Dr Tom Mace
NewsAs part of our Parkinson's Academy twenty-year celebration, we are highlighting a handful of healthcare professionals who have been on a journey with the Academy over the years, from those involved in the early years through to more recent delegates-turned-speakers. Each individual has contributed so much to the Academy, and found benefits from its education and community in turn.
Dr Tom Mace
Consultant Geriatrician, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Tom graduated Parkinson's Academy's Foundation and Advanced MasterClasses as a registrar, and developed an integrated, multidisciplinary Parkinson's Hub as his intermodule project for the latter. The innovative service, with a service flow in three parts - referral, assessment in two parts, and follow-up - won his class project award in 2019, and the Academy supported him in getting the initiative published in a journal (ACNR 2020).
Now a geriatrician, Tom is clinical lead for the unique service he established for patients living with Parkinson’s and frailty or complex symptoms which won the Parkinson’s UK Excellence Network Award winner for both Innovation in Practice and Overall Excellence in 2021.
He has recently become an Academy speaker, bringing his experience and expertise on how to build a service to the Advanced MasterClass.
He has lately taken on leadership roles, as co-chair for Yorkshire’s Parkinson’s Excellence Network Branch and is part of the steering group for multidisciplinary care at the Parkinson’s Excellence Network.
Dr Tom Mace with Dr Peter Fletcher in Sheffield, November 2019
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