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.
Pam Bostock
Consultant occupational therapist in neurology
Dr Wallace Brownlee
Honorary academic director, MS Academy & consultant neurologist and clinical lead
Nicola Daykin
Multiple sclerosis nurse specialist
Rachel Dorsey-Campbell
Senior lead pharmacist
Dr Anisha Doshi
Consultant neurologist and post-doctoral honorary research fellow
Prof Nikos Evangelou
Clinical associate professor in neurology
Dr Azza Ismail
Consultant neurologist
Joela Mathews
Highly specialist pharmacist – neurosciences lead
Alison McInally
Multiples sclerosis trials coordinator
Rachel Morrison
Advanced MS nurse champion
Dr David Paling
Honorary strategic director, MS Academy & consultant neurologist
Dr Kate Petheram
Consultant neurologist
Dr Waqar Rashid
Consultant neurologist
Ruth Stross
Head of nursing, Neurology Academy
Sue Thomas
Independent healthcare consultant & PPV member, NHSE neurology transformation CRG
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 Maged Abdel Naseer
Head of Neurology department
Dr Rasha Abdel-Fahim
Consultant Neurologist
Dr Adnan Al-Araji
Director and clinical lead
Rebecca Aldam
Public engagement coordinator
Dr Christopher Allen
Clinical Research Fellow
Prof Sandra Amor
Head of MS research
Phillip Anderson
Head of policy
Dr Tarunya Arun
Consultant neurologist
Mavis Ayer
MS lead nurse
Prof David Baker
Professor of neuroimmonology
Dr Colin Bannon
Retired GP and honorary doctor with MS himself
Jody Barber
MS health care practitioner with refuel MS team Kings College London & specialist neurological physiotherapist in private practice
Noreen Barker
Consultant MS nurse
Dr Lucia Batzu
Clinical Research Fellow
Jonathan Beebee
Professional lead for neuroscience and learning disability nursing
Dr Camilla Blain
Consultant neurologist
Joan Bradley
Lead MS and rehabilitation specialist nurse
Dr Robert Brenner
Clinical neurologist
Dr Peter Brex
Consultant neurologist
Prof Ben Bridgewater
Chief executive
Sue Britt
Postgraduate researcher
Dr Gavin Brittain
Neurology Clinical Research Fellow
Kelly Broome
Clinical specialist physiotherapist in multiple sclerosis and AHP independent prescriber
Dr Will Brown
Consultant Neurologist
Katrina Buchanan
Consultant Physiotherapist
Tania Burge
Advanced MS Champion, MS Specialist Physiotherapist
Dr Therese Burke
Clinical platform co-ordinator
Daisy Cam
Lead MS specialist nurse
Dr Javier Carod Artal
Consultant neurologist
Georgina Carr
CEO
Fredi Cavander-Attwood
Policy manager for health and social care
Dr Declan Chard
Honorary Consultant Neurologist
Stavroula Charisi
Highly specialist pharmacist - Multiple Sclerosis
Prof Jeremy Chataway
Consultant Neurologist
Hassan Chaudhury
Digital health and data lead
Dr Karen Chung
Consultant Neurologist
Prof Olga Ciccarelli
NIHR research professor of neurology
Deborah Clark
Prinicipal pharmacist
Caroline Clarke
Chief executive
Jerry Clough
Vice president, advisory services
Helen Cole
Specialist MS occupational therapist
Prof Cris Constantinescu
Professor of neurology and consultant neurologist
Dr Mark Cossburn
Consultant Neurologist
Mhairi Coutts
MS specialist nurse
Dr Matthew Craner
Consultant neurologist
Sarah Crichton
Clinical nurse specialist in paediatric neurology
Sherridan Daly
Highly specialist speech and language therapist
Dr Charlie Davie
Managing director
Dr Gerard Davies
Consultant neurologist
Michelle Davies
Dorset MS service lead & specialist practitioner
Dr Elizabeth Davis
Consultant in rehabilitation medicine
Dr Floriana De Angelis
Consultant neurologist, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Prof Gabriele De Luca
Consultant neurologist
Marina Gonzalez del Rio
Head of the Nursing Research Unit
Prof Rob Dineen
Professor of neuroradiology & honorary consultant neuroradiologist
