Dr Laura Nastasi
Overview
Dr Laura Nastasi is a specialist consultant physician in Clinical Neurophysiology, who has recently joined us at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). She completed specialist registrar training in Clinical Neurophysiology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, having previously completed specialist registrar training in Neurology in Italy. She has also worked as a clinical fellow in the neuromuscular complex case centre at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
Credentials
Neurophysiology
She has specialist clinical interest in nerve conduction and electromyography studies, including single fibre EMG.
Her role also includes reporting electroencephalography, home video telemetry, evoked potentials and supervision of intraoperative monitoring.
MSc Medicine and Surgery
Certificate of Completion of Training in Neurology (equivalent)
Certificate of Completion of Training in Clinical Neurophysiology
Memberships:
Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP), Member of the British Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (BSCN), Member of the British Peripheral Nerve Society (BPNS), Member of the General Medical Council (GMC), Member of the Medical Defence Union (MDU)
Neuromuscular and epilepsy
News & Publications
Improving specialised care for neuromuscular patients reduces the frequency of preventable emergency hospital admissions. R S Scalco, R M Quinlivan, L Nastasi, F Jaffer, M G Hanna. Neuromuscul Disord2020 Feb;30(2):173-179. PMID: 32005495. DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2019.11.013
Effect of botulinum toxin treatment on quality of life in patients with isolated lingual dystonia and oromandibular dystonia affecting the tongue. Nastasi L, Mostile G, Nicoletti A, Zappia M, Reggio E, Catania S.J Neurol. 2016 Jun 8
Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord presenting with pseudoathetosis of the upper limbs. Reggio E, Lanzafame S, Giliberto C, Nastasi L, Nicoletti A, Zappia M. Eur J Neurol. 2013 Jan;20(1): e26-7. doi: 10.1111/ene.12008. PubMed PMID: 23279443.
Man-in-the-barrel syndrome due to Klippel-Feil deformity. Giliberto C, Giuffrida S, Nastasi L, Cicirata F, Platania N, Albanese V, Zappia M. Eur J Neurol. 2013 Jan;20(1): e24-5. doi: 10.1111/ene.12002. PubMed PMID: 23279442.
Advanced ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in a mildly symptomatic patient. A case report and literature review. Conte G, Viglianesi A, D'Amore A, Chiaramonte R, Pecoraro C, Nastasi L, Giuffrida S, Pero G, Chiaramonte I. Neuroradiology J. 2011 Aug 31;24(4):643-7. Epub 2011 Sep 2. PubMed PMID: 24059724.
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