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Personal profile
Biography
Piero Perucca, MD, PhD, FRACP is Associate Professor of Adult Epilepsy at the Department of Medicine (Austin Health), Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, and Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at Austin Health. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, and holds honorary appointments at Alfred Health and The Royal Melbourne Hospital.
He received his MD and Specialist-in-Neurology degrees from the University of Pavia, Italy. He undertook higher training in epileptology at the Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia University, USA; University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, USA; the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Canada; and The Royal Melbourne Hospital. He obtained his PhD from The University of Melbourne, with studies focused on the role of genetic factors in the aetiology of focal epilepsies and in the outcomes of epilepsy therapy.
His main research interests include the genetics of epilepsy, electroencephalography, the pharmacological and surgical treatment of epilepsy, and genomic and electrophysiological biomarkers of epilepsy outcomes.
External positions
Honorary Consultant in Neurology, Alfred Health
1 Jan 2021 → …
Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Austin Health
1 Jan 2021 → …
Honorary Clinician - Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital
1 Jan 2021 → …
Associate Professor of Adult Epilepsy, University of Melbourne
1 Jan 2021 → …
Research area keywords
- Neurology
- Epilepsy
- Genetics
- EEG
- Antiepileptic drugs
- Epilepsy surgery
- Focal epilepsy
- Teratogenesis
Network
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Improvement First Seizure Assessment and Management
O'Brien, T., Perucca, P., Liew, D., Ademi Delaney, Z. & Carney, P.
Monash University – Internal University Contribution, Epilepsy Foundation
1/12/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN GENETICS OF NON-LESIONAL FOCAL EPILEPSY
Perucca, P., Berkovic, S. F., O'Brien, T., Kwan, P., Hildebrand, M. S., Scheffer, I. E. & McIntosh, A.
20/02/20 → 28/02/23
Project: Research
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Behavioural outcomes following in utero exposure to antiepileptic drugs
1/01/20 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Cardiorespiratory function as a non-invasive biomarker for detecting seizures with artificial intelligence: Utilising data from long-term patient recordings from an epilepsy monitoring unit
O'Brien, T., Kwan, P., Sivathamboo, S., Perucca, P., Ge, Z., Le, T., Phung, D., Bonnington, P. & Piccenna, L.
8/04/19 → 8/04/20
Project: Research
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Genomic analysis of “microphenotypes” in epilepsy
Stanley, K., Hostyk, J., Tran, L., Amengual-Gual, M., Dugan, P., Clark, J., Choi, H., Tchapyjnikov, D., Perucca, P., Fernandes, C., Andrade, D., Devinsky, O., Cavalleri, G., Depondt, C., Sen, A., O'Brien, T., Heinzen, E., Loddenkemper, T., Goldstein, D., Mikati, M. A. & 2 others, , Jan 2022, In: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 188, 1, p. 138-146 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Interictal EEG and ECG for SUDEP Risk Assessment: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study
Chen, Z., Hsieh, A., Sun, G., Bergey, G., Berkovic, S. F., Perucca, P., D'Souza, W. J., Elder, C., Farooque, P., Johnson, E., Barnard, S., Nightscales, R., Kwan, P., Moseley, B., O'Brien, T. J., Sivathamboo, S., Laze, J., Friedman, D., Devinsky, O. & The MS-BioS Study Group, 18 Mar 2022, In: Frontiers in Neurology. 13, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Serious Cardiac Arrhythmias Detected by Subcutaneous Long-term Cardiac Monitors in Patients With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
Sivathamboo, S., Liu, Z., Sutherland, F., Minato, E., Casillas-Espinosa, P., Jones, N. C., Todaro, M., Seneviratne, U., Cahill, V., Yerra, R., French, C. R., Nicolo, J-P., Perucca, P., Kwan, P., Sparks, P. B. & O'Brien, T. J., 6 Apr 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Neurology. 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Adverse events related to antiepileptic drugs
Dang, Y. L., Foster, E., Lloyd, M., Rayner, G., Rychkova, M., Ali, R., Carney, P. W., Velakoulis, D., Winton-Brown, T. T., Kalincik, T., Perucca, P., O'Brien, T. J., Kwan, P. & Malpas, C. B., Feb 2021, In: Epilepsy & Behavior. 115, 10 p., 107657.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Association Between Psychiatric Comorbidities and Mortality in Epilepsy
Tao, G., Auvrez, C., Nightscales, R., Barnard, S., McCartney, L., Malpas, C. B., Perucca, P., Chen, Z., Adams, S., McIntosh, A., Ignatiadis, S., O'Brien, P., Cook, M. J., Kwan, P., Berkovic, S. F., D'Souza, W., Velakoulis, D. & O'Brien, T. J., Oct 2021, In: Neurology: Clinical Practice. 11, 5, p. 429-437 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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