Implementation Science In Functional Neurologic Disorder
Dr. Julie Maggio - From implementation to insight: Lessons from caring for patients with FND
Julie Maggio is a Clinical Specialist in the Outpatient Physical Therapy Service at Massachusetts General Hospital and an affiliated researcher with the MGH Functional Neurology Research Group. She works exclusively with individuals with neurologic dysfunction and has extensive expertise in the treatment of Functional Neurological Disorders (FND). Her research interests include outpatient management of Functional Neurological Disorder including multidisciplinary models, and the role of non-motor symptoms. Julie is a founding member of the FND Society and is a board-certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties.
Dr. Glenn Nielsen - Physiotherapy for Functional Neurological Disorder: Clinical Implications from the Physio4FMD RCT
Dr. Glenn Nielsen is a Senior Lecturer in Neurological Physiotherapy at St City George’s University of London and a clinical physiotherapist at St George’s University Hospital. He completed his undergraduate physiotherapy training at Curtin University of Western Australia in 2004 and started his career at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. In 2007 he relocated to the UK and was employed as a Highly Specialist Physiotherapist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. He completed his PhD at the UCL Institute of Neurology in 2017, which focused on developing and assessing the efficacy of interventions for people with functional motor disorders. He was the lead investigator for an NIHR funded multicentre randomised controlled trial of specialist physiotherapy for functional motor disorder (Physio4FMD.org). He is currently collaborating on range of studies exploring conditions that intersect and overlap with functional neurological disorder.
