Michael Cardamone

Dr. Michael Cardamone is a **Conjoint Senior Lecturer** at UNSW Medicine School of Women’s and Children’s Health and a **Senior Staff Specialist & Paediatric Neurologist** at Sydney Children’s Hospital Network. His roles include leading the ketogenic diet service, administering the video EEG/telemetry unit, and overseeing epilepsy and general neurology clinics. He holds qualifications including BSc (Hons), PhD, MBBS, and FRACP.

**Research Focus**: His work centers on epilepsy treatment innovations, including clinical trials for resistant epilepsy, gene therapy for WWOX-related epileptic encephalopathy, and dietary therapies for genetic epilepsies. Collaborations include projects with Dr. Wendy Gold (CHW) and Westmead Hospital.

**Clinical Expertise**: Specializes in paediatric neurology, metabolic disorders, and arteriosclerotic stroke. His past includes fellowships at Royal Children’s Hospital (Melbourne) and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

**Supervision**: Co-supervises research on epilepsy management, status epilepticus, and ketogenic diets. Current projects include a PhD on ketogenic diets in adolescents/adults and a Master’s on source localization for epilepsy detection.

**Affiliations**: Located at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, NSW. Contact: +61 2 9382 1847.