Martin Tisdall
Career Path
Leadership Team, MRC CoRE in Restorative Neural Dynamics
Professor of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Fellowship in Paediatric Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
MD University of London
MBBS University College London
MA (Hons) University of Cambridge
Research Themes
Physiomarkers
As an adjunct to clinical care, we are implanting fine electrodes into the thalami of children undergoing recordings of their brains during seizures. These recordings allow us to investigate the role of the thalamus in their seizures at a personalised level and to explore their optimal targets for neuromodulation therapy.
Tools (devices, software, algorithms)
We are a clinical and research group based at Great Ormond Street Hospital and the UCL-Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health who are working together to improve surgical treatments and outcomes for children with epilepsy. We are exploring the use of novel deep brain stimulation devices to treat children with drug resistant epilepsy.
Approaches
Computational Modelling
We are building models of brain networks using a range of imaging techniques including volumetry, diffusion MRI and resting fMRI. These models can be interrogated to provide prognostic information and therefore guide the choice of optimal patient and treatment modality.
