Dr Doug MacMahon

Dr. Doug MacMahon is now appointed as a Consultant Physician in the Department of Neurology in Coventry having retired from his NHS post as in Cornwall in 2010. He has particular interests in Parkinson’s disease (PD), Dementia, community care and rehabilitation. He has previously been chair of the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) Policy Committee, Inter-disciplinary Committee, – Parkinson’s Section, and PDS Nurse steering group. He is a member of steering groups for Non-motor symptoms, PD Life (quality of life) studies. He is also a member of several editorial boards (including Geriatric Medicine, Progress in Neurology & Psychiatry, PD Forum) and was a member of the NICE PD Guidelines Development Group. Dr MacMahon has written over 100 publications and 25 book chapters, predominantly on PD and its management and on health care policy for older people. He has researched most of the drugs used in PD and Dementia, presented at numerous national and international meetings, and pioneered PD specialist nursing and the Academy of Masterclasses in PD for the BGS PD Section.  He has chaired and spoken at many National meetings and is a regular contributor to ‘Medicine for Old Age Psychiatrists’ and Parkinson’s Disease Academy Masterclasses and is a Trustee of Parkinson’s UK and recently established their Clinical Advisory Panel.