Dr John Jestico

I trained at the Midlesex Hospital Medical School, qualifying in October 1969. During my undergraduate training I did a specialist degree in Physiology gaining a Ist class honours, After qualification,I worked a a juniour hospital doctor at The Middlesex Hospital, the Brompton, Hammersmith and The National Hospitals, before returning to the Middlesex Hospital as a medical registrar to complete my general medical training. I obtained my MRCP qualification in 1971. My formal neurological training took place at the National Hospital, Maida Vale and Guys Hospitals acting at registrar and senior registrar level. During that time, in 1992, I obtained my MD, with my thesis based upon the relationship between epilepsy and sleep, the long term recording of patients with suspected epilepsy using radio-telemetry, and computing the EEG changes during sleep cycles throuhout the night. I obtained my specialist registration in neurology in 1980, and give the FRCP in 1993. I was appointed as consultant neurologist in 1984. During my time as consultant to King George Hospital and The Royal London Hospital I personally developed local specialist neurological clinics as documented above as well as providing a full neurological consultative service. I have regularly taught medical students at the Royal London Hospital and have continued to do so following my retirement. I have also provided regular teaching sessions for General Practitioners and I continue to be an examiner for the Royal College of Physicians. I have numerous publications and I am joint author of Neurology in Focus (Elsevier press). for five years I was chairman of the Marjorie Collins Centre for Multiple Sclerosis. Allthough my main neuology practice is now within the private sector, since my retirement I have continued to support the National Health Service, acting as consultant in the neurology Out-Patient clinics, initially at Colchester General and until recently at Southend General Hospits.

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