Dr. Sara Fenu

About

Dr Sara Fenu is an Italian Consultant Geriatrician with broad experience in Cognitive Disorders, Dementia and Ola Age Psychiatry.

She has worked as a Consultant Geriatrician in the Neurorehabilitation department and Centre for Cognitive Disorders whilst living in Italy. After moving to the UK in 2020, she worked at the Royal Hospital for Neurodisability and thereafter as an Old Age Psychiatrist within the Kensington, Chelsea, and Westminster Memory Service. She is currently working as a Consultant Geriatrician for the Hounslow Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Service in London and she is also a member of the London Dementia Clinical Leadership Group.

Languages: English/Italian

Areas of Expertise (conditions):

• Cognitive disorder in patients younger and older than 65 with complex comorbidities/ polytherapy and frailty.
• All types of cognitive impairment.
• Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Alzheimer’s dementia, Fronto-Temporal Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia, Vascular Dementia, Alcohol Related Brain Damage, Dementia in Parkinson’s disease, and other parkinsonism.
• Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
• Delirium.
• Anxiety and Depression in the Elderly
• Sleep disorders

Education

• Doctor of Medicine, Medical Diploma of Medicine, July 2007 Sassari University, Italy
• Geriatric Medicine Training, from Feb 2008 to October 2010 University of Sassari and further Geriatric Medicine Training with a focus on Cognitive and Behavioural symptoms in the elderly, from October 2010 to April 2012 at the Centre for Cognitive Diseases, Sant’Agostino Estense Hospital and Baggiovara Hospital, University of Modena
• Specialisation in Geriatric Medicine, April 2012
• Master’s Degree in Clinical Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry of Adults and Elderly at the Lumsa University, Rome, Italy
• Master’s Degree in Interface of geriatric medicine and directorship of health & social services in nursing homes and community (Pavia University, Italy) with a project focused on the Experimental Model of a Dementia Special Care Unit based on Psychosocial Intervention
• Diploma, Feb 2017 Multisensory Approach (Snoezelen) for the well-being of people with dementia Dementia studies & person-centred care studies (PCC) Focos Argento, Como, Italy
• Diploma, Oct 2017 Basic User of Dementia Care Mapping University of Bradford, Dementia Studies, Professor Silvia Faggian
• Diploma, Dec 2016 Theoretical and Practical Advance Training in Neuropsychological Testing Alexander Lurija, Neuroscience Institute, Torino, Italy

Associations:

1. Memberships:
2. Member of the Royal College of Physicians
3. Member of the London Dementia Clinical Leadership Group.
4. Member of the British Geriatric Society
5. Member of the British Association for Psychopharmacology