Thomasin Andrews

Consultant neurologist

Biography

Thomasin Andrews was appointed consultant neurologist in 2003. She runs general neurology clinics and specialist movement disorder and Huntington's disease clinics.

With Stella Gay and Lesley Swinn, Parkinson's nurse specialists, and consultant colleague Dr Peter Diem in the ageing and health department, she runs the Parkinson’s disease service in the Trust.

Education and training

  • Bachelor of science (BSc)
  • Doctor of medicine (MD)
  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP)
  • Trained at University College London and intercalated in physiology and neurophysiology
  • General medical training at Bart’s Health NHS Trust and the Royal Free Hospital
  • Spent a year as medical registrar at St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey
  • Three-year research degree with Professor Brooks at the MRC Cyclotron Unit, Imperial College London, investigating the use of positron emission tomography in clinical and research studies of Huntington's disease
  • Higher neurology training in London

Research interests

She completed her MD in Huntington’s disease, and as consultant has been local principal invesitgator on a number of national and international observational studies in Huntington’s and Parkinson’s.

Last updated: September 2022

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