David Werring
David John Werring is a British physician, neurologist, and academic specialising in stroke. He is professor of Neurology at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and current head of Stroke Research Centre and the Department of Translational Neuroscience and Stroke at UCL.
Career
Werring received his Bachelor in Neurosciences in 1989 and his Bachelor in Medicine/Bachelor in Surgery from Guy's Hospital Medical School in 1992. He became a Member of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom in 1995 and finished his PhD in clinical neurology at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology in 2000. After completing his clinical training in neurology and stroke medicine in 2004, he was appointed consultant neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College Hospital and Watford General Hospital in 2005. Werring was made Reader in clinical neurology and honorary consultant neurologist in 2008, became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2012 and was made full professor at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology in 2015. In 2017, he became head of the research department of Brain Repair & Rehabilitation at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. The name of this department changed to the Department of Translational Neuroscience and Stroke in 2025.Werring is a recognized expert in the field of stroke, chaired the UK Stroke Forum 2020-2022 and is President of the British and Irish Association of Stroke Physicians since December 2023. He was elected as a Life Member, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, in 2023. He was appointed as a National Institute of Health Research Senior Investigator in 2024. He was elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2025.