre for Epilepsy, Maudsley and King’s College Hospitals, London, 1994-1999

Director, Institute of Epileptology, King’s College, University of London, 1994-2000

Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, King’s College, London, 2000 –

Part time Consultant Neurologist, Epsom Hospital, Surrey, 2000-2004

Visiting Consultant Neurologist, Old Cottage Hospital General Practice, Epsom, Surrey, 2000-2012

NATIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Member Medical Advisory Committee and Research Sub-Committee, British Epilepsy Association, 1977-1983

Secretary, MRC Coordination Group on Epilepsy, 1978-1983

Secretary (1979-1984) and President (1993-1996) British Chapter of the International League against Epilepsy

Founding Neurological Committee Member, British Neuropsychiatry Association, 1987-1993

INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Secretary, Commission on Antiepileptic Drugs, International League against Epilepsy, 1974-1977

Vice-President, International League against Epilepsy (ILAE) and Chairman of the Education Committee of the ILAE, 1989-1993

President, International League against Epilepsy 1993-1997

First Chairman, ILAE/IBE/WHO Global Campaign against Epilepsy, 1997-2001

*IBE = International Bureau for Epilepsy(the lay organisation)

CIVIL STATUS

Married to Angela Sheehan, Psychotherapist.

One daughter, Catherine Bennett, Lawyer.

Two granddaughters, Jemima and Leila.

My father Dr. William Reynolds, GP and Medical Officer of Health for Caerleon, was President of the UK Catholic Doctors Association and a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory.

My sister, Dr. Mary Reynolds, received an OBE for services to Insurance Medicine.

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