By Lucille Leader
ISBN-13: 978-0-9526056-5-2 (Denor Press)
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About the AuthorsLucille Leader Dip ION NTCC CNHC registeredLucille Leader is the Nutrition Director of the London Pain Relief and Nutritional Support Clinic at The Highgate Hospital in London. This clinic was an early pioneer in the integrated, team approach to the management of chronic illness. She is particularly interested in the biochemically-based nutritional support of patients with chronic disease, particularly Parkinson's Disease. She is the author of the groundbreaking book for nutritional therapists in the UK:
She is co-author and editor of successful books on Parkinson's Disease:
Lucille Leader lectures on the Nutritional Therapy BSc degree course for Westminster University in the United Kingdom. She has delivered many lectures on nutritional aspects in Parkinson's Disease to Parkinson's Disease support groups in The United Kingdom, South Africa and the United States of America. She has also lectured to health professionals and has been interviewed by the BBC and SABC Radios. She has written articles for nutrition journals including those of the European Parkinson's Disease Association (EPDA), The Parkinson's Society of the Czech Republic, New Pathways, LDN Messenger (Multiple Sclerosis journals), The Nutritional Practicioner, and The ION Journal. Parkinson's Disease Congress presentations include:
Articles for Nutrition Journals include the Journal of the European Parkinson's Disease Association (EPDA), The Parkinson's Disease Society of the Czech Republic, the EPNN journal on Stress management in Parkinson's Disease, New Pathways (Multiple Sclerosis journal), The Nutritional Practicioner, and The ION Journal. Lucille Leader was honored with a Quality of Life Award for Parkinson's in The United States in 2004. She has also received a Certificate of Special Commendation for her work in Parkinson's Disease by The CAM Awards (UK) in 2008. She is CNHC registered and a member of The British Society for Ecological Medicine (formerly The British Society of Allergy, Environmental and Nutritional Medicine) and The Royal Society of Medicine (Council Member of The Food and Health Forum) in the United Kingdom. Dr Geoffrey Leader MB ChB FRCAEmail: gleader@doctors.net.uk Dr Geoffrey Leader, a graduate of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in London, is a Consultant Anaesthesiologist and Medical Director of The London Pain Relief and Nutritional Support Clinic at The Highgate Hospital in London. He is a leading pioneer in the multi-disciplinary management of chronic illness. The special interest of his Clinic is the optimisation of functional health in people with Parkinson's Disease. Dr Geoffrey Leader has held senior academic posts internationally. In the UK his last appointment was Chairman of the Anaesthetic Department, Head of Intensive Care and Pain Clinic at Newham General Hospital, London and Senior Lecturer and Honorary Senior Consultant at The Royal London Hospital Medical College. In South Africa he held academic appointments at Natal and Witwatersrand Universities and in The Netherlands at The University of Erasmus. He is co-author and editor of these successful books:
Dr Geoffrey Leader is particularly interested in the intravenous nutritional support of patients with Parkinson's Disease as well as the specialised details of their management during anaesthesia and sedation and the patient's detoxification from anaesthetic drugs. He has presented papers on anaesthetic subjects at international congresses and has published in prestigious anaesthetic journals. Parkinson's Disease Congress presentations include:
He was honoured in the United States with a Quality of Life Award for Parkinson's in 2004. Dr Geoffrey Leader is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Anaesthetists and The Royal Society of Medicine in the United Kingdom. Dr Serena Leader MB BS BSc DRCOG MRCP MRCGPDr Serena Leader has always championed a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare which includes nutrition. She has an appreciation of the pivotal role of the General Practitioner (GP) in coordinating multidisciplinary care. Her medical background has been in hospital medicine, including posts in London at The Royal Free Hospital, The Hammersmith Hospital and The Brompton Hospital. She has obtained Memberships of both the Royal College of Physicians and The Royal College of General Practitioners in London, UK. She practices as a GP in London. Professor Leslie Findley KLCJ TD MD FRCP FACPE-mail: ljfindley@uk-consultants.co.uk Professor of Health Sciences (Neurology) at South Bank University, London, UK. Senior Consultant Neurologist at the Essex Neurosciences Unit, Oldchurch Hospital, Romford, Essex, UK. Professor Findley is Founder and Chairman of the National Tremor Foundation and a Trustee of the National ME Centre for Fatigue Syndromes. He is a member of the Medical Advisory Panel of the European Parkinson's Disease Association (EPDA.), member of the WHO Working Party on Parkinson's Disease and past Chairman of The Parkinson's Disease Society of the United Kingdom. He is a promoter of the multi-disciplinary approach, which includes nutrition, to the management of Parkinson's Disease and other neurological illness. He has written the Foreword to the well-acclaimed book on the subject of this integrated approach, "Parkinson's Disease - The Way Forward!" (Denor Press: ISBN 0 9526056 8 6) together with Dr Geoffrey Leader, Lucille Leader, Professor Aroldo Rossi, Dr Lia Rossi-Prosperi and other eminent specialists in the field of Parkinson's Disease. He is also the author of the Foreword in the successful book "Parkinson's Disease - Reducing Symptoms with Nutrition and Drugs" (Denor Press: ISBN 978 0 9526056 4 5) by Lucille Leader and Dr Geoffrey Leader His main clinical and research interests are movement disorders and fatigue syndromes. |
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