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Dr. Adam Daniel Roche
Lecturer Registrar, Trinity Inst. of Neurosciences (TCIN)

Biography

Adam received his medical school training from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) Dublin and subsequently embarked on Basic Specialist Training in General Internal Medicine in Beaumont Hospital and Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown in Dublin. He went on to hold posts as a Clinical Lecturer in Medicine in RCSI and Registrar in Geriatric Medicine in Beaumont Hospital, Connolly Hospital and St James's Hospital in Dublin.

His subsequent qualifications include Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (MRCPI) in General Medicine and a Professional Diploma (ProfDip) in Clinical Leadership from RCSI Graduate School of Healthcare Management.

His current role is as Lecturer Registrar in Global Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) in Trinity and Mercer's Institute of Successful Ageing (MISA) at St. James's Hospital.

He is currently completing his Medical Doctorate (M.D.) with the School of Medicine in Trinity investigating sensory function and its relationship with cognitive and non-cognitive symptoms in dementia with Lewy bodies under the supervision of Professor Román Romero Ortuño and Professor Iracema Leroi.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Adam D. Roche, Orla C. Sheehan, Radiographic Absence of the Left Humeral Head, JAMA, 2023 Journal Article, 2023 DOI

Daniel Fraughen, Auyon J Ghosh, Brian D. Hobbs, Georg-Christian Funk, Tobias Meischl, Christian F Clarenbach, Noriane A Sievi, Karin Schmid-Scherzer, Oliver J McElvaney, Mark P Murphy, Adam D Roche, Adam D. Roche, Louise Clarke, Matthew Strand, Florian Vafai-Tabrizi, Geraldine Kelly, Cedric Gunaratnam, Tomás P Carroll, Noel G. McElvaney, Augmentation Therapy for Severe Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Improves Survival and Is Decoupled from Spirometric Decline " A Multi-National Registry Analysis, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2023 Journal Article, 2023 DOI

Adam Roche, Emma Griffin, Seamus Looby, Paul Brennan, Alan O"Hare, John Thornton, Karl Boyle, David Williams, Barry Moynihan, Sarah Power, Direct carotid puncture for endovascular thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke, Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, 11, (7), 2019, p647--652 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

Adam D. Roche, Dominic Rowley, Francesca M. Brett, Seamus Looby, Concentric and Eccentric Target MRI Signs in a Case of HIV-Associated Cerebral Toxoplasmosis, Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2018, 2018, p1--3 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Adam D. Roche, Blathnaid Murphy, Niamh Adams, Richard Sheahan, Paul Brennan, Seamus Looby, Direct Common Carotid Artery Puncture for Endovascular Treatment of Acute Large Vessel Ischemic Stroke in a Patient with Aortic Coarctation, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 26, (11), 2017, pe211--e213 Journal Article, 2017 DOI

, Prevalence of prescribing in pregnancy using the Irish primary care research network: A pilot study, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2015 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

Adam Roche, Oneza Ahmareen, Fiona Healy, The role of leukotriene receptor antagonists in exercise induced bronchoconstriction in children, Diagnosis, 1, (3), 2014, p213--222 Journal Article, 2014 DOI

Research Expertise

Description

Adam's research interests include stroke and neurovascular medicine, frailty, dementia and cognitive impairment, delirium and comprehensive geriatric assessment, chronic diseases in older adults and diversity in older populations. He is currently completing his Medical Doctorate (M.D.) with the School of Medicine in Trinity investigating sensory function and its complex relationship with both cognitive and non-cognitive features in dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease dementia. He also has an interest in medical and health humanities and interdisciplinary research, in particular the representation of ageing and memory impairments within the arts and humanities.

Keywords

Ageing, stroke, dementia; Clinical research, trials; Dementia/ Alzheimer's Disease; Frailty & Resilience; Gerontology and geriatrics

Recognition

Memberships

Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (MRCPI) in General Medicine

Irish Gerontological Society

European Stroke Organisation