Professor Andrew Farrall
Honorary Professor of Neuroimaging & Education. Consultant Neuroradiologist.
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- Edinburgh Imaging Academy
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Contact details
- Email: andrew.farrall@ed.ac.uk
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- Edinburgh Imaging Academy
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Address
- Street
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Room FU202D/1,
Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences (CCBS),
Chancellor's Building,
49 Little France Crescent - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH16 4SB
Background
- Edinburgh Imaging Academy Programme director:
- 2015-present. Honorary Professor, University of Edinburgh
- 2008-2015. Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
- 2002-present. Consultant Neuroradiologist, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, NHS Lothian
- 2004-2007. Neuroradiology Fellow, University of Edinburgh. Supervisor: Prof. JM Wardlaw
- 1997-2002. Roradiology Registrar / Resident, Dalhousie University & QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Canada
Qualifications
- 2002. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (Diagnostic Radiology)
- 2002. American Board of Radiology Certification (Diagnostic Imaging)
- 1998. Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada
- 1997. Medicinae Doctor (MBChB equivalent), University of Calgary
- 1995. Master of Science (Medical Biophysics), University of Western Ontario
- 1990. Bachelor of Science (Honours, First Class, Physics & Chemistry), University of British Columbia
Undergraduate teaching
Edinburgh Imaging Academy
Postgraduate teaching
I am currently the Programme Director of the Edinburgh Imaging Academy, which delivers imaging related degree programmes at the University of Edinburgh:
- Neuroimaging for research MSc / Dip / Cert
- Imaging MSc / Dip / Cert
- PET-MR principles & applications Cert
- Applied medical image analysis Cert
MSc projects supervised
- Quantitative MR derived imaging parameters as a predictor of secretory and histological phenotype in pituitary adenoma. Neuroimaging for Research MSc, 17-18.
- Guidelines & frameworks for management of incidental findings in neuroimaging research in Australia. Neuroimaging for Research MSc, 14-15
- Intracerebral Haemorrhage Expansion – Assessment of Imaging Quality & Predictors of Expansion. Neuroimaging for Research MSc, 13-14
- Neuroimaging correlates of depression in Parkinson’s disease: A systematic literature review. Neuroimaging for Research MSc, 13-14
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
No
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Clinical diagnosis of TIA or minor stroke and prognosis in patients with neurological symptoms: : A rapid access clinic cohort
In:
PLoS ONE, vol. 14, no. 3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210452
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Effect of IV alteplase on the ischemic brain lesion at 24-48 hours after ischemic stroke
In:
Neurology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000006575
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Blood pressure variability and leukoaraiosis in acute ischemic stroke
In:
International Journal of Stroke
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493017729267
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Arterial Obstruction on Computed Tomographic or Magnetic Resonance Angiography and Response to Intravenous Thrombolytics in Ischemic Stroke
In:
Stroke, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 353-360
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.015164
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Switching patients with acromegaly from octreotide to pasireotide improves biochemical control : crossover extension to a randomized, double-blind, Phase III study
In:
BMC Endocrine Disorders, vol. 16, pp. 16
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-016-0096-8
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)
In the press
- Professor Andrew Farrall's inaugural lecture: Imaging - much more than a pretty picture. Edinburgh Imaging seminars & lectures, 2017.
- Professor Andrew Farrall describes his clinical work as a neuroradiologist and the online education courses offered by Edinburgh Imaging Academy. Research in a Nutshell, 2013.