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Professor Janice Redmond

Clinical Associate Professor (Clinical Medicine)

 redmonj5@tcd.ie

 


Biography

In 1980, I qualified from Medical School at University College Dublin with a Second Class Honours degree (6th place in my class) having been awarded several prizes during my undergraduate training. After qualification, I trained in Ireland for 4 years: as an Intern at St. Vincent's Hospital; as a Medical SHO for 2 years in the training scheme at St. Vincent's Hospital; and as a Medical Registrar for 1 year at Dr Steevan's Hospital. During this time, I passed the membership examination of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. In 1984, I moved to the USA for higher specialty training. For 3 years from 1984 to 1987, I was a Resident in the Neurology Training Program at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. For 1 year from 1987 to 1988, I trained as Clinical Neurophysiology Fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.I returned to Henry Ford Hospital for 2 years from 1988 to 1990 as a Senior Neurophysiology Fellow. Upon my return to Ireland, I completed my M.D. thesis followed by 1 year as a Neurology Registrar at St. Vincent's Hospital. In September 1992, I was appointed as the first Consultant Neurologist at St. James's Hospital, as well as being the first female consultant neurologist in Ireland. Since 1992, I have been responsible for the development of the neurology service at SJH, including the establishment of a clinical neurophysiology department encompassing electrodiagnostic techniques that I acquired during my training in the USA. I have witnessed the expansion the neurology service over the past 26 years with contributions from my newly appointed colleagues. My career at St. James's has been devoted to clinical neurology, teaching undergraduates, training postgraduates, and conducting clinical research as the opportunities arose. In latter years, I have been active in a leadership nationally - being President of Irish Neurological Association, Secretary/Assistant Dean of the Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, and Joint National Specialty Director for Higher Specialty Training in Neurology.

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Royal College of Physicians in Ireland 1983 Current
American Academy of Neurology 1989 Current
American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine 1990 Current
American College of Physicians (Fellow) 1991 Current
Association of British Neurologists 1993 Current
Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland 1993 Current
O'Donnell MM, Redmond J., Coverage of multiple sclerosis in the Irish written media, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 47, 2021, p102623-, Notes: [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2020.102623], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
McKenna MC, Al-Hinai M, Bradley D, Doran E, Hunt I, Hutchinson S, Langan Y, O'Rourke D, Qasem R, Redmond J, Troy E, Doherty CP., Patients' Experiences of Remote Neurology Consultations during the COVID-19 Pandemic, European Neurology, 83, (6), 2021, p622 - 625, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Fearon C, Lonergan R, Ferguson D, Byrne S, Bradley D, Langan Y, Redmond J., Very-late-onset Friedreich's ataxia: Diagnosis in a kindred with late-onset cerebellar ataxia, Practical Neurology, 1, (20), 2020, p55 - 58, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Fearon C, Moloney K, Chalissery A, Ferguson D, Redmond J., The opioid epidemic and headache: Experience of a general neurology consult service, Cephalgia Reports, 3, 2020, p1 - 4, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Bede P, Finegan E, Chipika RH, Li Hi Shing S, Lambe J, Meaney J, Redmond J., Oculomotor Neural Integrator Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis: Insights From Neuroimaging, Frontiers in Neurology, 2018, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Chalissery AJ, Munteanu T, Langan Y, Brett F, Redmond J., Diverse phenotype of hypokalaemic periodic paralysis within a family, Practical Neurology, 18, (1), 2018, p60 - 65, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Lambe J, Monaghan B, Munteanu T, Redmond J., CAPN1 mutations broadening the hereditary spastic paraplegia/spinocerebellar ataxia phenotype, Practical Neurology, 18, (5), 2018, p369 - 372, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Zaporojan L, McNamara PH, Williams JA, Bergin C, Redmond J, Doherty CP, Seizures in HIV: The case for special consideration, Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 13, (10), 2018, p38 - 43, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
McNamara PH, Coen R, Redmond J, Doherty C.P, Bergin C., A high prevalence rate of a positive screen for cognitive impairment in patients with human immunodeficiency virus attending an Irish clinic, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 4, (1), 2017, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
McDermott A, Zaporojan L, McNamara P, Doherty CP, Redmond J, Forde C, Gormley J, Egaña M, Bergin C., The effects of a 16-week aerobic exercise programme on cognitive function in people living with HIV, AIDS Care, 6, 2017, p667 - 674, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Byrne S, Munteanu T, Redmond J., Interaction of doctors with pharmaceutical companies, BMJ Open, 4, (7), 2014, pe004880-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
McNamara, P.H. Redmond, J.M.T. Doherty, C.P., Varicella-zoster virus encephalitis and vasculopathy in a patient treated with fingolimod, Neurology, 81, (3), 2013, p306-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Byrne S, Jordan I, Redmond J., Prevalence and treatment of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, Lancet Neurology, 12, 2013, p424 - 424, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
McKenna MJ, Redmond JMT, Response to the letter from Kampmann and Steffensen, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 178, 2009, p237 - 238, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Hutchinson M, Galvin R, Sweeney B, Lynch T, Murphy R, Redmond J, Traynor B.J, Hardiman O, Effect of a multidisciplinary clinic on survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [2] (multiple letters), Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 75, (8), 2004, p1208 - 1209, Notes: [Cited By :3 Export Date: 16 February 2017], Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Redmond JMT, McKenna MJ., Quantitative sensory testing, Muscle and Nerve, 10, 1996, p403 - 403, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Redmond JMT, McKenna MJ, Neuropathy endpoints, Neurology, 46, (4), 1996, p1193 - 1193, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Redmond JMT., The management of partial seizures, Irish Medical Journal, 89, 1996, p54 - 54, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Redmond JMT, Therapeutic approach to the management of epilepsy, Irish Medical Journal, 87, 1994, p16 - 16, Journal Article, PUBLISHED

