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Neurologists in the UK Specialising in Ataxia

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IF YOU WISH TO BE SEEN BY YOUR LOCAL NEUROLOGIST WHO SPECIALISES IN THE ATAXIAS LISTED BELOW PLEASE ASK YOUR GP OR CURRENT NEUROLOGIST TO REFER YOU

Names of some of the neurologists and clinical geneticists in the UK with a special interest in the ataxias*

(*All specialists listed are neurologists unless stated otherwise)

(†Leaflets for the Accredited Ataxia Centres are available from the office and include information about ataxia specialist nurses)

Adult specialists

1. Prof Paola Giunti

Accredited Ataxia Centre of Excellence† National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery Queen Square

London WC1N 3BG

Tel: 0203 448 3153

Private and NHS

2. Prof Marios Hadjivassiliou

Accredited Ataxia Centre of Excellence† Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Glossop Road

Sheffield

S10 2JF

Tel: 0114 271 2502

NHS only

3. Dr Priya Darshni Shanmugarajah Accredited Ataxia Centre of Excellence Department of Neurology

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Glossop Road Sheffield S10 2JF Tel: 0114 271 3708 NHS only

4. Dr George Tofaris and

Dr Andrea Nemeth (Clinical Geneticist) Joint ataxia clinic

John Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford, OX3 9DU george.tofaris@ndcn.ox.ac.uk andrea.nemeth@imm.ox.ac.uk

Tel: 01865 222353

NHS only

5. Dr Rajith de Silva Queen’s Hospital Rom Valley Way Romford

Essex RM7 0AG

Tel: 01708 435044 (secretary - NHS referrals) Private and NHS

6. Dr John Ealing

Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

Stott lane

Salford

Greater Manchester

M6 8HD

Tel: 0161 2062393

NHS and some private patients

7. Dr Richard Davenport

Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Western General Hospital

Crewe Road South

Edinburgh,EH4 2XU

Tel (secretary): 0131 537 2072

Fax: 0131 537 1132

Private and NHS: Accepts referrals for specialist input at diagnosis. For ongoing management would recommend a local referral to a movement disorder specialist.

8. Dr Simon Hammans St Richard’s Hospital Spitalfield Lane Chichester

West Sussex PO19 6SE

Tel: 01243 788122

Fax: 01243 531269

(also sees patients at the Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton)

Private and NHS

Private patients seen at Chichester Nuffield Hospital. Tel: 01243 530600

9. Dr Paul Hart

Department of Neurology

St Helier Hospital

Wrythe Lane, Carshalton Surrey SM5 1AA

Tel: 0208 296 3355 (secretary) Private and NHS

IF YOU WISH TO BE SEEN BY YOUR LOCAL NEUROLOGIST WHO SPECIALISES IN THE ATAXIAS LISTED BELOW PLEASE ASK YOUR GP OR CURRENT NEUROLOGIST TO REFER YOU

10. Dr John McKinley and Dr Seamus Kearney Level 6 out-patients

Royal Victoria Hospital

Grosvenor Road

Belfast

BT12 6BA

Tel: 02890 633475 NHS only

11. Dr Neil Robertson

Dept. of Neurology, C4 Neurology University Hospital Wales

Heath Park

Cardiff CF14 4XN

Tel: 029 20 74 5403

NHS only

12. Dr. Mark Wardle Department of Neurology University Hospital Wales Heath Park

Cardiff

CF14 4XW

Tel: 02920745274 (secretary: Natalie Doney) NHS only

13. Dr Alastair Wilkins Neurology Southmead Hospital Bristol BS10 5NB

Tel: 0117 414 6695 NHS only

14. Prof Nicholas Wood Institute of Neurology Queen Square

London WC1N 3BG Tel: 0203 448 4255 Private and NHS

15. Prof Henry Houlden

Institute of Neurology

Queen Square

London WC1N 3BG

Tel: 02034483141 or 02034484249 NHS only

Also weekly MSA and late-onset ataxia clinic

16. Dr Paul Worth

Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge (NHS) NHS secretary 01223216760

West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds (NHS) NHS secretary 01284712610

The Spire, Cambridge Lee Hospital (Private) Private Sec 01954202111

Appointment number: 01223266990

17. Prof Rita Horvath MD, PhD

Director of Research (Clinical) - Genetics of Rare Neurological Disorders

Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge

Box 165, Addenbrooke`s Hospital, Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Cambridge CB2 0QQ

Tel: +44 (0) 1223 331165

NHS only

18. Dr Michael Bonello

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust Lower Lane

Fazakerley

Liverpool L9 7LJ

Tel: 0151 525 3611

NHS only

19. Dr Kathryn Brennan

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

1345 Govan Road

Glasgow

G514TF

Tel: 0141 232 7749 (67749)

NHS only: GP referrals will be accepted from West of Scotland. For other areas, please seek referral from local neurologist.

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Paediatric specialists

1. Dr Santosh R Mordekar

Consultant Paediatric Neurologist

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust Ryegate Children's Centre

Tapton Crescent

Sheffield

S10 5DD

Tel: 0114 2260675

Fax: 0114 2678296

(Works closely with Prof Hadjivassiliou at the Accredited Ataxia Centre of Excellence – see above)

NHS only

2. Dr Andrea Nemeth (Clinical Geneticist sees adults and children)

Department of Clinical Genetics, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7LJ

Tel: 01865 222353

andrea.nemeth@imm.ox.ac.uk

(Runs a joint ataxia clinic with the neurologist Dr Tofaris – see above)

NHS only

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