What you'll learn in this expert session
The rules regarding driving and seizures often seem straightforward, and in most cases they are. In this presentation, Prof Ernest Somerville, Neurologist, explains that several grey areas remain—areas that can be challenging, complex, or simply confusing. He explores these difficult situations and provides practical advice on topics such as managing patients with a history of provoked versus unprovoked seizures, understanding the differing rules for commercial and private licences, dealing with unreliable patients, and navigating situations where patients pressure doctors to declare them fit to drive despite their medical history suggesting otherwise.
About the Expert
Prof Ernest Somerville
Prof Ernest Somerville is the Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Service at Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney and a Conjoint Professor at the University of New South Wales. Prof Somerville studied medicine at the University of Sydney and completed his training in neurology and epilepsy at Duke University, North Carolina, USA. He established the epilepsy surgery program at Westmead Hospital in Sydney and became head of the Prince of Wales program in 2003. Together with Andrew Bleasel, he developed the ANZAN Annual Course in Clinical EEG and has directed the Epilepsy Society of Australia’s Course in Clinical Epilepsy since 2006. His research interests include clinical epilepsy, EEG, driving, epilepsy in developing countries, and seizure aggravation caused by anti-epileptic drugs
