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Phil Smith

Phil Smith

Neurology
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

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Prof Philip Smith qualified from Liverpool in 1979 and did his general medical training there and wrote an MD thesis on breathing during sleep in muscular dystrophy. His clinical neurology training was in Liverpool, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Cardiff, UK. He was appointed consultant neurologist in Cornwall in 1992, a busy consultant-given general neurology service. In 1996, he returned to Cardiff to develop longstanding interests in epilepsy and clinical training.

Philip was president of the Association of British Neurologists (2015–17) and previously president of the UK Chapter of the International League Against Epilepsy (2008–11). He co-chaired the 10th European Congress on Epileptology, London UK in 2012, welcoming a record-high number of delegates.

He has co-edited Practical Neurology since 2011. He has a busy commitment to medical assessments as Cardiff sub-dean for assessment, also on the Board of the Medical Schools Council Assessment Alliance, the General Medical Council’s Tests of Competence Committee, and previously as associate medical director for quality for the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians.

He avoids driving when he can, and keeps active by cycling to work and for leisure, as well as running, yoga, hill walking, and tennis as often as professional and family commitments allow.
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