Neurology Grand Rounds: Dr. Alan Carson

Speaker: Professor Alan John Carson, MBCHB, MPHIL, MD, FRCPSYCH, FRCP 
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, NHS Lothian, Honorary Professor University of Edinburgh

Topic: Functional Cognitive Disorders

Learning Objectives:

• Diagnosis of functional cognitive disorders are common on the basis of internal inconsistency

• Why recognition of FCD will matter as we move to biomarker based diagnosis of neurodegenerative processes

• The role of phenomenology in interpreting quantitative psychometrics

Professor Carson is a neuropsychiatrist based at the University of Edinburgh. His interests are in functional neurological disorders and traumatic brain injury. Over recent years he has become fascinated in functional cognitive disorders - the meeting point of the two conditions.  

Generously supported through formal partnership with the Division of Neurology by: Alexion, Novartis, Paladin Pharma, Roche, and UCB. ​​