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Professor Axel Petzold

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Location:

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

GMC/GDC number:

4558239

Professional background

  • 1996 Medical Qualification, Karl-Ludwigs University, Freiburg i. Brsg., Germany 
  • 2004 CCST in Neurology, GMC, London, UK. 
  • FRCP  
  • FRCOphth
  • FRCPath 

Specialties

Research interests

  • Neuro-ophthalmology, with a focus on translational research by combining structural imaging with protein biomarkers and clinical assessments.     
  • Stroke and cerebrovascular disorders 
  • Embolic and non-embolic transient visual loss 
  • Giant cell arteritis and other forms of CNS vasculitis, including Susac syndrome 
  • Optic neuritis in the context of multiple sclerosis, NMOSD, MOGAD, and other aetiologies 
  • Eye movement abnormalities associated with neurodegenerative and movement disorders 
  • Visual symptoms related to epilepsy 
  • Visual hallucinations and palinopsia in neurodegenerative diseases and treatment-related contexts 
  • Autoimmune diseases affecting the central nervous system and retina 
  • The intersection of metabolic and genetic disorders with visual system involvement 
  • Conditions leading to optic nerve and peripheral nerve atrophy 
  • Disorders of the neuromuscular junction 
  • Headaches, migraine with visual aura, and related syndromes 
  • Rare neurological syndromes, such as Alice in Wonderland syndrome, prosopagnosia, and posterior cortical atrophy 
  • Structural lesions impacting the visual pathways 
  • Vertigo, nystagmus, and disorders at the ENT-neurology interface 
  • The Pulfrich phenomenon 

Languages spoken

English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish

Publications

Publications: 350 publications of which 109 as first author with a cumulative impact factor of 2254, an H-index of 81 and a i10-index of 276 (stand 20MAY2025). Publications and slides of my scientific presentations are shared on: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/7557-axel-petzold/publications