A. Simon Harvey MBBS (Hons), MD, FRACP

Dr Simon Harvey is Director of the Children's Epilepsy Program in the Department of Neurology at The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. He is an honorary research fellow at the Florey Neuroscience Institutes, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and University of Melbourne. Dr Harvey is an active member and Past-President of the Epilepsy Society of Australia and has worked on ILAE Task Forces for Paediatric Epilepsy Surgery, Neuroimaging and Neurophysiology.

Dr Har vey has trained many epileptologists from SE Asia, has helped in the establishment of epilepsy services in several SE Asian countries, and was Secretary of the ILAE Asian Epilepsy Academy and Commission on Asian and Oceanian Affairs. Dr Harvey's clinical and research interests include childhood epilepsy, EEG, neuroimaging and epilepsy surgery, areas in which he has more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals.