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Dr Azmil Husin Abdul-Rahim MBChB, MSc(StrokeMed), MD, MRCP(Neuro), AFHEA, FESO

Clinical Senior Lecturer in Cerebrovascular Medicine (Stroke Medicine) & Honorary Consultant Stroke Neurologist Cardiovascular & Metabolic Medicine

About

Personal Statement

Azmil is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Cerebrovascular Medicine (Stroke Medicine) at the University of Liverpool, and Honorary Consultant Stroke Neurologist at Whiston Hospital in Merseyside. He provides clinical care for people with stroke and TIA. He has also developed a broad portfolio of skills and experience resulting in scientific outputs of international quality. Particular clinical and research interests include stroke-heart syndrome and big data usage to improve care of people affected by stroke.

As a clinician-researcher, Azmil has published extensively on topics relating to stroke, and has authored original research, opinion pieces and editorials for journals such as Stroke; European Stroke Journal; European Heart Journal and Circulation.

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Prizes or Honours

  • Outstanding Reviewer Award 2020 for Stroke journal (Stroke, AHA/ASA journals, 2021)
  • British and Irish Association of Stroke Physicians (BIASP) Warlow Prize (UK Stroke Forum and BIASP, 2020)
  • BIASP TakeUpStroke Fellowship Award (BIASP, 2019)
  • The Scottish Older People Research Cochrane Fellowship (Vascular Cognitive Impairment) (Cochrane Collaboration, UK, 2018)