Prof Ruth Dobson
Centre lead, professor of clinical neurology & consultant neurologist
Julie Dock
MS specialist nurse/clinical lead
Simon Dockerty
Volunteer
Lee Drake
Senior physiotherapist neuro outpatients
Dr Martin Duddy
Clinical director and consultant neurologist
Jennifer Duffy
Operational Services Manager
Dr Giles Elrington
Consultant neurologist
Prof Anton Emmanuel
Consultant gastroenterologist
Dr Rachel Farrell
Consultant neurologist
Martin Fischer
Independent organisational/management development consultant and associate
Dr Leonora Fisniku
Consultant neurologist
Dr Peter Foley
Neurology Consultant and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
Prof Helen Ford
Clinical professor of neurology
Dr Geraint Fuller
GIRFT clinical lead for neurology & consultant neurologist
Dr Afagh Garjani
Neurology Clinical Research Fellow
Ellie Garlick
MS specialist nurse
Prof Gavin Giovannoni
Professor of neurology
Dr Sharmilee Gnanapavan
Consultant neurologist
Dr Bruno Gran
Consultant neurologist
Gemma Grant
MS patient advocate
Dr Orla Gray
Consultant neurologist
Dr Joe Guadagno
Consultant neurologist and honorary clinical lecturer
Prof Nicholas Gutowski
Consultant neurologist
Amy Harbour
Multiple sclerosis nurse specialist
Tom Harrison
Senior policy officer, treatments
Dr Timothy Harrower
Chief and principle investigator
Collette Haslam
Clinical nurse specialist in Uro-Neurology
Wendy Hendrie
MS specialist physiotherapist
Prof Jeremy Hobart
Consultant neurologist
Barbara Hoese
President, pentecore coaching LLC
Rachel Horne
Journalist with MS & honorary research fellow
Dr Owain Howell
Senior lecturer
Dr Saif Huda
Consultant neurologist
Sarah Hughes
MS specialist nurse
Dr David Hunt
Clinician scientist
Joanne Hurford
Clinical specialist occupational therapist
Kharis Hutchison
PhD in domestic violence in MS
Nicola Hyslop
Advanced MS Nurse Champion
Dr Gillian Ingram
Consultant neurologist
Prof Maria Isabel Leite
Associate professor and consultant neurologist
Faculty, Myasthenia Gravis, Neuromuscular Academy
Dr Anu Jacob
Consultant neurologist
Jo Johnson
Independent clinical psychologist
Dr Joanne Jones
Honorary consultant neurologist
Ryan Jones
Helpline and information officer
Sinead Jordan
Advanced nurse practitioner
Elizabeth Keenan
Nurse consultant in neuro-disability
Dr Zhaleh Khaleeli
Consultant neurologist
Dr Jo Kitley
Consultant Neurologist
Prof Christoph Kleinschnitz
Director Clinic of Neurology
Kim Knight
Clinical specialist physiotherapist
Prof Dawn Langdon
Professor of neuropsychology and director of health and medicine
Anthony Lawton
Consultant and business improvement mentor
Jenny Ledsam
MS Service Coordinator
Margie Leong
Specialist dietitian
Dr Ming Lim
Consultant paediatric neurologist
Christine Longinotti
Highly specialist clinical psychologist
Lucy Lyons
Advanced Nurse Practioner
Dr Niall MacDougall
Consultant neurologist
Bhawani Mainali
MS clinical nurse specialist
Dr Monica Marta
Clinical academic neurologist
David Martin
CEO
Andrew Martin
Consultant neuroradiologist
Dr Miriam Mattoscio
Consultant neurologist
Dr Gemma Maxwell
Consultant neurologist
Dr Gordon Mazibrada
Consultant neurologist
Dr Claire McCarthy
Consultant neurologist
Dr Gavin McDonnell
Consultant Neurologist
Alyson McGregor
National director
Dr Brendan McLean
Consultant neurologist
Gale Metcalfe
MS specialist nurse
Rod Middleton
Project Manager and System Architect
Paul Midgley
Director of NHS insight
Dr Niraj Mistry
Consultant neurologist
Prof Rona Moss-Morris
Professor of psychology as applied to medicine
Olivia Moswela
Lead pharmacist
Dr Katy Murray
Consultant Neurologist
Paru Naik
Director of health professionals programmes
Rachel Newby
Consultant neurologist
Prof Richard Nicholas
Consultant neurologist
