Professor Pippa Tyrrell MBE

by | Jan 7, 2025 | News | 0 comments

It is with enormous sadness that we announce the death of Professor Pippa Tyrrell, emeritus Professor of Stroke Medicine at the University of Manchester and retired consultant in stroke medicine at Salford Royal (now part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust).

After studying medicine at the University of Cambridge and University of London, Pippa trained in general medicine and neurology in London (St Bartholomew’s Hospital and St Mary’s) and completed her MD in dementia research. She finished her senior registrar posts in medicine in Manchester and was appointed as the first consultant in stroke medicine in Manchester at Salford Royal Hospital in 1995, where she established the first dedicated stroke service in Manchester.

Over the next few years Pippa worked tirelessly to transform the provision of stroke care across the Greater Manchester conurbation, enabling delivery of rapid assessment and hyperacute stroke care with seamless rehabilitation and secondary prevention. Pippa recognised the value of multi-disciplinary stroke care and integrated diverse medical and therapy specialties into the stroke service to meet the needs of patients. She championed the role of nurses and advocated for stroke nurse specialists and nurse consultants. She was passionate about teaching and trained numerous clinicians, many of whom continue to work in the stroke service at the Northern Care Alliance.

Alongside her amazing work in establishing a leading clinical service, Pippa developed a thriving research portfolio spanning acute stroke management, rehabilitation and implementation and became the first Professor of stroke medicine at the University of Manchester. Pippa appreciated the need for research that spanned across the entire translational pipeline and was hugely supportive of the discovery and preclinical research taking place at the University within the Rothwell lab, which subsequently became the Brain Inflammation Group.

During her distinguished career, Pippa held numerous leadership roles including the Clinical Lead for the Greater Manchester Clinical Stroke Network, Clinical Lead for the North-West Stroke Research Network, Clinical Advisor to the NICE Stroke Guidelines Group, Chair of the British Association of Stroke Physicians Scientific Committee and Clinical Lead for the Stroke National Audit Programme. She was awarded an MBE in 2018 in recognition of her services to stroke care and research.

Throughout her career, Pippa worked relentlessly to improve the lives of people affected by stroke and was a committed advocate for stroke survivors and their families. She worked with many stroke survivors to ensure their voices were heard and was a Trustee and Medical Vice Chair at the Stroke Association.

Pippa will be remembered as a kind, compassionate doctor, teacher, researcher and friend who had the needs of her patients at the forefront of everything she did. She inspired a generation of clinicians and researchers, and her legacy is the continued excellence of stroke care and outstanding portfolio of stroke research across Greater Manchester.

Pippa will be sorely missed by all who were fortunate enough to know her and work with her. Our sincerest condolences are with her husband Anthony, and children Caitlin, Toby and Olivia.

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