Stroke Care A Practical Manual

by Harwood, Rowan H.; Huwez, Farhad Umer; Guyler, Paul; Alam, Sajid; Gaynor, Catherine

• ISBN13: 9780198796565
• ISBN10: 0198796560
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-06-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Rowan H. Harwood, Consultant Physician, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK,Farhad Umer Huwez, Consultant Stroke Physician, Hyper-acute Stroke Unit, Royal London Hospital, London, UK,Paul Guyler, Clinical Director; Consultant in Stroke Medicine, East of England Regional Stroke Network; Mid and South Essex University Hospitals Group, Southend University Hospital, Essex, UK,Sajid Alam, Consultant in Stroke Medicine, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Ipswich Hospital, UK,Catherine Gaynor, Consultant Geriatrician, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK

Rowan H Harwood is a Consultant Geriatrician and Professor in geriatric medicine at the University of Nottingham. Particular interests include stroke, delirium, dementia, clinical ethics and end-of-life care. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal 'Age and Ageing', and co-chairs the WHO Technical Advisory Group for monitoring the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing.

Dr Farhad Huwez (PhD, FRCP, FRCPG) is a Consultant Stroke Physician at Hyperacute Stroke unit of Royal London Hospital where a large number of Mechanical Thrombectomy procedures are done regularly. Previously he led Stroke Service in Basildon. Initially, he trained in Cardiology and obtained a PhD from Glasgow University. He subsequently completed specialist training in General and Geriatrics Medicine and is visiting Professor of
Geriatrics in New Vision University at Tbilisi Georgia.

Dr Paul Guyler is a Consultant in Stroke Medicine and Clinical Director for the East of England Regional Stroke Network. He is Deputy Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education at Southend Hospital and an Honorary Visiting Senior Clinical Lecturer with Anglia Ruskin University. He has also been Principal Investigator in many NIHR trials of stroke research. He has been awarded multiple awards, including two Health Service Journal Awards for Delivering Quality and Value and Service Redesign.

Sajid Alam trained at the Barts and London School of Medicine. He is the clinical lead for stroke services at Ipswich Hospital. He has championed the use for remote technology in stroke with the Mobile Stroke Unit and virtual stroke consultations.

Dr Catherine Gaynor is a Consultant Geriatrician and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.