Stroke: management and prevention

Ian P Reckless BSc MB BS MBA MRCP is Senior Research Fellow in the Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and Consultant Physician at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. He qualified from St George's, London, UK. He is interested in health service management and has been seconded to positions at the Healthcare Commission and the Department of Health. Competing interests: none declared

Alastair M Buchan MA BM BCh FRCP is Professor of Clinical Geratology and Director of the Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UK. He trained in Cambridge and Oxford and in London, Ontario. Following two decades in North America, he returned to Oxford in 2005. His research interests include neuroprotection and the acute treatment of stroke. Competing interests: none declared

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