Contact

Email

piero.perucca@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Professor of Adult Epilepsy
Department of Medicine
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Other (Qualification)
University of Pavia
Bachelors Degree
University of Pavia
ORCID

0000-0002-7855-7066

Prof Piero Perucca

Professor of Adult Epilepsy
Department of Medicine
222 Scholarly works
13 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Untreated epilepsy and pregnancy
    DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2026.04.025
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Time to Change the Drug Trial Paradigm for Dravet Syndrome: Designing Trials for the Disease Rather than Squeezing the Disease into the Trial
    DOI: 10.1002/ana.78111
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Lamotrigine as an antiseizure medication in pregnancy
    DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2026.02.001
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Delay to diagnosis of epilepsy: A history of a psychiatric disorder and substance use is associated with prior seizures
    DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2025.110864
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Translating Epilepsy Genetics Advances Into Improved Patient Care
  • 2021

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Precision Diagnosis for the Remaining 50% of Unsolved Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Shenzhen Sanming Project
Piero Perucca

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2024
FAES - Fellow of the American Epilepsy Society
2023
Michael Prize 2023 Michael Foundation
2023
Emerging Leadership 2 Investigator Grant National Health and Medical Research Council
2022
2022 Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award American Academy of Neurology

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2027

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    A Master Protocol for PRecision Therapies in Monogenic Epilepsies (PRIME)
  • 2024

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies - A Novel Treatment for Behavioural and Mental Health Problems