Consultants

Dr Sam Lhatoo

Contact Details 

Speciality

Neurology
EEG Neurophysiology

Sub-specialities & Special Interests

General neurology
Epilepsy
Facial pain

Consultation Times

Wednesday and Thursday afternoons

Type of Work Undertaken

Clinical Treatment
Medico Legal
Medical Negligence
EEG electrophysiology

Qualifications

MBBS, MD. MD. MRCP(UK), CCST (Neurology)

Current posts

NHS consultant neurologist at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Bristol.

Society Memberships

Royal College of Physicians (London)
Association of British Neurologists
International League against Epilepsy
South West England Neurologists' Association

Publications

1. Wong ICK, Lhatoo SD. Adverse reactions to new anticonvulsant drugs.
   Drug Safety. 2000; 23: 1-23
2. Lhatoo SD, Sander JWAS.  Stopping antiepileptic drug therapy.
   Current Pharmaceutical Design. 2000; 6: 639-641
3. Lhatoo SD, Sander JW. Cause-specific mortality in epilepsy.
   Epilepsia. 2005; 45 Suppl 11: 36-39
4. Gunawardena H, Beetham R, Scolding N. Lhatoo SD. Is cerebrospinal fluid spectrophotometry useful in CT scan-negative suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage?
   Eur Neurol. 2004; 52: 226-229
5. Lhatoo SD, Solomon JK, McEvoy AW, Kitchen ND, Shorvon SD, Sander JWAS.  A prospective study of the requirement for and the provision of epilepsy surgery in the United Kingdon.
   Epilepsia. 2003; 44: 673-6
6. Mula M, Trimble MR, Lhatoo SD, Sander JW.  Topiramate and psychiatric adverse events in patients with epilepsy.
   Epilepsia. 2003; 44: 659-653
7. Lhatoo SD, Sander JWAS, Shorvon SD. The dynamics of drug treatment in epilepsy: an observational study in an unselected population-based cohort with newly diagnosed epilepsy followed prospectively over 11-14 years.
   J. Neuro Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2001; 71: 632-637
8. Lhatoo SD,  Johnson AL, MacDonald BK, Goodridge DM, Sander JWAS, Shorvon SD.  Mortality in epilepsy in the first 11 to 14 years after diagnosis: multivariate of a long-term, prospective, population-based cohort.
   Ann Neurol. 2001; 49: 336-44
9. Lhatoo SD, Langan Y, MacDonald BK, Zeidan S, Sander JWAS. Sudden unexpected death: a rare event in a large community based prospective cohort with newly diagnosed epilepsy and high remission rates.
   J Neuro Neurosurg Psychiatry 1999; 66:992
10. Lhatoo SD, Shorvon SD. The relevance of the first seizure.
    Lancet 1998; 352: 1003-1004
11. Lhatoo SD, Sander JWAS.  The epidemiology of epilepsy and learning disability.
    Epilepsia. 2001; 42 Suppl 1:6-9