Dr Alex Everitt studied medicine at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and later completed a PhD in epilepsy at the Institute of Neurology/Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy. He undertook his neurology training at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (Queen Square), and King’s College Hospital. He was appointed consultant neurologist at St Mary’s Hospital in 2003, where he undertakes weekly epilepsy and general neurology clinics, in addition to a monthly joint HIV neurology clinic.