Qualifications
- Medical School: Birmingham Medical School
- Qualification: MB ChB
- Date of award: 1989
- Professional College: Royal College of Physicians of London
- Qualification: FRCP - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
- Date of award: 2006
- Other degree or qualification: University of Birmingham
- Qualification: PhD - Doctor of Philosophy
- Date of award: 1998
- Other degree or qualification: University of Birmingham
- Qualification: Postgrad Cert of Medical Education for Health Professionals
- Date of award: 2010
Awards and Prizes
BMA book award 1st prize 2004 (electronic media section) for Nicholl DJ & Williams AC. The clinical atlas of Parkinson’s disease. Blackwell Science June 2003 ISBN: 1405107782
Professional profile
Active researcher (funded by UK Parkinson's disease Society)in genetics of Parkinson's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders (PSP, MSA and hereditary tauopathies) in collaboration with colleagues in London, Paris, Rome, Rotterdam and the USA (http://medweb.bham.ac.uk/clin_neuro/genetics/Patient_Information.html). >30 papers in high ranking journals (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Search&db=PubMed&term=Nicholl%20D%20[au])
Also local investigator for SANAD trial (pragmatic trial for standard treatments for epilepsy) as well as PDMED and PDSURG trials (medical and surgical treatments for Parkinson's disease)
In addition to scientific papers, I have developed 2 unique teaching CD-ROMs:
1. Nicholl DJ & Williams AC. The clinical atlas of Parkinson’s disease. Blackwell Science June 2003 ISBN: 1405107782 available via https://secure.aidcvt.com/bookselect.asp?PCS=BSI
and
2. Nicholl DJ. Clinical Neurology on CD-ROM. Harcourt Churchill Livingstone 2003.
ISBN 04430 6019 3
available via http://www.harcourt-international.com/neurology/new.cfm
Clinical Excellence Award
Local: Level 6
Professional affiliations and memberships
- Royal College of Physicians
- Association of British Neurologists
- Movement Disorders Society
- West Midlands Physicians Association
- American Academy of Neurology
Research interests
Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders (Multiple System Atrophy, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Corticobasal Degeneration), Wilson's disease, dystonia
Management of Headaches (have helped developed a specialist headache clinic at City Hospital)
Epilepsy (recruiter for the SANAD trial)
Web links
Personal profile
I have been a Consultant Neurologist at City Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham since 2002. I am an honorary senior lecturer in Neurology at University of Birmingham. I am chair of the regional training committee in Neurology for the West Midlands. I am vice-chair of the UK Specialist Advisory Committee in Neurology. I co-organise a national training course for trainee neurologists in Movement Disorders. I have designed an award winning CDROM "The Clinical Atlas of Parkinson's disease" amongst many publications. My research interests centre on neurogenetics and movement disorders. My PhD (1998) was on "the Genetics of Parkinson's disease and related disorders"
Outside of neurology, I am a human rights activist who has published work on medical ethics and doctors involvement in torture in the War on Terror. I have been interviewed by many major broadcasters from CNN to AlJazeera as a consequence.
In September 2008, I interviewed David Cameron, about his plans for the NHS for the BBC's Panorama.
My family and friends keep my feet on the ground!
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