Anthony Schapira MD, DSc, FRCP, FMedSci

Professor Anthony Schapira was appointed in 1990 as Chairman of the University Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square and Professor of Neurology at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square and the Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. He is currently Vice Dean of University College London and Director of the Royal Free Campus.

He is a member of the Board of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and of the Ministry of Justice OPG. Professor Schapira’s research interests include the molecular and clinical aspects of neurodegenerative diseases, with special emphasis on Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. He has over 400 peer-reviewed publications with more than 35 in Nature or Lancet series journals and has edited over 15 books on various aspects of neurology including the textbook Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience.