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<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nSarah Marrinan I am a Consultant in Medicine of the Elderly with NHS Lothian, with a specialist interest in Parkinson’s disease and related movement disorders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I studied medicine at Newcastle University and completed specialist training in Geriatric and General Medicine in the North East of England before taking up a consultant post in Edinburgh in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My MD research focused on gastrointestinal dysfunction in people with Parkinson’s disease, and specifically issues with delayed gastric emptying, and I have since been involved in a number of clinical trials, remaining active in Parkinson’s research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alongside my clinical and research work, I have a strong interest in postgraduate medical education. I am a faculty member and speaker for the Parkinson’s Academy Foundation Masterclass, and served as Training Programme Director for Geriatric Medicine in South East Scotland from 2019 to 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Consultant Physician – Medicine of the Elderly, NHS Lothian Sarah MarrinanMBBS, MRCP I am a Consultant in Medicine of the Elderly with NHS Lothian, with a specialist interest in Parkinson’s disease and related movement disorders. I studied medicine at Newcastle University and completed specialist training in Geriatric and General Medicine in the North East of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":382,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"class_list":["post-1943","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-ndn-staff"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"marianmontanha","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuroprogressiveanddementianetwork\/author\/marianmontanha\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":" NDN Staff<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Consultant Physician – Medicine of the Elderly, NHS Lothian Sarah MarrinanMBBS, MRCP I am a Consultant in Medicine of the Elderly with NHS Lothian, with a specialist interest in Parkinson’s disease and related movement disorders. I studied medicine at Newcastle University and completed specialist training in Geriatric and General Medicine in the North East of","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuroprogressiveanddementianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuroprogressiveanddementianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuroprogressiveanddementianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuroprogressiveanddementianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/382"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuroprogressiveanddementianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1943"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuroprogressiveanddementianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2715,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuroprogressiveanddementianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1943\/revisions\/2715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuroprogressiveanddementianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/neuroprogressiveanddementianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>MBBS, MRCP<\/p>\n\n\n\nContact <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
NDN Email: Sarah.Marrinan@nhs.scot<\/a>
NDN Tel: 0131 537 3804<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"