STARS

“Working together with individuals, families and medical professionals to offer support and information on Syncope and Reflex Anoxic Seizures”

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PHONE: +44(0)1789 450564
FAX:+44(0)1789 450682
Email: info@stars.org.uk

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Professor Christopher J Mathias MBBS DPhil DSc FRCP FmedSci

Professor Christopher Mathias is Professor of Neurovascular Medicine in the University of London, with an appointment held jointly between Imperial College School of Medicine and the Institute of Neurology, University College London. He has been a Consultant Physician at St Mary’s Hospital since 1982 and at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, since 1985. He qualified in medicine at St John’s Medical College, Bangalore University in 1972. He then won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University where his research on the autonomic and neurohormonal control of the circulation in man was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1976. His clinical training continued at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, St Mary’s Hospital and Southampton University Renal Unit at Portsmouth, where he completed his MRCP (UK) in 1978. In 1979 he was awarded a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Clinical Science to work with Professor Sir Stanley Peart, FRS, at

St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, University of London. In 1984, he was awarded a Wellcome Trust Senior Lectureship in Medicine, which was between St Mary’s and the Institute of Neurology in conjunction with Sir Stanley Peart and Sir Roger Bannister. In 1987 he was awarded the FRCP (London). In May 1991 the University of London conferred the title of Professor of Neurovascular Medicine. He was awarded the DSc in the Faculty of Science of London University in 1995. He was elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 2001.(Read more)

Sir Elton John

Biography at-a-glance
SIR ELTON HERCULES JOHN, (Knighted 1998.) Born Pinner, Middlesex, England, March 25, 1947, Reginald Kenneth Dwight. Son of late Stanley Dwight and of Sheila (now Farebrother), changed name to Elton Hercules John.


Married Renate Blauel, Feb 14, 1984 (Dissolved Nov. 18, 1988), Civil Partnership with David Furnish, December 21, 2005. Student, Royal Academy of Music, London, 1959-64.
Singer, songwriter, musician, began playing piano 1951, joined group Bluesology, 1965-67. Since 1969 has toured across the world consistently as a solo performer and with the Elton John band.
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Professor John B.P. Stephenson BM BCh MA DM Oxford, DCH England, FRCP,
Hon FRCPCH
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Educated Balliol College, Oxford, and St Thomas’s Hospital, London. BM BCh MA DM Oxford, DCH England, FRCP London and Glasgow, HonFRCPCH. Honorary Resident in Neurosurgery and Fellow in Neurology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, 1969-70. First Consultant in Paediatric Neurology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children [RHSC], Yorkhill, Glasgow, 1971-2000. Physician with responsibility for EEG Department 1972-2000. First Director of Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit 1973. Honorary Professor – Medicine, Child Health, Paediatric Neurology – since 1994. Board Member, European Paediatric Neurology Society since 1997. Author of Handbook of Neurological Investigations in Children (with Dr Mary King) 1989, 1991 and of Fits and Faints 1990. Over a hundred peer reviewed papers. Around 50 publications relating to syncopes of various aetiologies.

Officially "retired" but contributing to seizure recognition especially anoxic-epileptic seizures and to the integration of new syndromes. In 2002/2003 contributing to meetings in Messina, Gottingen, Beijing, Birmingham, Washington dc, Marseilles, Tokyo, Kyiv.

William P Whitehouse, BSc, MB BS, DCH, FRCP, FRCPCH, Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Neurology
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Dr Whitehouse trained at the London Hospital Medical College, where he gained a 1st class honours BSc in Basic Medical Science and Pharmacology and qualified in Medicine, MB BS in 1981. After house jobs he undertook post graduate training in paediatrics, passing the DCH and MRCP(UK) examinations before pursuing higher specialist training in paediatric neurology. This included 3 years as a research fellow studying the molecular biology of epilepsies.

William was appointed as a consultant paediatric neurologist to Birmingham Children’s Hospital in 1993 and took up his senior lecturer post in paediatric neurology, based at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, in 2001.

 He has been on the Council of the British Paediatric Neurology Association since 1998 and was appointed a member of the Quality of Practice Committee of the Royal College of Physicians in 2001. He is widely published, particularly in paediatric neurology and epilepsy and has developed clinical and research interests in childhood epilepsy, syncope and clinical audit. He became a medical patron of STARS in 2000. Dr Whitehouse lives with his wife and 4 children near Nottingham and enjoys swimming and playing in a folk band.
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Sir Roger Moore CBE

Born Clapham, London, 1927. The son of a London policeman. Roger Moore attended Hackford Road Elementary School and then Battersea Grammar School. Evacuated to Worthing at the outbreak of World War II. He returned to London in 1943 and after leaving school worked as a tracer/filler/office boy with the animation company Publicity Picture Productions. He was fired after a short time. In 1944 he was accepted by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and attended for three terms. He then joined the Cambridge Arts Theatre Repertory Company. In 1945 he was called up for National Service and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and then promoted to Captain in the Combined Services Entertainment. At the end of his Army service he worked as an assistant stage manager at the BBC Studios at Alexander Palace and supplemented his salary by working as an advertising model. Then came a small part in the West End production of "Mister Roberts" and understudying David Tomlinson in

