Our service is led by consultant Dr. Ros Quinlivan who has trained as both an adult and paediatric specialist in muscle disease.
The team includes:
Dr Matt Parton | Consultant Neurologist |
Dr Karim Mohamed | Clinical Research Fellow |
Dr Jatin Pattni | Psychologist |
Ellen Condie / Charlotte Ellerton | Dietician |
Dr. Richard Godfrey | Sports Scientists |
Maria Patasin | Clinical Nurse Specialist |
Peter Finnigan | Physiotherapist |
Yasmin Begum | HSS McArdle Manager |
Diagnostic services are provided by:
Dr Carol Hardy - Birmingham Children's Hospital | R50X/G205S hot spot testing |
Dr Ralph Wigley (GOSH) | Gene sequencing |
Professor Simon Heales (GOSH) | Muscle biochemistry |
Dr Ashirwad Merve | Muscle pathology |
Contact with the patient support group is led by Mr Andrew Wakelin, from the Association for Glycogen Storage Disease UK (AGSD), during clinics.
Please contact Yasmin Begum for more information.
A Patient Advisory Panel also meets twice per year to inform and advise the medical team by drawing from their own experiences as people living with a glycogen storage disorder.