Prof Christine Norton
Professor of clinical nursing research
Rhian O'Halloran
Clinical specialist physiotherapist in MS
Miranda Olding
MS clinical nurse specialist
Prof David Oliver
Honorary Professor
Dr Nichola Osborne
General practitioner with a specialist interest in MS and women’s health
Audrey Owen
MS specialist nurse
Denise Owen
MS nurse specialist
Anusha Patel
Regional Homecare Lead Pharmacist
George Pepper
Co-founder and CEO
Dr Blanca De Dios Pérez
Senior research fellow
Dr Lorraine Petersen
Consultant in Palliative Medicine
Jen Petrie
Trial Manager
Dr Alex Phillips
Functional neurological disorders (FND) care advisor
Dr Trevor Pickersgill
Consultant neurologist
Dr Marco Pisa
Consultant Neurologist
Prof Stefano Pluchino
University reader in regenerative neuroimmunology
Bernadette Porter
Consultant nurse in Multiple Sclerosis
Dr Si Price
Consultant neurologist
Dr Paarul Prinja
Consultant acute and obstetric physician & honorary consultant obstetric physician
Stacey Pruett
Neurology clinical nurse specialist
Dr Rhian Raftopoulos
Consultant neurologist
Dr Saúl Reyes
Consultant neurologist & honorary clinical lecturer
Liam Rice
MS specialist nurse
Megan Roberts
Independent MS nurse consultant
Prof Neil Robertson
Professor of Neurology
Sarah Roderick
MS nurse specialist
Dr Silvia Rota
Clinical Research Fellow & Specialist in Neurology
Prof Aisling Ryan
Consultant neurologist
Prof Marco Salvetti
Professor and Chair of Neurology
Dr Lara Sanvito
Consultant neurologist
Prof Pascal Sati
Associate professor of neurology & director, neuroimaging program
Dr Antonio Scalfari
Consultant Neurologist
Prof Klaus Schmierer
Professor of neurology and consultant neurologist
Dominic Shadbolt
Founder of the MSGuide
Dr Pushkar Shah
Consultant Neurologist
Prof Basil Sharrack
Consultant neurologist
Aoife Shields
MS pharmacist
Prof Eli Silber
Consultant neurologist
Dr Audrey Sinclair
Consultant Neuroradiologist
Rob Sloan
Head of insights
Jennifer Slough
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Dr Ide Smets
Academic Neurologist
Prof John Snowden
Consultant Haematologist
Anna Sprigings
MS specialist practitioner and highly specialist neurological physiotherapist
Zoey Steele
Teaching assistant at King Edward the VII secondary school in Sheffield.
Dr Andrea Stennett
Research neuro-physiotherapist in MS & honorary clinical lecturer
Julie Storrie
Senior clinical advisor for renew medical UK limited
Dr Agne Straukiene
Consultant neurologist
Farah Suleman
Senior Neuroscience Dietitian
Dr Emma Tallantyre
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Dr Riffat Tanveer
Consultant Neurologist
Del Thomas
Lead MS CNS and community neuro CNS manager
Alison Thomson
Designer and Researcher
Dr John Thorpe
Consultant neurologist
Dr Ben Turner
Consultant Neurologist
Dr James Varley
Consultant neurologist
Karen Vernon
Multiple sclerosis nurse
Prof Matthew Walker
Professor of neurology & consultant neurologist
Dr Victoria Wallace
Consultant neurologist
Mark Webb
Head of comms
Dr Jonathan White
Medical advisor & event facilitator
Sarah White
Lead MS specialist nurse
Camille Whitehead
Cognitive Behavioural (CBT) Therapist
Charlotte Wicks
Research fellow
Carmel Wilkinson
MS specialist nurse
Prof Anna Williams
Professor of Regenerative Neurology
Prof Adrian Williams
Consultant neurologist and professor of clinical neurology
Honorary Speaker
Helen Willis
Clinical nurse specialist
Dr Heather Wilson
Consultant Neurologist
Dr Martin Wilson
Consultant neurologist & deputy chair
Paul Wilson
Expert Patient Speaker
Dr John Woolmore
Consultant Neurologist
Terri Worthington
Lead MS Nurse
Sarah Wright
Consultant neurologist
Prof Carolyn Young
Consultant neurologist
Prof Magd Zakaria
President
Dr Ghaniah Zeb Hassan-Smith
Consultant neurologist