David Oliver

Title(s): Professor

Current Position/Designation: Honorary professor

Institutional Affiliation: Tizard Centre, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

Active Email Address: drdjoliver@gmail.com

Telephone Number (WhatsApp): +44 7981951701

Professor David Oliver is a retired Consultant Physician in Palliative Medicine and is an Honorary Professor at the Tizard Centre at the University of Kent, at Canterbury.

Professor Oliver has lectured and published widely on neurological palliative care, particularly on the care of people with motor neurone disease/ amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was the Chair for the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Guidelines on MND.  He has published widely over many years and he was first author of the EAN paper “A consensus review on the development of palliative care for patients with chronic and progressive neurological disease”.

Professor Oliver has been involved in many international projects and is a member of the Management Group of the Palliative Care Specialty Group of the European Academy of Neurology. He is a Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology.

Relevant Professional Skills/Experiences

  • Retired Consultant Physician in Palliative Medicine at the Wisdom Hospice, Rochester, UK 1984-2016
  • Senior Lecturer / Reader and Honorary Professor
  • University of Kent, 2000-present
  • Former Chair of the EAPC Reference Group on Neurology and Palliative Care
  • Former Co-Chair and now Management Group Member of Palliative Care Specialty Group of the European Academy of Neurology
  • Former Chair of Palliative Care Group at World Federation of Neurology
  • Long term interest in the role of palliative care for neurological disease and the interaction and collaboration with neurology and rehabilitation services

Lead author of:

  • A consensus review on the development of palliative care for patients with chronic and progressive neurological disease.  Eur J Neurol2016;23:30-38.

Editor:

  • End of Life Care in Neurological Disease. London. Springer 2012

Co-author:

  • Kluger BM et al. Palliative care to support the needs of adults with neurological disease. Lancet Neurol 2023; 22: 619–31.
  • Bongioanni P F et al. Methods for informing people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease of their diagnosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2023, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD007593.
  • DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007593.pub2.
  • Nair K, Lee M, Hobson E, Oliver D, Husbands E. End-of-life care of people with long-term neurological conditions. Pract Neurol 2022; 0:1-8. Doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2022-003361.
  • Solari A et al on behalf of the guideline task force. EAN guideline on palliative care of people with severe, progressive multiple sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology 2020; 27: 1510-1529Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ene.14248
  • Oliver D. Neurological palliative care – who, how, when? Palliative Medicine in Practice 2020. Doi: 10.5603/PMPI.2020.0016.
  • Oliver D et al Current collaboration between palliative care and neurology: a survey of clinicians in Europe. BMJ Support Palliat Care 2020; doi 10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002322

Relevant Career Highlights

  • 2010 Clinical lead for National End of Life Care Programme -End of life care in long term neurological conditions – a framework for implementation,UK
  • 2016 Chair of Guidelines Development Group Motor neurone disease NG42. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, UK
  • Oliver DJ, Borasio GD, Caraceni A, de Visser M, Grisold W, Lorenzl S, Veronese S, Voltz R. A consensus review on the development of palliative care for patients with chronic and progressive neurological disease.  Eur J Neurol2016;23:30-38. doi:10.1111/ene.12889
  • Lead author for: Palliative Care in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2006, 2014
  • Oliver D. Motor Neurone Disease – a Family Affair. Sheldon Press

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