Sarah Pendlebury graduated in 1992 from Oxford and worked subsequently in London and France. She is Professor of Medicine and Old Age Neuroscience at the Wolfson Centre for Prevention of Stroke and Dementia, University of Oxford and Consultant Physician at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

As Clinical Lead for Dementia and Delirium she works closely with the Electronic Patient Record Team and senior hospital management to implement improvements to the process of care for older, multi-morbid and frail patients.

Sarah’s research is supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre and includes the cognitive impacts of cerebrovascular disease and acute illness and the interactions between vascular disease, neurodegeneration, co-morbidity and delirium.

She is lead author on four books on TIA/stroke, geriatric medicine and neurology in general medicine and senior editor of Oxford Case Histories (OUP) covering the medical/surgical specialities; several of which are recommended reading for speciality exit examinations.