Name: Ron MacWalter  
Ron McWalter  

Post currently held: Consultant Physician in Acute Stroke Medicine, Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Dundee.

Degrees & Diplomas:
BMSc (Hons) University of Dundee 1975
MB ChB (Hons) University of Dundee 1978
MRCP (UK) 1980
FRCP (Edin) 1992
FRCP (Glasgow) 1993
 
 
ronm@tuht.scot.nhs.uk  
OR
r.s.macwalter@dundee.ac.uk

 

Main Clinical Interest:
The management of acute stroke patient

primary and secondary prevention of vascular diseases.

Main Research Interest:
Clinical and Psychological predictors of outcome in acute stroke

risk factors for acute stroke

Complications of acute stroke.

Computing applications in stroke, clinical practice and teaching.

Dr MacWalter runs the Stroke Studies Centre within the department.

 

Other Activities
Chairman MRCP Training Committee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
 
Member SIGN guideline development groups in stroke
 
Chaiman SIGN guideline development group "Hypertension in Older Adults".
 
 
Performance Assessor GMC
 
Previously Committee Member Scottish Branch British Geriatric Society
 

 

Most Recent Publications
MacWalter RS, Coid DR, Fraser HW, Ersoy Y. The Dundee Stroke Register: Experience of the first ten years. Scott Med J 1999; 44: 103-105.
 
Merrylees C, Taylor TW, Shaw JW, Fraser HW, Dutta D, Ersoy Y, MacWalter RS. CT Brain Scans after Acute Stroke: how far are we from meeting the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) Recommendations? Results from the year prior to guideline publication. Health Bulletin 1999; 57: 240-244.
 
 
 
Johnston M, Morrison V, MacWalter R, Partridge C. Perceived control, coping and recovery from disability following stroke. Psychology and Health 1999; 14, 181-192
 
Stevenson RJ, Dutta D, MacWalter RS. The management of acute headache in adults in an acute admissions unit. Scot Med J 1998; 43: 173-176
 
Morrison VL, Johnston M, MacWalter RS, Pollard BS. Improving emotional outcomes following acute stroke: a preliminary evaluation of a work-book based intervention. Scot Med J 1998; 43 (2) 52-53
 
 
Pritchard CL, Milner AD, Dijkerman HC, MacWalter RS. Visuospatial neglect: Veridical coding of size for grasping but not for perception. Neurocase 1997; 3:437-443
 
MacWalter RS, Bradford APJ, McMahon AD, Lien CT, Fraser H, Bruce V. Long term survival after acute stroke: Effect of age, sex, previous stroke, TIA and myocardial infarction, the Dundee Stroke Study. Age and Ageing 1997; 26 (Suppl 1) 27
 
 
MacWalter RS. Managing TIAs Update 1997; 54: 368-374.
MacWalter RS, Wong GAE. Complications and comorbidities of stroke Scott Med J 1995; 40: 134-137.
 
MacWalter RS. Potential developments in rehabilitation and care. Scot Med J 1993; 38: (No 3 Supp) S12-14
 
 

 

Address
Secretaries
Wards 3 & 4,
Ninewells Hospital & Medical School,
Dundee,
Tayside. DD1 9SY

Mrs Aileen Mathieson (Wards 3 & 4)

Tel. 01382 633883.

Mrs Norma Cook (Stroke Services Secretary).

Tel. 01382 660111 ext. 32847

Fax 01382 660675

 

 

 

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