Iris Rathwell MD, MRCPsych

Dr Rathwell currently works with the national and specialist service for complex autism and neurodevelopmental disorders. Her expertise is in autism with special clinical and academic interests in associated conditions with it such as epilepsy, additional psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders, and psychopharmacological treatments.

Dr Rathwell has expertise in specialist assessments of complex autism particularly when this is associated with additional neuropsychiatric or other mental disorders. She has also developed expertise in the pharmacological management of psychiatric disorders and/or problem behaviors when they occur in the presence of autism, ADHD, or other neurodevelopmental disorder.

Dr Rathwell has extensive experience in developing clinical services for autism and related disorders internationally. She has been an expert with Autism Speaks in setting up services in the Balkan countries. She has contributed with her expertise and local knowledge to raising public awareness of autism and to the country developing a national autism strategy. She was an international expert in the validation studies of gold standard screening and diagnostic tools as well as parent training programs in a non-English speaking country carried out by the University of Connecticut (funded by Autism Speaks).