Professor Christopher McDermott
Professor Christopher McDermott MBChB FRCP PhD
Professor McDermott is a Consultant Neurologist and the Sheffield MND Care Centre Co-Director
Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Professor of Translational Neurology, University of Sheffield
Head of Department, Department of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield
Deputy Director, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN)
Co-Director, Sheffield MND Care and Research Centre
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Contact details
Clinical Secretary: Kathryn Hope
kathryn.hope3@nhs.net
Telephone:
+44 114 226 1049
Address:
Department of Neuroscience
The Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN)
385a Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2HQ
Research interests
The main drive of Professor McDermott’s research programme is developing the evidence base for delivering supportive and symptomatic care for patients living with motor neuron disease.
He is also interested in studying mechanisms of neurodegeneration, in order to develop treatments for patients with motor neuron disease and hereditary spastic paraplegia.