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Frans Leijten

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Dr. Frans S.S. Leijten (1960) studied medicine at Utrecht University and obtained his MD in 1986. He became a neurologist and clinical neurophysiologist in 1994. In 1996 he defended his PhD thesis on critical illness polyneuropathy at Leiden University. He worked as an epileptologist at epilepsy center SEIN, then called Meer en Bosch, in Heemstede, from 1994-1996. Since then, he has been working at the University Medical Center Utrecht, where he was head of the EEG department and the monitoring unit for invasive EEG recordings. He was also chairman of the National Dutch Epilepsy Surgery Taskforce. He is a member of the European Childhood Epilepsy Surgery Group U-TASK, of the European Network for Epilepsy Research ENER and of the European Reference Network for rare and complex epilepsies EpiCare. He is a member of the Consilium Neurologicum, responsible for the education of neurology residents in the Netherlands. He has received...

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Neurophysiology and surgical tailoring in epilepsy

Research aim

Epilepsy is a life-long brain disease affecting 1% of all people plus their surroundings. We will turn epilepsy into a curable disorder by understanding the underlying pathophysiology to improve diagnosis, guide and optimize neurosurgical treatment.

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Recent publications

Pausing propofol during neurosurgery to record intraoperative electrocorticography is feasible;10 years of clinical experience Dongqing Sun, Maryse A. van ’t Klooster, Elise M. Ringeling, Eline V. Schaft, Peter C. van Rijen, Frans S.S. Leijten, Matteo Demuru, Pierre A.J.T. Robe, Reinier G. Hoff, Maeike Zijlmans,
Clinical Neurophysiology, 2024, vol. 167, p.84-91
Association of Lamotrigine Plasma Concentrations With Efficacy and Toxicity in Patients With Epilepsy Ze Ning Lee, Merel van Nuland, Tim Bognàr, Frans S.S. Leijten, Kim C.M. van der Elst
Therapeutic drug monitoring, 2024, vol. 46, p.642-648
Seizure Outcome After Intraoperative Electrocorticography-Tailored Epilepsy Surgery Jiaojiao Guo, Ziyi Wang, Maryse A. van 't Klooster, Sandra M. Van Der Salm, Frans S. Leijten, Kees P. Braun, Maeike Zijlmans
Neurology, 2024, vol. 102
The effect of propofol on effective brain networks D. van Blooijs, S. Blok, G. J.M. Huiskamp, P. van Eijsden, H. G.E. Meijer, F. S.S. Leijten
Clinical Neurophysiology, 2024, vol. 161, p.222-230
Corticosteroids versus clobazam for treatment of children with epileptic encephalopathy with spike-wave activation in sleep (RESCUE ESES) Marleen M.L. van Arnhem, Bart van den Munckhof, Alexis Arzimanoglou, Emilio Perucca, Liisa Metsähonkala, Guido Rubboli, Marianne Søndergaard Khinchi, Anne de Saint-Martin, Kerstin A. Klotz, Julia Jacobs, J. Helen Cross, Irene Garcia Morales, Wim M. Otte, Heleen C. van Teeseling, Frans S.S. Leijten, Kees P.J. Braun, Floor E. Jansen,...
Multimodal nocturnal seizure detection in children with epilepsy Anouk van Westrhenen, Richard H C Lazeron, Johannes P van Dijk, Frans S S Leijten, Roland D Thijs,
Epilepsia, 2023, vol. 64, p.2137-2152

Fellowships & Awards

1: 2020 ZonMW parel for best translational research

2: 2012 Editor's Choice of best publication in NeuroImage

3: 2012 Editor's Choice of best publication in Human Brain Mapping

4: 2009 SUMMA medical teacher of the year

5: 2004 VAANdrager national prize for best teacher in Neurology