Huntington's Disease Clinical Leads

HD Clinical Leads are doctors who have been designated to provide specialist medical advice, care and treatment to HD families. They work with others to coordinate care and may run specialist clinics or see people in other settings – including their home – when appropriate.

Contact details for HD Clinical Leads, by NHS Board area, are provided below.

NHS Ayrshire & Arran

Dr Adrian Nitu

Consultant Psychiatrist

Ballantrae

Ailsa Hospital

Dalmellington Road

Ayr

KA6 6AB

01292 513028

NHS Borders

Post shared between Dr Niall Campbell and Dr Myles Connor

Dr Niall Campbell

Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist

Borders General Hospital

Melrose

TD6 9BS

01896 827320

 

Dr Myles Connor

Consultant Neurologist

Borders General Hospital

Melrose

TD6 9BS

01896 826624

NHS Dumfries & Galloway

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Dr Sarah Pickstock
Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

Cargenbridge

Dumfries

DG2 8RX

01387 241983

 

Dr Alison McKendrick

Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine

Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

Cargenbridge

Dumfries

DG2 8RX

01387 241610

NHS Fife

Dr Pritha Dasgupta

Consultant Psychiatrist

Whyteman’s Brae Hospital

Kirkcaldy

KY1 2ND

01383 623 623 

NHS Forth Valley
Dr Timothy Soane

Consultant Neurologist
Neurology Department
Forth Valley Royal Hospital
Stirling Road
Larbert
FK5 4WR
01324 566355

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

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Dr James Herron

Consultant Psychiatrist

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

1345 Govan Rd

Glasgow

G51 4TF

0141 232 7591

 

Dr Dave G. Anderson

Consultant Neurologist

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

1345 Govan Rd

Glasgow

G51 4TF

0141 232 7591

NHS Grampian
Professor Zosia Miedzybrodzka
Professor of Medical Genetics
Clinical Genetics Centre
Ashgrove House
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZA
01224 552120

NHS Highland

NHS Orkney

NHS Shetland

NHS Western Isles

As per NHS Grampian

NHS Lanarkshire

Dr Roger Cable

Consultant Psychiatrist 

Airbles Road Centre

45-49 AIrblies Road

Motherwell

ML1 2TP

01698 855370

NHS Lothian

Dr Peter Foley

Consultant Neurologist

Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic

University of Edinburgh

49 Little France Crescent

Edinburgh

EH16 4SB

0131 465 9518

NHS Tayside

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Dr Esther Sammler

Consultant Neurologist

Neurology Department

Ninewells Hospital and Medical School

Dundee

DD1 9SY

01382 740048

 

Dr Jonathan Berg

Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Clinical Genetics

Ninewells Hospital and Medical School

Dundee

DD1 9SY

01382 632 035