[G-03] 新ガイドライン03

[G-03-3] Beyond the Japanese epilepsy guidelines: medical treatment

神 一敬 (東北大学大学院医学系研究科 てんかん学分野)

Kazutaka Jin is a board-certified neurologist, clinical neurophysiologist, and epileptologist. He is Associate Professor of the Epileptology Department at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine. He is a member of Epilepsy Clinical Practice Guideline Development Committee in Japanese Society of Neurology and Japan Epilepsy Society.
He graduated from Tohoku University School of Medicine in 1996. After residency in Tohoku University and affiliated hospitals, he obtained PhD thesis in 2007. He had subspecialty training (clinical neurophysiology/epileptology) in Cleveland Clinic from 2007 to 2010. Then, he has been working in the Epileptology Department at Tohoku University Hospital. He was appointed as the current position in 2015.
The main research interest is the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy, focusing on electromagnetic source imaging, relationship between epilepsy and sleep, relationship between epilepsy and autonomic nervous system, and antiseizure medications.