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Consultant Profile

Dr Richard Davenport

Name:
Dr Richard Davenport DM, FRCP(Edin), BM BS(Hons), B Med Sci
Practising at:
Spire Shawfair Park Hospital and Spire Murrayfield Hospital Edinburgh
Specialties:
  • Neurology
    Special clinical interests:

    Headache
    Movement disorders (including Parkinson's Disease and ataxia)
    Epilepsy
    Myasthenia Gravis/Motor neuron disease

     

    Research interests:

    Bell's palsy
    Motor Neuron Disease

    Current NHS and /or university posts:
    Consultant Neurologist, Western General Hospital
    Consultant Neurologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
    Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
    Year of first medical qualification:
    1987
    Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:
    Member of Association of British Neurologists (ABN) Council (elected 2009)
    Chair ABN Training and Education committee
    Expert Advisor to Ataxia UK
     
    Contact Details 
    Telephone number to make a private appointment:
    0131 316 2530
    Private secretary telephone number:
    0131 537 3590
    Personal email address:
    rjd@skull.dcn.ed.ac.uk
    Availability:
    Shawfair Park: Tuesdays 1.30pm-4.50pm
     
    Background Information 
    Professional profile:
    Clinical: I qualified in medicine in 1987 from Nottingham University Medical School, achieving an Honours degree. After house appointments in Nottingham, I completed my general professional training in Stoke-on-Trent, where I also began my neurology training. I first came to Edinburgh in 1992 and was appointed consultant in 1999, following a year in Australia in 1997 as advanced neurological trainee. I am a full-time NHS consultant, undertaking two general neurology clinics, one movement disorder and one "First Seizure" clinic per week and I provide neurological services to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. I also participate in multi-disciplinary clinics for Huntington's disease, subarachnoid haemorrhage, and unruptured intracranial aneurysms. In addition to my NHS practice, I undertake a weekly private clinic at the Spire Murrayfield Hospital.

    Academic: I was awarded a Doctorate of Medicine (DM) in 1996 for research into stroke medicine and have published over 20 original papers in peer reviewed journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine (2007, treatment of Bell's palsy). I am a sub-editor of Practical Neurology. I lecture frequently to GPs, hospital physicians and patient organisations. I am also a member of several committees.
    Personal profile:
    Outside of work, I enjoy cooking, eating, drinking and travelling with my young family.

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