"The Little Hut". There followed his American debut and he appeared in "A Pin to See the Peepshow” on Broadway. It was then that Hollywood beckoned with an MGM contract. In 1957-58 he played the title role in "Ivanhoe", returning to England for a total of thirty nine episodes. When he returned to Hollywood in 1958 he was put under contract by Warner Bros. and starred in the TV series "The Alaskans" (thirty six episodes), "Maverick" (nineteen episodes) and in 1961 at the end of his contract he left Hollywood. In 1962 came his big break when he was cast as "The Saint", the most successful TV series at that time (one hundred and fourteen episodes). (read more)

Professor Rose Anne Kenny
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Professor Kenny is Head of the Falls and Syncope Unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne, which investigates over 3000 cases of syncope and falls per year. The unit has made a significant research contribution to syncope, in particular vasovagal syncope and syncope in older persons. The unit provides a high standard of care and expertise in a one-site-one-stop facility.

One-third of patients who attend the unit are young adults and two-thirds are older patients. The unit is unique in providing a combined assessment for the mixed symptoms of 'fits, faints, falls and funny do’s' - the underlying cause of which is often the same.

The unit, which is the largest in the UK, treats patients from all over the North East

of England and further afield. The unit gives patients rapid and tailored assessments and treatments for unexplained fainting, collapse, dizziness and falls. The team consists of four consultants, led by Rose Anne Kenny, Professor of Cardiovascular Research at Newcastle University’s Institute for Aging and Health, and sees patients referred from Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments, GPs and other health specialists. The doctors are supported by specialists in Neurology and Cardiology, a Clinical Psychologist, Physiotherapist, Clinical Research Associates and Secretarial staff. (read more)

Dr Adam Fitzpatrick
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Dr Adam Fitzpatrick MBBS BSc(Hons.) MD FRCP FACC, is a consultant cardiologist at The Manchester Heart Centre.


He qualified in 1982 at the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London . His training included postings at St Bartholomew's Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital , National Heart Hospital , Westminster Hospital , Royal Brompton Hospital , Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, and University of California , San Francisco .

Dr Fitzpatrick has special interests in Syncope, Catheter Ablation for Cardiac 

Arrhythmias, Pacing, Implantable Defibrillators and Coronary Angioplasty. He joined the team at the Manchester Heart Centre in 1995 from the Faculty of the University of California at San Francisco , where he was an Assistant Professor in the Department that first described the technique of catheter ablation (read more)

Professor Wouter Wieling
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Professor Wouter Wieling has been the Head of the Syncope Unit at the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam since 1999.

 

He has had a long and distinguished career in medicine with specific research interest in Autonomic control of the cardiovascular system in health and disease; Physiological strategies to improve orthostatic tolerance and Evaluation and management of syncope.

 

While not working, he enjoys gardening, backcountryskiing, long distance running, tennis, sailing and bridge

Twiggy Lawson
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TWIGGY is an International Model and Film Star who first launched her career in 1960's and has continued to be successful ever since.

Twiggy comments
"I must admit I had never heard of STARS or the reflex anoxic seizure condition. However having recently interviewed Trudie and her daughter, Francesca, I was intrigued to discover more.
At my request, Trudie kindly forwarded information. I was amazed to read the stories in various newsletters, and the information contained in leaflets. I can only begin to imagine how dreadful it is to live with RAS and syncopes.
The dedication and determination of Trudie to this cause are truly remarkable.
I am honoured to accept the request to become a Patron and to become part of this truly worthwhile charity."

John Burton Race
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Celebrity Chef John Burton Race, was born in Singapore in 1957 and spent his early years travelling and experiencing food from all over the world. His family settled in Hampshire and circumstances denied him the chance to follow his heart and craving for the art world, and so his journey into the culinary one began. He began his career as a sous chef at Les Manoir Aux Quat' Saisons, Oxford and in 1986, opened his first restaurant, L'Ortolan in Berkshire. Here he achieved and maintained two Michelin stars. In 200, John opened John Burton Race, Landmark Hotel, London and reclaimed both Michelin stars within the first year of trading. He came to national prominence after making a TV series, French Leave, for Channel 4 about his and his family's experiences of moving to France for a year. His aim was to relearn and discover ingredients and his love of cooking after many years in the fast lane. Returning to England in 2003, John opened a new restaurant, The New Angel, in Dartmouth, the subject of a second

Channel 4 series, The Return of the Chef. He has recently been awarded his first Michelin star for The New Angel.   John and his wife Kim have six children: Eve, Olivia, Martha Daisy, Eliza, Charles, Amelia. John Burton Race knows first hand about the effects of syncope, as he was diagnosed with Vasovagal Syncope in 1996 and has had a pacemaker fitted.

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