In his presidential address, Professor Kopelman will discuss the issues involved in presenting clinical neuroscience in criminal and appeal courts and medico-legal cases, and some of the theoretical issues and controversies that arise.
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President, Clinical Neurosciences Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Michael Kopelman is Professor of Neuropsychiatry at King’s College London. He has also made important contributions to the study of anterograde amnesia and relating the nature of the underlying brain damage to its neuropsychological consequences. Professor Kopelman has been an expert witness in many high profile and controversial cases involving neuropsychiatric disorders.
Emeritus Professor of Neuroimmunology, University of Oxford
Professor Angela Vincent is an Emeritus Professor of Neuroimmunology at the University of Oxford, and an Emeritus Fellow of Somerville College. Professor Vincent holds an Honorary Consultant position in Immunology, and run the Clinical Neuroimmunology service which is an international referral centre for the measurement of antibodies in neurological diseases. Professor Vincent became FRS following her outstanding and pioneering work on neurological autoantibody disorders.
Immediate Past President, Clinical Neurosciences Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Professor Peter Hutchinson, Immediate Past President, Clinical Neurosciences Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Professor Michael Kopelman, President, Clinical Neurosciences Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Professor Michael Kopelman, President, Clinical Neurosciences Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Professor Angela Vincent, Emeritus Professor of Neuroimmunology, University of Oxford
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