Dr. Rob Forsyth

Rob Forsyth is a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Neurology for Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. After qualifying from Cambridge and Oxford he trained in Nottingham and Newcastle with subspecialty training in Vancouver. His research interests centre on translational research in paediatric acquired brain injury and rehabilitation and epilepsy. He is an active acute paediatric neurologist: clinical responsibilities include co-ordination of the inpatient acquired brain injury service. He was UK national training advisor in paediatric neurology 2003-9. He is editor of the Oxford Specialist Handbook in Paediatric Neurology (third edition 2017). He was on the editorial boards of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2005-11 and European Journal of Paediatric Neurology 2013-date. He is currently Secretary of the European Paediatric Neurology Society.