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Dr Tony Rudd qualified from Cambridge University
and Kings College Hospital.
He was appointed Consultant Physician in the Department of Medicine for the
Elderly at St Thomas' Hospital in 1988 and since 1992 has been the lead
physician for stroke.
He has chaired the Royal College of Physicians Intercollegiate Stroke
Working Party since its inception in 1995. The group has been responsible
for the National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke and the National Sentinel
Audit of Stroke.
He is Associate Director in the Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit
at the Royal College of Physicians and was appointed President-Elect of the
British Association of Stroke Physicians this year.
He has published over 70 research papers related to stroke and has
published three books about stroke including one for patients and their
carers called 'Stroke at Your Fingertips'.
Research interests are predominantly in the organisation of care for stroke
patients both in hospital and for the longer term management.
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