Medical Advisory Panel

The Medical Advisory Panel was set up to provide independent advice on the best clinical practice for people with ataxia, and to aid Ataxia UK in specific issues related to the ataxias and developments in treatment and care, among others. The current members of the panel include the following: 

Neurologists 
Prof Paola Giunti (Ataxia UK accredited Ataxia Centre, NHNN London) 
Prof Marios Hadjivassiliou (Ataxia UK accredited Ataxia Centre, Sheffield) 
Dr Priya Darshni Shanmugarajah (Ataxia UK accredited Ataxia Centre, Sheffield) 
Prof Rita Horvath (University of Cambridge)  
Dr Santosh Mordekar (Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield) 
Dr Rajith de Silva (Queen’s Hospital, Romford) 
Dr Mark Wardle (University Hospital Wales, Cardiff) 
Prof Nicholas Wood (Institute of Neurology, London) 
Dr Kathryn Brennan (Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow) 
Dr Shpresa Pula (Ataxia UK accredited Ataxia Centre, Children’s clinic, NHNN London) 
Dr Martin Smith (Ataxia UK accredited Ataxia Centre, John Radcliffe, Oxford) 

Other specialists 
Prof Andrea Nemeth (Ataxia UK accredited Ataxia Centre, John Radcliffe, Oxford) 
Emma Foster (Ataxia specialist nurse, Ataxia UK accredited Ataxia Centre, Sheffield) 
Suzanne Booth (Ataxia specialist nurse, Ataxia UK accredited Ataxia Centre, NHNN London) 
Prof Anja Lowit (Speech and Language Therapist, Strathclyde University)  

Other members 
Prof Barry Hunt (Chair of the Panel) 
Dr Harriet Bonney (patient representative) 
Ann Truscott (lay member) 
Carol McCudden (lay member) 

Updated July 2023