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Biography
Dr Barry Seemungal (PhD FRCP) trained as a neurologist in London and completed a PhD in vestibular neurosciences at the Medical Research Council Human Movement & Balance Unit (UCL).
Dr Seemungal has received research funding from the Academy of Medical Sciences and Health Foundation Clinician Scientist Fellowship Programme and the MRC.
Languages spoken: Italian
Biography
Professor Pankaj Sharma obtained his MBBS qualification in London, his PhD in Cambridge and his MD in London. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP).
He has previously been a BHF clinician scientist in Cambridge and a Fulbright scholar at Harvard Medical School, USA. Professor Sharma is currently a consultant neurologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. He is Director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Disease at Royal Holloway University of London and former head of acute stroke services at Hammersmith Hospitals.
He has published numerous original papers and book chapters and edited two books and regularly provides expert advice on brain and stroke matters to radio and television media. In 2015 he was named the UK’s top Asian doctor at the British Indian Awards.
Languages spoken: Hindi, Punjabi
Biography
Dr Yen Tai is a consultant neurologist with special interests in movement disorders (including Parkinson’s disease), headaches and strokes.
He completed his neurology training in Cambridge and London. He also obtained a PhD in functional imaging in movement disorders from Imperial College London.
Dr Tai runs a specialist multi-disciplinary Parkinson’s disease clinic which offers a range of treatment options for patients with complex needs.
Languages spoken: Chinese, Malay
Biography
Dr Marius Venter is a consultant in stroke medicine, geriatric medicine and general internal medicine at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. He is based at both Charing Cross and St Mary’s hospitals. He undertook his undergraduate studies and completed a master’s degree in general internal medicine at Pretoria University in South Africa. He then advanced his postgraduate training in stroke and geriatric medicine in London. He is a member of The European Stroke Organisation, The Royal Society of Medicine, The Royal College of Physicians and The Health Professions Council of South Africa. His work in the prestigious hyper acute stroke unit includes a seven-day thrombolysis service and access to advanced neuroimaging and an on-site thrombectomy service. In addition to presenting his work at international conferences, he has a strong commitment to teaching and is the lead for undergraduate training in stroke medicine at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
He is currently undertaking several large international stroke trials to provide his patients with the latest advances in stroke medicine. His clinical and research interests are in hyper-acute and acute stroke medicine, TIAs and stroke rehabilitation, prevention & cardiovascular risk factor management.
Dr Ventner holds the following qualifications:
2013 Stroke medicine CESR (CP)
2013 Geriatric medicine CESR (CP)
2013 General internal medicine CESR (CP)
2007 MRCP (UK) equivalence status through JCHMT
2004 M.Med (internal medicine), University of Pretoria
1995 M.B., Ch.B. University of Pretoria
Languages spoken: Afrikaans, Dutch
Biography
Professor Mark Wilson is dual qualified in neurosurgery and pre-hospital care working both at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and for Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust.
He is clinical lead for neurotrauma at the Trust and co-director of the Imperial Neurotrauma Centre (http://www.imperialneurotrauma.uk). His area of clinical interest is acute and traumatic brain injury (TBI), especially the first few minutes and hours after injury.
Professor Wilson is chair of the trauma committee for the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) and lectures regularly both nationally and internationally on TBI. He holds the position of professor of practice of brain injury at Imperial College and is honorary professor (the Gibson Chair) of pre-hospital care at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He is co-founder of http://www.goodsamapp.org.