David is a co-founder and speaker who retired from the academy in 2013.

David is a consultant physician in medicine for the elderly at the Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow, and honorary clinical senior lecturer, University of Glasgow. He has a longstanding interest in Parkinson’s disease and established a multidisciplinary PD clinic in 1993. In 2000, the clinic achieved Chartermark status. His interests include audit and database development. He was a founder member of the Glasgow Movement Disorders Group and an advisor to Greater Glasgow Health Board on PD services. He is a past chairman of the BGS Movement Disorders Section. He was a member of the Guideline Development Group for the SIGN guideline on Parkinson’s disease. In addition to his interest in movement disorders he has a strong input to medical management as acute division medical director in Greater Glasgow & Clyde.​