Professor Richard Walsh

Dr. Walsh began his training in neurology with a Research Fellowship in Movement Disorders and Dystonia with Prof. Michael Hutchinson in St. Vincent’s University Hospital. He went on to complete his specialty training in neurology in Dublin before moving to Toronto where he worked in Toronto Western Hospital for two years. While there he worked under Prof. Anthony Lang and Dr. Eleno Moro, completing Clinical Fellowships in Movement Disorders and Deep Brain Stimulation.

Since 2012, Dr. Walsh has run the Tallaght Movement Disorders Unit where he works with a Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialist and a Movement Disorders Fellow.

Dr. Walsh also co-directs the National Ataxia Clinic with his colleague Dr. Sinead Murphy.