Medical Staff

The consultants are responsible for your overall medical care. They will see you at the doctors’ rounds. These are held twice daily on Edenhall and once weekly on Philipshill. During the rounds they will review your progress, treatment and care needs. You will have an opportunity to ask any questions you want during ward rounds, or you can request an individual meeting with the medical staff.

If you or a member of your family wishes to speak with a consultant privately, you can contact the consultant's secretary to request an appointment. Alternatively, the nursing staff can arrange an appointment on your behalf.

Meet the team

Dr Mariel Purcell MB BCh BAO MRCGP FRCP graduated from University College Dublin in 1997. Her postgraduate training was in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Inverness and she took up her post as consultant in Spinal Injuries at the Unit in February 2007. She is Lead Clinician of QENSIU, an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in the University of Glasgow, Director of Research of the Scottish Centre for Innovation in Spinal Cord Injury and NRS Senior Research Fellow, CSO, Scotland.

She has authored over 40 scientific papers in spinal cord injury. View her research profile.

Dr Ronali McLean MB ChB MRCP graduated from the University of Dundee in 2010. Her post-graduation training was spread over the Northeast of England and the West of Scotland before she began her training in Rehabilitation Medicine in Edinburgh in 2015. She briefly worked as a Consultant in Neurorehabilitation at the Astley Ainslie in Edinburgh before taking up a post as a consultant in Spinal Injuries at the unit in May 2021. She is also an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh.