Professor Martin Dennis
Chair of Stroke Medicine
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- Stroke Research Group
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 465 9617
- Email: martin.dennis@ed.ac.uk
Background
- Trained St Thomas’ Hospital London, qualifying in 1980.
- Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project. MD thesis on "Transient Ischaemic Attacks in the Community"
- Moved to Edinburgh in 1990 as Senior lecturer, and to develop a stroke service. Personal Chair awarded in 2002
- Established Scottish Stroke Care Audit
- Help set up the British Association of Stroke Physicians (BASP)
- Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Stroke in Scotland
- Lead clinician for the Managed Clinical Network for Stroke in Lothian
Research summary
Prof Martin Dennis is a consultant stroke physician who looks after patients in the stroke unit and clinic. He also runs a programme of research aiming to help detect, prevent and treat the complications of stroke more effectively.
He has completed large international studies to establish the best ways of feeding patients after a stroke and also how to reduce their risk of developing blood clots in their legs. The CLOTS trial 3 showed that intermittent pneumatic compression devices (see picture) applied to patients' legs reduced their risk of DVT and improved their chances of survival.
Research aims and areas of interest
Prof Dennis' research interests have focused on the organisation and evaluation of stroke services, predicting the prognosis of stroke and the management of post stroke problems. More specifically:
- A randomised controlled trial of a stroke family care worker
- FOOD trials evaluating feeding regimes
- CLOTS trials evaluating external compression for DVT prevention
Related links
Brain vascular disease research at the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
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Tailored Talks Neurological Framework
(5 pages)
Research output: › Commissioned report (Published) -
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for stroke recovery
In:
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD009286.pub4
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Literature review (Published) -
Effects of Antiplatelet Therapy After Stroke Caused by Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Extended Follow-up of the RESTART Randomized Clinical Trial
In:
JAMA Neurology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.2956
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Development of imaging-based risk scores for prediction of intracranial haemorrhage and ischaemic stroke in patients taking antithrombotic therapy after ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack: a pooled analysis of individual patient data from cohort studies
In:
Lancet Neurology, vol. 20, pp. 294-303
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(21)00024-7
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Predicting specific abilities after disabling stroke: Development and validation of prognostic models
In:
International Journal of Stroke, pp. 1747493020982873
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493020982873
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)