About
I am Consultant Neurologist at the Walton Centre and Associate Professor at University of Liverpool. I qualified in Medicine from University of Bari (Italy) and undertook a neurology training at University of Bari, which included two years as a clinical fellow at University College of London under the supervision of Prof. Kailash Bhatia and Prof Mark Edwards. I then pursued my passion in research and I was awarded a PhD in Neuroscience under the supervision of Prof. Patricia Limousin and Prof. Mark Edwards at University College of London. My main clinical and academic interest is in movement disorders and related advanced therapies, especially deep brain stimulation and MRI guided focused ultrasound. I have also developed a clinical and academic expertise in Tourette's syndrome, which has led me to open the first joint neurology-neuropsychiatry clinic in the North West (co-lead: Dr Alfia Arun, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist).
My multidisciplinary research program is focused on neuroimaging and neurophysiological biomarkers for early diagnosis and predictive outcome of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease, dystonia and tremor syndromes. Moreover, I am interested in developing clinical and neuroimaging pathways to improve the selection of patients with essential tremor for MRI guided focus ultrasound. I am currently working on research projects and clinical pathways to improve equality access to functional neurosurgery for patients with movement disorders.
I am the Secretary of the Association British Neurologists Movement Disorders SIG, Research Committee Member of the Association of British Neurologists, Education Committee member of the International Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Society (European Section), Steering group member of the Dystonia Study Group and the Neurosurgery SIG of the International Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Society.
I was funded by the NIHR North West Coast Research Scholarship (2019-2021) followed by the NIHR North West Coast Advanced Research Scholarship (2023-2024).
Other prestigious awards include the International Scholarship Award of the American Academy of Neurology (2015) and the Investigator Award of the European Academy of Neurology (2016).
Alongside my clinical and scientific work , I am particularly dedicated to Medical Education. Indeed, I was a co-founder of the Residents and Research Fellows Section of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) in 2015. This section provides regular seminars, mentorship activities and exchanges programmes among several neurological centres and has hugely grown over the last 10 years. I have been the junior delegate of the EAN Education Committee (2015-2016), associated Editor of the EAN website/EANpage (2015-2020), Editor-in-Chief of the EANpage (2020-2021) and Editor-in-Chief of the EAN website (2022).
I have an extensive experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students.
I am passionate to work with charities dedicated to neurological conditions as they are the voices of the patients; I became trustee of the dystonia UK in 2024 and Visibility and Awareness Steering Group member of the Parkinson's Europe in 2025.
I have been appointed as regional lead (North West) of the Parkinson’s UK Excellence Network in September 2024 and North West specialty lead for neurological Disorders to the NIHR North West Regional Research Delivery Network in January 2025.Social Media
Recent interview: https://touchneurology.com/insight/advancing-neuromodulation-antonella-macerollo-future-leader-2025/