  

Awards and Honours

Award Date
College scholarship for Pre-Medical examination and a Catholic University award for 1st place in Physics 1975
College prize for First Medical Examination 1976
College scholarship for Third Medical Examination 1978
Dargan prize in Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin 1978
Tobin prize in Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin 1978
Magennis medal for a research paper on dystrophia myotonica and an oral examination in Pathology and Microbiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin 1980
Bellingham prize for Clinical Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin 1980
Award for the best article published by a House Officer in the Henry Ford Hospital Journal in 1986. Article entitled: "Recovery Following Acute Pontine Haemorrhage" 1987
Young Investigator Award, American Academy of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, at 38th Annual Scientific Meeting 1991

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

Undergraduate: In my final medical year (1980), I prepared a research paper on myotonic dystrophy that was awarded the Magennis medal. Postgraduate: July 1980 to June 1984: During the term of my training in general medicine I published three case reports of patients under my care. July 1984 to June 1987: During my residency training in neurology I participated in a study on the effects of hyponatremia on the central nervous system. At that time, it was controversial whether rapid correction of hyponatremia contributed to central pontine myelinolysis. Using magnetic resonance imaging we demonstrated that rapid correction was harmful. July 1987 to June 1988: My predominant research interest during my neurophysiology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital was the application of quantitative sensory testing to the investigation of peripheral neuropathy. I learnt and modified the Marstock method of measuring thermal sensation and vibration. I established reference ranges for the laboratory. I conducted a study on the reproducibility of the technique. I also performed preliminary studies on patients with Guillain Barré Syndrome and on patients with alcoholic peripheral neuropathy. M.D. thesis ,July 1988 to June 1990: I conducted the following research projects: (1) Determining the effect of age and other predictor variables (namely, height, body mass index, gender, handedness, skin temperature, cigarette smoking and alcohol intake) on quantitative sensory testing; (2) Study of quantitative sensory testing in subjects with diabetes mellitus; (3) Study of the effect on skin temperature on results of quantitative sensory testing. The work was awarded a Doctor of Medicine degree from University College Dublin in December 1991. July 1991 to Jun 1992: I conducted a study of peripheral neuropathy in patients with cystic fibrosis. Consultant Neurologist: Clinical practice based research: Since 1992 in my position as consultant neurologist in St James's Hospital, I have supervised many medical students, medical senior house officers, and neurology specialist registrars in the conduct of small clinical studies and audits. Cognitive impairment in AIDS: I have participated in a clinical collaborative research programme about cognitive impairment in patients with AIDS. This collaboration has been a joint effort by Professor Colm Bergin, Dr. Colin Doherty, and myself. Dr Patricia McNamara, who performed the first collaborative research project on neurological aspects of AIDS. was awarded a PhD from TCD in 2015 for thesis entitled: The Inflammatory Degenerative Continuum of HIV Related Cognitive Impairment. With the same team of consultant colleagues, Dr Lilia Zaporojan, continued the same research project and she submitted PhD in September 2018 entitled: A follow-up study evaluating the effects of HIV related cognitive impairment. Study of Nystagmus in Multiple Sclerosis using 3 Tesla MRI: This research programme is in collaboration with the Centre of Advanced Medical Imaging (CAMI) under the direction of Dr. James Meaney in St James's Hospital using 3 Tesla MRI. It is widely recognized that white matter pathology alone does not account for the heterogeneity of clinical manifestations in MS. We conducted a study of patients with MS-associated nystagmus. The first study by Iyer et explored abnormalities in tractography. The second study that was led by Dr. Peter Bede devised novel morphometric analyses in order to evaluate patterns of gray matter pathology in cortical, subcortical, brainstem, and cerebellar regions. The study identified nystagmus-associated gray matter degeneration in medial cerebellar, posterior medullar, central pontine, and superior collicular regions - that are along the neural integrator circuit. Further studies are needed to explore other aspects of gray matter degeneration in MS.