After general medical training and MRCP, I completed a PhD at the Clinical Neurosciences department on the genetics and cell biology of the SPAST gene / spastin protein, the commonest gene mutated in hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). In parallel, I collaborated in work that led to the discovery of novel genes for HSP and related disorders.
My neurology specialist training was completed in and around London (Queen Square, King's, St Thomas', Hurstwood Park), with experience including neurogenetics, movement disorders, dementia, intensive care, motor neuron disease.
I have been a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Neuroscience (now Associate Professor) and Consultant Neurologist at the Royal Free London NHS Trust since November 2009. In addition to general neurology, I see outpatients with Parkinson's disease and genetic disorders including HSP.