Professor Adolfo Bronstein, MD, PhD
Consultant Neurologist and Professor of Clinical Neuro-otology, Imperial College London Head of Neuro-otology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Brain Sciences, UK
Speaker's biography
Adolfo Bronstein is Professor of Clinical Neuro-otology at Imperial College London and a Consultant Neurologist at Charing Cross Hospital and at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London. He heads the Neuro-otology Unit in the Division of Brain Sciences at Imperial College. Professor Bronstein is permanent honorary chairman of the British Society of Neuro-otology, and ex-president of the Neuroscience section of the Royal Society of Medicine.
He has written 300 hundred papers on clinical and basic aspects of eye movements, balance and spatial orientation. His book, ''Dizziness, a practical approach to diagnosis and management'', has won a ''High Commendation'' at the 2008 BMA Medical Book prize Competition. Professor Bronstein is an enthusiastic teacher of neuro-otology and balance disorders in European and world neurological societies. In 2008 he obtained the Nylen-Hallpike Prize of the Barany Society for outstanding contribution to clinical neuro-otology. His current research interests encompass cortical aspects of vestibular function relevant to spatial orientation and dizziness.
