The muscle service includes:
Prof. Michael Hanna | Consultant Neurologist |
Dr. Matt Parton | Consultant Neurologist |
Dr. Chris Turner | Consultant Neurologist |
Dr. Ros Quinlivan | Consultant Neurologist |
Dr Dipa Jayaseelan | Consultant Neurologist |
Dr. Jasper Morrow | Consultant Neurologist |
Dr. Aisling Carr | Consultant Neurologist |
Dr. Pedro Machado | Consultant in Rheumatology and Muscle diseases |
Dr. Enrico Bugiardini | Consultant Neurologist |
Sarah Holmes | Physiotherapist (channelopathies and mitochondrial diseases) |
Natalie James | Clinical Nurse Specialist (channelopathies and mitochondrial diseases) |
Susan MacDonald | Clinical Nurse Specialist (myotonic dystrophy, inflammatory muscle disease, immune-suppresion monitoring) |
Maria Patasin | Clinical Nurse Specialist (glycogen storage disorders) |
Other services
We provide a national, government funded referral service (NCG scheme) for patients with:
- Mitochondrial disease (Prof. Hanna)
- Muscle channelopathies (Prof. Hanna)
- McArdle disease (Dr. Quinlivan)
Specialist clinics
We provide specialist clinics for patients with:
- Myotonic Dystrophy (Dr. Turner)
- Inclusion Body Myositis (Dr. Parton and Dr. Machado)
- Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (Dr. Bugiardini)
- Joint complex inflammatory muscle disease clinic (Prof. Hanna - Neurology, Prof. Schapira (Neurology) and Prof. Isenberg (Rheumatology)
- Adolescent transition joint muscle clinic with Prof. Muntoni (IoCH) and Dr. Quinlivan (NHNN)
We also work closely with Doctors Lachmann and Murphy in our Neurometabolic Medicine Unit.