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 Neil Archibald
Clinical director for neurology and stroke and consultant neurologist
Dr Richard Davenport
Consultant neurologist
Louise Ebenezer
Clinical nurse specialist for Parkinson’s disease
Dr Robin Fackrell
Consultant physician & specialist in Parkinson’s disease & related disorders
Dr Peter Fletcher
Consultant care of the elderly physician
Academic director emeritus, Parkinson's Academy
Dr Richard Genever
Consultant physician and movement disorders lead
Prof Emily Henderson
Associate professor in ageing and movement disorders and honorary consultant geriatrician.
Prof Iracema Leroi
Professor in geriatric psychiatry
Dr Ed Richfield
Consultant in elderly medicine
Academic director of the Parkinson's Advanced MasterClass and Palliative Care Academy
Sue Thomas
Independent healthcare consultant & PPV member, NHSE neurology transformation CRG
Faculty
Our Faculty members are experts in their chosen condition and have often – although not always – been involved with an Academy as a delegate and speaker as well. They often speak at courses, events and webinars, but have additional input into the direction and content of their Academy's educational vision, including providing advice and support around MasterClass programme content.
Dr James Fisher
Consultant geriatrician
Dr Andrea Lindahl
Consultant neurologist & clinical lead for Parkinson’s disease and movement disorder
Dr Conor Maguire
Consultant physician in geriatric and general medicine
Dr Sarah Marrinan
Consultant physician
Dr Doug McMahon
Faculty director, retired
Dr Helen Roberts
Senior lecturer
Dr Rob Skelly
Consultant geriatrician
Dr David Stewart
Consultant physician in medicine for the elderly
Dr Lara Teare
Consultant neurologist
Dr Sandy Thomson
Consultant physician and geriatrician
Prof Richard Walker
Consultant physician
Dr Paul Worth
Consultant in neurology
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
Dr Jonny Acheson
Emergency Medicine doctor living with Parkinson’s
Alison Anderson
Parkinson's advocate
Prof Angelo Antonini
Professor of neurology
University of Padua, Italy
Dr Stephanie Azzopardi
Consultant neurologist
Prof Oliver Bandmann
Professor of movement disorders neurology
Prof Roger Barker
Professor of clinical neuroscience, consultant neurologist
Caroline Bartliff
Specialist speech and language therapist
Prof Sagnik Bhattacharyya
Professor of translational neuroscience & psychiatry
Emma Bines
Lead Pharmacist for Elderly Care (with special Interest Parkinson’s Disease)
Prof Bas Bloem
Medical director
Ellen Bradley
Assistant professor & lead psychiatrist
Prof Richard Brown
Professor of neuropsychology and clinical neuroscience
Nick Bryden
Parkinson's nurse specialist
Sam Carney
Senior policy and campaigns adviser on dementia and mental health
Dr Camille Carroll
Associate professor & consultant neurologist
Prof K Ray Chaudhuri
Professor of movement disorders and neurology
Dr Benjamin Chetcuti
Clinical director for unscheduled care mental health services
Dr Alistair Church
GP principal
Prof Carl Clarke
Emeritus Professor of Clinical Neurology
Dr Carla Cordivari
Neurologist and consultant clinical neurophysiologist
Patsy Cotton
Advanced Nurse Practitioner Movement Disorders/Parkinson's
Dr Gemma Cummins
Consultant neurologist
Dr Gemma Cummins
Consultant Neurologist
Emma Davies
UK Parkinson’s Clinical Studies Group Coordinator
Vicki Dillon
Paediatric staff nurse
Philippa Duggan-Carter
Lead nurse Parkinson’s and movement disorders
Gordon Duncan
Consultant physician & NRS clinician
Dr Ross Dunne
Consultant old age psychiatrist
Dr Jonathan Evans
Consultant in movement disorders
Pauline Fitzell
Research team leader
Richelle Flanagan
Registered dietitian and nutritionist
Prof Tom Foltynie
Consultant Neurologist
Alison Foster
Senior pharmacist
Dr Gavin Francis
Consultant Physician
Dr Boyd Ghosh
Consultant neurologist
Dr Benjamin Glickstein
Consultant
Katie Goates
Health strategy lead
Prof Donald Grosset
Senior research fellow and professor of neurology
Prof Annette Hand
Professor of nursing – clinical academic
Dr Victoria Haunton
Consultant geriatrician & honorary associate professor
Hannah Hornby
Speech and language therapist
Viv Horton
Highly advanced pharmacist neurology
