Stroke neurologist Adrian Parry-Jones has been appointed Professor of Vascular Neurology by The University of Manchester in recognition of the research and academic progress he leads.
Professor Parry-Jones has been a Consultant Neurologist at Salford Royal since 2014. Alongside his clinical duties, his research is focused on improving outcomes after intracerebral haemorrhage, a devastating form of stroke with poor outcomes and few treatments.
This includes work to improve the delivery of standard care to these patients by developing and implementing a hyperacute care bundle, which saved up to two lives a month when implemented at Salford Royal Hospital. The ‘ABC care bundle’ is comprised of:
- Rapidly reversing blood thinning drugs (Anticoagulants)
- Lowering patients’ blood pressure in the emergency department (Blood pressure)
- Ensuring that the patients in need of neurosurgery are referred as quickly as possible (Care pathway.)
He is currently supported by a Stroke Association Margaret Giffen Reader Award (2020-25) to scale up the ABC care bundle and investigate whether we can use the anti-inflammatory treatment IL1-Ra to reduce brain swelling after a haemorrhagic stroke, which could lessen stroke severity and disability.
Prof Parry-Jones is also a researcher within the stroke and dementia theme at the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, a partnership between the Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences at Salford Royal (part of Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust), The University of Manchester and the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre.