Summary
QUALIFICATIONS |
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1994 MB ChB |
Bristol University |
1997 MRCP |
RCP London |
2000 MPhil (Research) |
Southampton University |
2000 Stroke Assoc Fellow |
Edinburgh University |
2001 Glaxo Wellcome Fellow |
Edinburgh University |
2002 MD (Research) |
Edinburgh University |
2006 PG Diploma Clin Neurol |
University College London |
2006 CCT Internal / Geri Med |
Wessex, UK |
2009 FRCP |
RCP London |
2015 FHKCP |
HK College of Physicians |
2015 FHKAM (Medicine) |
HK Academy of Medicine |
2015 Dementia Scholarship |
UCSF, San Francisco, USA |
2016 Nutrition |
Cornell University, USA |
2018 FRSPH |
Royal Society of Public Health |
2019 Cannabinoid Medicine |
Academy of Medical Cannabis |
2019 FESO |
European Stroke Organisation |
2021 FAHA |
American Heart Association |
I am a senior consultant specialist with over 26 years of experience in hyperacute stroke, stroke rehabilitation and prevention, on a background of general internal medicine and gerontology specialist (residency) training in the UK. I gained professional qualifications from 5 Russel Group (UK) and Ivy League Universities (USA) including Bristol, Southampton, Edinburgh, University College London, Cornell and University of California San Francisco.
I previously worked as a stroke consultant and then head of department in Bournemouth (2006-13), medical director for regional stroke network (2008-12) and honorary professor in medicine at Bournemouth University (2009-18). I then worked at the University of Hong Kong as a clinical associate professor in geriatric medicine & dementia (2013-2018) before returning to Imperial College London.
I now work as a senior consultant at the Imperial Stroke Centre, Charing Cross Hospital, London, where I am the director of the Imperial Stroke Education Programme, clinical lead for SSNAP & Quality of Care, and the NIHR Clinical Research Network co-lead for stroke in NW London. I am a Fellow of American Heart Association and European Stroke Organization, and I work as a specialist stroke adviser to the UK Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman for complex stroke complaint cases. I am a PACES examiner for the Royal College of Physicians UK, and serve on the BIASP Clinical Standard Committee and two European Stroke Organization Committees.
As a clinical academic at Imperial College London, I am active in medical research, education, and professional training. I have published over 140 scientific articles, book chapters and research theses, and won several major awards. I am currently leading on a new UK-based Thrombectomy for Acute Stroke Research E-Registry (TASER UK) project. My h-index is 39 and i-10 index is 76 (Feb 2024).
I am a professional Member / Fellow of the American Heart Association (AHA), American Stroke Association (ASA), European Stroke Organization (ESO), British & Irish Association of Stroke Physicians (BIASP), British Geriatrics Society (BGS), British Society of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine (BSPRM), Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH), World Stroke Organization (WSO), Hong Kong College of Physicians (HKCP), Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (HKAM).
My private practice is at the Cleveland Clinic London as a consultant in stroke, neurological rehabilitation and acute medicine.
Outside of work, my passion is nutrition and physical fitness, and my charitable work is with Chelsea Football Club Foundation to improve the brain health of the public, preventing TIA, stroke and dementia.
Publications
Journals
D'Anna L, Barba L, Foschi M, et al. , 2024, Safety and outcomes of different endovascular treatment techniques for anterior circulation ischaemic stroke in the elderly: data from the Imperial College Thrombectomy Registry., J Neurol, Vol:271, Pages:1366-1375
D'Anna L, Ornello R, Foschi M, et al. , 2024, Outcomes of mechanical thrombectomy in acute stroke patients with atrial fibrillation detected after stroke versus known atrial fibrillation., J Thromb Thrombolysis, Vol:57, Pages:445-452
Gruia D-C, Trender W, Hellyer P, et al. , 2023, IC3 Protocol: a longitudinal observational study of cognition after stroke using novel digital health technology, Bmj Open, Vol:13, ISSN:2044-6055
Shum EN-Y, Lau BH-P, Cheung KS-L, et al. , 2023, Multiple Roads to Success: A Latent Class Analysis on Successful Ageing Among Hong Kong Near-Centenarians and Centenarians (NCC)., Int J Aging Hum Dev
Arias-Colinas M, Gea A, Khattab A, et al. , 2023, Inflammatory Cytokines Are Associated with Cognitive Dysfunction and Depressive State during Acute Bacterial Infections and the Recovery Phase., Int J Mol Sci, Vol:24