{"id":1569,"date":"2025-10-13T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuroprogressiveanddementianetwork\/?page_id=1569"},"modified":"2025-10-13T11:01:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:01:04","slug":"dr-catherine-pennington","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuroprogressiveanddementianetwork\/dr-catherine-pennington\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Catherine Pennington\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer<br>Consultant Neurologist (NHS Forth Valley) <br>Honorary Consultant Neurologist (NHS Lothian)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-cf34e538\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"261\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuroprogressiveanddementianetwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2024\/07\/Catherine-Pennington.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1232\" style=\"width:407px;height:407px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"media-credit\">MAVERICK PHOTO AGENCY<\/span> MD, BSc, MB ChB, Neurology CCT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biography<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-colour-color has-text-color\">I am an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and a Consultant Neurologist with NHS Forth Valley and NHS Lothian. <br>From 2017 to 2021, I was a Senior Clinical Research Fellow for the European Prevention of Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease study (EPAD), and I participate in dementia clinical trials at Edinburgh Dementia Prevention and the Neuroprogressive &amp; Dementia Network. I&#8217;ve also led projects on metacognition in cognitive disorders and health changes in patients starting haemodialysis.<br>I specialize in diagnosing cognitive disorders, with a focus on brain health and symptom awareness, and run weekly cognitive clinics for older adults at Marchhall House in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-accent-grey-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left colourtextbold\">Contact <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:catherine.pennington@nhs.scot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">catherine.pennington@nhs.scot<\/a><br><br>Profile Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/profile\/dr-catherine-pennington\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/profile\/dr-catherine-pennington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/profile\/dr-catherine-pennington<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honorary Senior Clinical LecturerConsultant Neurologist (NHS Forth Valley) Honorary Consultant Neurologist (NHS Lothian) Biography I am an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and a Consultant Neurologist with NHS Forth Valley and NHS Lothian. 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