Nursing and Midwifery

Mr Patrick Browne

RGN, DipNS, BNS, BSc, MHSc

Contact Details

Adjunct Lecturer in Nursing
E: patrick.j.browne@nuigalway.ie
linkedin.com/in/patrick-browne-4b455750

Biography

Patrick Browne (FFNMRCSI, FRSPH, FFRRHH RCSEd, RANP, RNP, RGN, PG Cert Healthcare Analyics, PG Dip (Advanced Nursing Practice), PG Cert (Nurse/Midwife Prescribing), MHSc (Health Services Research), BSc Parkinson's Care, BNS General Nursing, and Dip. Nursing Studies (General)) has also completed short course diplomas in Anatomy and Physiology, Human Resources, Nursing Leadership and Care Management, Operational Management, and Workplace Health and safety, Legal Studies and Teaching skills for Educators, Manufacturing and Product Design.
His current appointment is as, an eHealth Director of Nursing and Midwifery with the HSE West and North West. Patrick was Irelands first Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner Neurology for movement disorders, in Galway University Hospitals. Current research interests include Digital health systems and technologies, assistive and therapeutic technologies in Parkinson's disease and service delivery methodologies and innovations. He is a member of: Galway Neuroscience Centre, Former Irish Chapter Director of the World Parkinson's Program, the Irish National Steering and Advisory Committee for palliative care in Parkinson's disease. He is a member of the International Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Society Telemedicine Task Force and former Co-Chair (European Section) of the Non-Physician Health Care Professionals Special Interest Group International Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Society. Patrick is actively involved in humanitarian projects as is the Humanitarian Medicine Lead and founding committee member of The European Society of Extreme Environment Medicine.

Research Interests

Neurology with a specialist interest in movement disorders
Chronic disease management
Gerontology
Palliative Care in Neurology
Humanitarian healthcare and Health Services Development
Digital Health

