Dr Kennedy qualified from Charing Cross Medical School in 1985 and subsequently trained as a neurologist at Atkinson Morley Hospital. His research used functional imaging and was carried out at the MRC Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital and the Dementia Research Group, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square. He was appointed to the consultant staff at The Chelsea and Westminster and Charing Cross Hospitals in 1997 and is the clinical lead for neurology at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. He has areas of interest in all aspects of neurology, but particularly Alzheimer's disease, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and stroke.