Area of expertise: movement disorders, Rett syndrome, neuromodulation, acute neurology, motor disability
Biography
Daniel has been a consultant at Evelina London since 2016, and is the clinical lead for the complex motor disorder service and the Rett syndrome clinic.
Having undertaken a PhD on neuroimaging in patient selection and surgical planning for deep brain stimulation in the management of childhood dystonia, Daniel continues to combine research with his clinical work, holding an MRC Clinical Academic Research Partnership grant from 2019 to 2024.
He has developed national collaborations focussed on improving the management of childhood movement disorders, including founding the UK Paediatric Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Network.
- BA honors medical sciences, University of Cambridge, 1997 to 2000
- School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, 2000 to 2004
- Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2005
- MSc clinical paediatrics, University College London, 2006 to 2008
- PhD, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, 2015
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2017
- Childhood movement disorders
- Neuromodulation and deep brain stimulation
- Rett syndrome
- Status dystonicus and other movement disorder emergencies
- Neurorehabilitation
- Acute paediatric neurology
- Improving patient selection and prognostication for deep brain stimulation
- Application of high resolution (7-Tesla) magnetic resonance imaging to childhood movement disorders
- Improving the recognition and management of status dystonicus in childhood