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, Nutritional Therapist, practices at The Highgate Hospital in London. Her experience includes being the Nutrition Director of the London Pain Relief and Nutritional Support Clinic at The Highgate Hospital. This clinic was an early pioneer in the integrated, team approach to the management of chronic illness, with a special interest in the management of Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis. She is particularly interested in the biochemically-based nutritional support of patients with neurological degenerative disease. She is author, co-author and editor of other successful books including this publication:
Lectureships have included the Nutritional Therapy MSc degree course at CNELM (accredited Middlesex University, UK), BSc courses at Westminster University and the Institute of Optimum Nutrition, in the UK. She has delivered many lectures on the nutritional aspects in Parkinson’s Disease to Parkinson’s Disease support groups in The United Kingdom, South Africa, Austria, Croatia 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 published in medical, para-medical, nutritional and health support journals including the European Parkinson’s Disease Association (EPDA), The Motor Disorders Journal, The EPNN (Nurses) Journal and that of The Parkinson’s Society of the Czech Republic. She also runs private tutorials for paramedical and medical professionals. Parkinson’s Disease Congress presentations include: Awards Memberships Memberships include the British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT), CNHC Registration and The British Society for Ecological Medicine (BSEM). 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 Anesthesiologist and posts include that of 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 and pain management. The special interest of his Clinic has been the optimization of functional health in people with Parkinson’s Disease. 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 including detoxification from anaesthetic drugs. Dr Geoffrey Leader has held senior academic posts internationally. In the UK he 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 successful books including this publication:
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Memberships 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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