Mark Edwards (MBBS, BSc (Hons), PhD, FRCP) is Professor of Neurology and Interface Di sorders at Kings College London and Honorary Consultant Neurologist at The Maudsley a nd Kings College Hospitals. He has a specialist clinical and research interest in Movement Disorders and Functional N eurological Disorder (FND). He did his PhD with Professor John Rothwell and Professor Ka ilash Bhatia at the UCL Institute of Neurology, studying the pathophysiology of genetic dy stonia. During this period he was involved with the development of a novel and now widel y used technique for transcranial magnetic stimulation: theta burst stimulation. Following completion of neurology training he became a Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant N eurologist at UCL and the National Hospital for Neurology. Here he developed an NIHR fu nded research program and specialist diagnostic and treatment service for patients with F ND. After moving to St George’s in 2015 he expanded this work to develop one of the first integrated diagnostic and treatment services for FND alongside continued research work into the pathophysiology of the disorder and development and testing of novel treatment s, including the first randomised trial of specialist physiotherapy for functional movement disorders. He recently led the development of a national exemplar pathway for Functional Neurological Disorder for the National Neurology Advisory Group on behalf of NHS Englan d. He was appointed as Professor of Neurology and Interface Disorders at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London and Consultant Neuro logist at the Maudsley and King’s College Hospital in September 2022. He has published over 400 peer reviewed publications and is author of the Oxford Special ist Handbook of Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders. He is President of th e Association of British Neurology Movement Disorders Group, Board and Founding Memb er of the Functional Neurological Disorder Society, Associate Editor of the European Journ al of Neurology, and medical advisor for FNDHope, the UK Dystonia Society and the Britis h Association of Performing Arts Medicine. He is the winner of the Jon Stolk Award for Mo vement Disorders research from the American Academy of Neurology, the David Marsden Award for Dystonia research, the Queen Square Prize and the Uschi Tschabitscher prize f or research from the European Academy of Neurology.