Dr Dan Wilson
Consultant Physician
Year Qualified
1995
Qualifications
MB BCHIR
Specialty
Geriatric Medicine
Special Interests
- Cognitive disorders
- Community Geriatrics
- Delirium
- Heart failure
- Liaison services
Biography
Dr Wilson trained at Cambridge and completed specialist training in North London at University College Hospital, London, Whittington Hospital, and at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
He joined King's in 2006 and is the clinical lead for King's Older People's Assessment and Liaison Service (KOPAL). He is part of the Southwark and Lambeth Memory service (SLMS) and has a particular interest in delirium.
He is the Trust clinical lead for the Department of Clinical Gerontology and the Integrated Care Programme for Frail Older People. He also works closely with the Multidisciplinary Heart Failure service at King's. He is an infection control lead for the division of Trauma, Emergency and Acute Medicine.
Professional Memberships
- Member of British Geriatric Society
- Member of Royal College of Physicians
Research
- Rogers S, Wilson D, Wan S, Griffin M, Rai G, Farrell J (2009) 'Medication-related admissions in older people: a cross-sectional, observational study', Drugs & aging, 26,(11):951-61
- Harvey P, Wilson D (2009) 'The role of the specialist nurse in an acute assessment and liaison service', Nursing older people, 21,(10):24-8
- Wilson D, Lowe D, Hoffman A, Rudd A, Wagg A (2008) 'Urinary incontinence in stroke: results from the UK National Sentinel Audits of Stroke 1998-2004', Age and ageing, 37,(5):542-6