Honorary faculty
Our Honorary Faculty are the clinical leaders of their Academy, bringing their expertise and experience, alongside an enthusiasm and drive to improve services and outcomes for people living with a neurological condition. The voluntary role includes bringing new ideas into their Academy, building on and developing new educational content, creating programmes and selecting speakers for our range of educational events.
Dr Joseph Kane
Academic clinical lecturer
Prof Iracema Leroi
Professor in geriatric psychiatry
Dr Seán O’Dowd
Consultant neurologist
Prof John-Paul Taylor
Professor of Translational Dementia Research and Honorary Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist
Speakers
Our speakers are experts in their fields or those with specific experience of a particular topic. They may present at a MasterClass, webinar, or other events and courses, or may deliver a videocast. Many of our speakers are MasterClass alumni, further developing both a clinical network and the Academy's collegiate feel.
Prof Dag Aarsland
Professor and head of department of old age psychiatry
Helen Bundy Medsger
LBD Peer Mentor, Support Group Facilitator and Support Services Volunteer
Jacqui Cannon
Chief executive, The Lewy Body Society
Dr Paul Donaghy
MRC clinician scientist fellow and consultant old age psychiatrist
Charlèss Dupont
Registered nurse
Les Magee
Musician and Ambassador for the Lewy Body Society
Prof Bernadette McGuinness
Professor of geriatric medicine and consultant geriatrician
Karen Meenan
Atlantic Senior Fellow for Equity in Brain Health
Dr Christoph Mueller
Senior clinical lecturer
Prof John O’Brien
Professor of old age psychiatry and NIHR national specialty lead for dementia
Des O’Sullivan
Educational Publishing Project Manager
Rachel Thompson
Consultant admiral nurse for Lewy body dementia
Dr Ciarán Trolan
Consultant geriatrician
Caoimhe Tyndall
PhD student
Dr Angelika Zarkali
Specialist registrar