Samuel Berkovic
Samuel Berkovic | |
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| Born | 13 October 1953 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neurology |
| Institutions | University of Melbourne |
| Thesis | Clinical and experimental aspects of complex partial seizures (1984) |
| Website | www |
Samuel Frank Berkovic (born 1953) is an Australian neurologist and Laureate Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne and Director of the Epilepsy Research Centre at Austin Health.[1][2][3][4]
Education
[edit | edit source]He earned a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and B.MedSci from the University of Melbourne in 1977, and an M.D. from University of Melbourne, in 1985.
Research and career
[edit | edit source]His research interest is in epilepsy genetics.[5][6]
Awards and honours
[edit | edit source]He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.[when?][citation needed]
On 13 June 2005, Berkovic was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to medicine as a neurologist, particularly in the field of epilepsy research and treatment.[7]
In 2005 he won the Zülch Prize of the Max Planck Society.[8]
Also in 2005, he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.[9]
In 2007 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[10]
On 26 January 2014, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for eminent service to biomedical research in the field of epilepsy genetics as a leading academic and clinician, to the study of neurology on a national and international level, and as an ambassador for Australian medical science education.[11]
In 2015 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences[12]
Prof. Berkovic is the recipient of 37th TS Srinivasan Endowment Oration Award 2017 and the keynote speaker at the TS Srinivasan - NIMHANS Knowledge Conclave 2017.[13] He was also elected a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2017.[14]
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- Companions of the Order of Australia
- Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
- Fellows of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- Australian fellows of the Royal Society
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Australian neuroscientists
- Academic staff of the University of Melbourne
- Melbourne Medical School alumni
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
- Members of the National Academy of Medicine