Amelia Hursey
Research participation lead
Akbar Hussain
Consultant neurosurgeon
Jemma Inches
Research practitioner
Dr Tim Jackson
Consultant in Palliative Medicine
Prof Peter Jenner
Emeritus professor of pharmacology
Clare Johnson
Specialist occupational therapist
Vanessa Jones
Specialist dietitian
Joseph Joseph Candelario-Mckeown
Lead advanced nurse practitioner - deep brain stimulator nurse specialist
Karen Kite
Lead clinical pharmacist
Dr Christopher Kobylecki
Consultant neurologist
Dr Norman Kock
Consultant Neurologist
Dr Chris Lambert
Principal research associate & consultant neurologist specialising in movement disorders
Alison Leake
Parkinson’s disease nurse specialist
Dr Mariah Lelos
Co-director
Dr Valentina Leta
Neurologist and PhD Clinical Research Fellow
Clare Lindley
Team leader Parkinson's nurse specialist
Fiona Lindop
Specialist physiotherapist
Dr Fiona Lithander
Nutrition Scientist, Dietitian and Researcher
Dr Veronica Lyell
Consultant Geriatrician
Dr Tom Mace
Consultant geriatrician
Academic director of the Parkinson's foundation MasterClass
Clair Mace
Parkinson's Disease Nurse Specialist
James Mack
Senior charge nurse
Dr Alistair Mackett
Consultant geriatrician
Dr Francesca Mancini
Medical director
Hannah Martin
Advanced nurse practitioner Parkinson’s disease
Sarah McCracken
Nurse Specialist
Dr Kevin McFarthing
Parkinson's research advocate
Lucy Mooney
Lead movement disorder nurse specialist for the advanced treatment service for parkinson’s
Sarah-Jayne Moore
Lead neurology nurse
Prof Huw Morris
Professor of neurology and neurogenetics
Dr David Nesbitt
Specialty registrar in neurology
Dr Edward Newman
Consultant neurologist
Dr Alastair Noyce
Clinical Reader and Lead
Dr Mícheál Ó Breasail
Senior Research Associate
Dr David Okai
Clinical lead for psychiatry
Lynne Osborne
Consultant Nurse
Des O’Sullivan
Educational Publishing Project Manager
Dr Chandrasekhara Padmakumar
Consultant Geriatrician & Clinical Leader Aged Care
Prof Jalesh Panicker
Consultant neurologist
Miriam Parry
Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Consultant
Prof Nicola Pavese
Professor of clinical neuroscience
Jane Price
Parkinson’s disease nurse advanced practitioner
Dr Sandip Raha
Associate specialist in care of the elderly medicine and movement disorder specialist
Dr Jason Raw
Consultant Physician and Geriatrician
Prof Suzanne Reeves
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry
Dr Lucia Ricciardi
Senior lecturer in neurology & consultant neurologist
Jane Rideout
Clinical lead for user involvement
Dr Tim Rittman
Senior Clinical Research Associate
Karen Robinson
Consultant dietitian and chair of the Neurosciences Specialist Group (NSG) of the British Dietetic Association
Dr Katarina Rukavina
Neurologist
Dr Romi Saha
Consultant neurologist with specialist Interest in movement disorders
Dr Gill Sare
Consultant Neurologist
Mike Scott
Parkinson’s specialist nurse
Prof Monty Silverdale
Consultant neurologist
Tanya Simuni
Arthur C. Nielsen jr. Professor of neurology director, parkinson’s disease and movement disorders center
Tracey Smith
Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialist
Dr Matthew Smith
Clinical Research Fellow and Specialist Registrar in Neurology
Dr Simon Stott
Director of research
Dr Lucy Strens
Consultant Neurologist
Dr Ai Huey Tan
Associate professor and consultant neurologist
Dr Qian Yue Tan
Consultant geriatrician
Dr Christine Taylor
Consultant in old age psychiatry
Pedro Teixeira
Product & Business Development
Rachel Thompson
Consultant admiral nurse for Lewy body dementia
Dr Daniel Van Wamelen
Movement Disorders Neurologist
Dr Latha Velayudhan
Clinical reader in ageing and dementia studies
Dr Rimona Weil
Consultant neurologist & clinician scientist
Dr Kiri West
Consultant geriatrician
Dr Alan Whone
Consultant Senior Lecturer in Movement Disorders
Alison Wilkinson
Dementia Nurse Consultant
Dr Elisabeth Wilson
Neuropalliative care fellow
Jenny Wright
Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialist
Dr Ben Wright
Consultant Neurologist
Dr Richard Wyse
Director of Research
Valli Yanni
facilitator and consultant in international development
Dr Alison Yarnall
Clinical fellow
Jane Young
Nurse Consultant
Jacqueline Young
Specialist Dementia Nurse