Dr Martin Duddy did his clinical training and post-graduate research in neurology at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast and the Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada. He was appointed as a consultant neurologist with a special interest in MS at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne in 2003 and is currently Clinical Director for Neurosciences. He is a local principal investigator and UK chief investigator for a number of collaborative studies. He is a board member of the Multiple Sclerosis Journal and co-chair of the UK MS Registers Executive Committee.