Training and education

Medicine - University of Cambridge, 1988 to 1994
PhD in epilepsy genetics - University College London, 1998 to 2002
Neurology training in London, Southampton and Melbourne (Australia)

Experience

Dr Kinton was initially appointed as a consultant neurologist to Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, with an honorary contract at Southampton General Hospital for her sub-specialty clinics in the treatment of epilepsy.

In 2018, she moved to working entirely at Southampton General Hospital where she now works in acute inpatient neurology and general neurology outpatients. She continues her specialist epilepsy clinics and has developed an interest in neurological sleep disorders, working with the respiratory physicians.

She runs the local transition clinic for young people with epilepsy and narcolepsy.

Dr Kinton is deputy lead for neurology, teaching medical students, and sits on the examination board for the Royal College of Physicians' specialist certificate in neurology.

Key achievements

Setting up the epilepsy transition clinic at Southampton General Hospital
Elected to Council of the Association of British Neurologists (2017)
Lead neurologist, Hampshire Hospitals (2015 to 2018)

Awards and prizes

Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellowship 1999
American Epilepsy Society Young Investigator Award 1999

Publications

You can view a list of Dr Kinton's publications here.

Contact

You can contact Dr Kinton via her secretary, Beverley Leung - call 023 8120 5771 or send an email.