Alex Zirra
@Alex_Zirra
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Junior doctor & researcher. @preventiveneur1 @EastLondonPD. Research & own views.
Queen Mary University London
Joined April 2022
Super proud our team effort @Kamalesh_Dey @predictPD @charl_marshall @EastLondonPD Happy to see time to diagnosis and LEDD is very similar in all three groups. Excellent East London primary and secondary care for PD! @ParkinsonsUK @CureParkinsonsT.
New paper from @Alex_Zirra @Kamalesh_Dey @predictPD & @EastLondonPD collaborators presents a case-control study of #Parkinsons in a diverse population; 218 PD & 90 controls; 50% of patients identified as South Asian or black.
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RT @ParkinsonsUK: 40% of people living with Parkinson’s in the UK are women. This #InternationalWomensDay we’re raising awareness around th….
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Lovely to see @MimaOstrozovic present clinical videos of gait, tremor and others from Slovakia! Thanks to Prof Matej Skorvanek for permission @movedisorder
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Great to be part of the clinical grand round for medical students & to raise awareness of PD signs and symptoms in underrepresented communities. Thanks to the patients who offered their time for this & to Prof Maia Beridze! #InteractiveSession. @ASAP_Research @MichaelJFoxOrg
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What a pleasure to be part of the tutor team for the first East Europe #GP2 workshop in genetics! #Tbilisi #PDGenetics #Collaboration .Great trainees & amazing hosts 💜.Thanks, Sumit, Mariam, Vesna, Miriam & everyone who contributed their skills!
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Amazing session on the future of genetics in PD. Better data, better the algorithms! #MDSCongress #ML #AI #scGPT
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Filming our patient co-created video about #LumbarPuncture. Huge thanks to our clinicians, researchers, charities, and patients! @CureParkinsonsT @ParkinsonsUK @QMULBartsTheLon
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Also amazing to be able to present our PED case and learn about other manifestations of the GLUT1 deficiency syndrome! @predictPD @SimonetCristina - thanks for the support!.
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RT @movedisorder: 98 fellows were able to ask career questions from world-renowned Movement Disorders specialists during the Parkinson's Fo….
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So much fun learning how to diagnose & treat movement disorders at the 34th Aspen course. Amazing mentorship - the 3xAs of a good clinician have stuck! .@movedisorder #AspenCourse @ASAP_Research #GP2 .@ParkinsonDotOrg
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RT @EastLondonPD: Huge thanks to our @EastLondonPD @LDCSPD participants and funders @MichaelJFoxOrg @CureParkinsons @ParkinsonsUK @Barts_Ch….
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So happy to see PD being recognised more in women worldwide. Great to have worked together on this, @shilpaCrao 🩷🩵 @preventiveneur1 @nachogenePD @cornelisblauw #ConnieMarras & others!
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RT @EastLondonPD: Very excited to release our #newsletter for our upcoming #PPIE event scheduled on #5thJune (10.30 am) @QMUL graduate cent….
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RT @drruthdobson: Come and help us celebrate the new(ish!) Centre for Preventive Neurology @preventiveneur1 at our launch symposium on 4th….
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RT @neurogenicpoet: A young gentleman in his late 30's presented to us with difficulty while walking since a few months .Scarce sensory sym….
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Lovely to see Dr Mariam Kekenadze, our GP2 trainee from Georgia, presenting her work #NeuroChallenges2023 #NeurologyConference .#GeorgianAssociationOfMedicalSpecialties.@MichaelJFoxOrg
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Thanks for all the help organizing the trip & giving me such support for the presentation 💜 @PerinanTeresa @sumitdey94 @Olivia_Downey_1.
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