Dr John Mottershead studied medicine at Oxford University and carried out research on MRI scanning and multiple sclerosis at the Institute of Neurology in London. He trained in clinical neurology before taking up a post as consultant neurologist at the Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre in 2002 where he worked as a neurologist with a sub specialty clinic in MS, largely dealing with disease modifying treatments. In 2009, he moved to Dunedin and he is a consultant neurologist at Dunedin School of Medicine with a special interest in multiple sclerosis.
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Publications
Robinson, C., Cutfield, N., Mottershead, J., Sharples, K., Richards, R., Kingan, J., … Zhang, Z. (2018). Media reporting of health interventions in New Zealand: A retrospective analysis. Internal Medicine Journal, 48(8), 924-930. doi: 10.1111/imj.13936
Winser, S., Smith, C. M., Hale, L. A., Claydon, L. S., Whitney, S. L., Klatt, B., Mottershead, J., … Heyman, R. (2017). Psychometric properties of a core set of measures of balance for people with cerebellar ataxia secondary to multiple sclerosis. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 98(2), 270-276. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.07.023
Winser, S. J., Smith, C. M., Hale, L. A., Claydon, L. S., Whitney, S. L., Klatt, B., Mottershead, J., … Heyman, R. (2016). Movement disorders are the common signs as the first neurological deficit in cases with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2). Movement Disorders, 31(Suppl. 2), (pp. S337). doi: 10.1002/mds.26688
Ranta, A., Tiwari, P., Mottershead, J., Abernethy, D., Simpson, M., Brickell, K., … Frith, R. (2015). New Zealand's neurologist workforce: A pragmatic analysis of demand, supply and future projections. New Zealand Medical Journal, 128(1419). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Winser, S., Smith, C. M., Hale, L. A., Claydon, L. S., Whitney, S., Klatt, B., Mottershead, J., … Heyman, R. (2014). Balance assessment in multiple sclerosis and cerebellar ataxia: Rationale, protocol and demographic data. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation International, 1(5), 6.