John S. Duncan

Who is John S. Duncan?

John S. Duncan is a British neurologist specialising in epilepsy. He is a consultant at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery at Queen Square, London, Professor of Neurology at UCL Institute of Neurology and Clinical Director of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

John Duncan qualified from Oxford University medical school, where he also obtained his medical doctorate. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1994, and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2005. Clinical Research award of the American Epilepsy Society 2004.

Notable positions:

1988 Professor of neurology at the Institute of Neurology.

2012 Clinical director of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

2001-2006 Head of the Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy at the Institute of Neurology.

2001-2005 Chairman of the Diagnostic Methods Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy

2005-2008: President of the UK Chapter of International League Against Epilepsy. 2009–2012: Treasurer of the UK Chapter of International League Against Epilepsy.