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2023)	'Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Regulated Chaperones as a Serum Biomarker Panel for Parkinson's Disease' Mnich, K.,Moghaddam, S.,Browne, P.,Counihan, T.,Fitzgerald, S. P.,Martin, K.,Richardson, C.,Samali, A.,Gorman, A. M. (2023) 'Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Regulated Chaperones as a Serum Biomarker Panel for Parkinson's Disease'. Mol Neurobiol, 60 (33):1476-1485 [Details]
	(2019)	'Estimating dyskinesia severity in Parkinson's disease by using a waist-worn sensor: concurrent validity study' Rodriguez-Molinero, A;Perez-Lopez, C;Sama, A;Rodriguez-Martin, D;Alcaine, S;Mestre, B;Quispe, P;Giuliani, B;Vainstein, G;Browne, P;Sweeney, D;Quinlan, LR;Arostegui, JMM;Bayes, A;Lewy, H;Costa, A;Annicchiarico, R;Counihan, T;Laighin, GO;Cabestany, J (2019) 'Estimating dyskinesia severity in Parkinson's disease by using a waist-worn sensor: concurrent validity study'. Scientific Reports, 9 [DOI] [Details]
	(2019)	'A Technological Review of Wearable Cueing Devices Addressing Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease' Sweeney D; Quinlan LR; Browne P; Richardson M; Meskell P; ÓLaighin G; (2019) 'A Technological Review of Wearable Cueing Devices Addressing Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease'. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 19 (6) [DOI] [Details]
	(2018)	'A HOLTER for Parkinson's disease: Validation of the ability to detect on-off states using the REMPARK system' Bayes, A,Samba, A,Prats, A,Perez-Lopez, C,Crespo-Maraver, M,Moreno, JM,Alcaine, S,Rodriguez-Molinero, A,Mestre, B,Quispe, P,de Barros, AC,Castro, R,Costa, A,Annicchiarico, R,Browne, P,Counihan, T,Lewy, H,Vainstein, G,Quinlan, LR,Sweeney, D,OLaighin, G,Rovira, J,z-Martin, DR,Cabestany, J (2018) 'A HOLTER for Parkinson's disease: Validation of the ability to detect on-off states using the REMPARK system'. Gait Posture, 59 :1-6 [DOI] [Details]
	(2018)	'The Promise of Telemedicine for Movement Disorders: an Interdisciplinary Approach' Ben-Pazi, H;Browne, P;Chan, P;Cubo, E;Guttman, M;Hassan, A;Hatcher-Martin, J;Mari, Z;Moukheiber, E;Okubadejo, NU;Shalash, A (2018) 'The Promise of Telemedicine for Movement Disorders: an Interdisciplinary Approach'. Current Neurology And Neuroscience Reports, 18 [DOI] [Details]
	(2017)	'Analysis of Correlation between an Accelerometer-Based Algorithm for Detecting Parkinsonian Gait and UPDRS Subscales (vol 8, 431, 2017)' Rodriguez-Molinero, A;Sama, A;Perez-Lopez, C;Rodriguez-Martin, D;Alcaine, S;Mestre, B;Quispe, P;Giuliani, B;Vainstein, G;Browne, P;Sweeney, D;Quinlan, LR;Arostegui, JMM;Bayes, A;Lewy, H;Costa, A;Annicchiarico, R;Counihan, T;Laighin, GO;Cabestany, J (2017) 'Analysis of Correlation between an Accelerometer-Based Algorithm for Detecting Parkinsonian Gait and UPDRS Subscales (vol 8, 431, 2017)'. Frontiers In Neurology, 8 [DOI] [Details]
	(2017)	'Clinical Reasoning: A demure teenager and her dystonic foot' Cullinane, PW;Browne, P;Hennessy, MJ;Counihan, TJ (2017) 'Clinical Reasoning: A demure teenager and her dystonic foot'. Journal Of Neurology, 89 :71-75 [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'Posture detection based on a waist-worn accelerometer: an application to improve Freezing of Gait detection in Parkinson's disease patients' Rodriguez-Martin, D,Sama, A,Perez-Lopez, C,Catala, A,Cabestany, J,Browne, P,Rodriguez-Molinero, A,Chen, W,Augusto, JC,Seoane, F,Lehocki, F,Wolf, KH,Arends, J,Ungureanu, C,Wichert, R (2015) 'Posture detection based on a waist-worn accelerometer: an application to improve Freezing of Gait detection in Parkinson's disease patients'. Workshop Proceedings Of The 10th International Conference On Intelligent Environments, 20 :3-17 [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'Posture detection based on a waist-worn accelerometer: an application to improve Freezing of Gait detection in Parkinson's disease patients' Rodriguez-Martin, D;Sama, A;Perez-Lopez, C;Catala, A;Cabestany, J;Browne, P;Rodriguez-Molinero, A (2015) 'Posture detection based on a waist-worn accelerometer: an application to improve Freezing of Gait detection in Parkinson's disease patients'. Recent Advances In Ambient Assisted Living - Bridging Assistive Technologies, E-Health And Personalized Health Care, 20 :3-17 [DOI] [Details]
	(2017)	'Deep learning for freezing of gait detection in Parkinson's disease patients at their homes using a waist-worn inertial measurement unit' Camps J, Sama A, Martin M, Rodriguez-Martin D, Perez-Lopez C, Moreno-Arostegui J, Cabestany J, Catala A, Alcaine S, Mestre B, Prats A, Cruz-Crespo M, Counihan T, Browne P, Quinlan L, OLaighin G, Sweeney D, Lewy H, Vainstein G, Costa A, Annicchiarico R, Bayes A, Rodriguez-Molinero A (2017) 'Deep learning for freezing of gait detection in Parkinson's disease patients at their homes using a waist-worn inertial measurement unit'. Knowledge Based Systems, [Details]
	(2017)	'Clinical Reasoning: A demure teenager and her dystonic foot' Cullinane PW, Browne P, Hennessy MJ, Counihan TJ (2017) 'Clinical Reasoning: A demure teenager and her dystonic foot'. Neurology, 89 :71-75 [DOI] [Details]
	(2017)	'Home detection of freezing of gait using support vector machines through a single waist-worn triaxial accelerometer' Rodriguez-Martin, D;Sama, A;Perez-Lopez, C;Catala, A;Arostegui, JMM;Cabestany, J;Bayes, A;Alcaine, S;Mestre, B;Prats, A;Crespo, MC;Counihan, TJ;Browne, P;Quinlan, LR;OLaighin, G;Sweeney, D;Lewy, H;Azuri, J;Vainstein, G;Annicchiarico, R;Costa, A;Rodriguez-Molinero, A (2017) 'Home detection of freezing of gait using support vector machines through a single waist-worn triaxial accelerometer'. Plos One, 12 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2017)	'Clinical Reasoning: A demure teenager and her dystonic foot' Cullinane P.W, Browne P, Hennessy M.J, Counihan T.J (2017) 'Clinical Reasoning: A demure teenager and her dystonic foot'. Neurology, [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Design of a Smartphone Application with Integrated Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Treatment Randomization and On-The-Fly Stimulus Parameter Adjustment for Streamlining the Clinical Evaluation of FES Protocols' Sweeney D, Corley GJ, Browne P, Burridge JH, Quinlan L, Laighin ÓG (2016) 'Design of a Smartphone Application with Integrated Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Treatment Randomization and On-The-Fly Stimulus Parameter Adjustment for Streamlining the Clinical Evaluation of FES Protocols'. Journal of Health & Medical Informatics, [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2016)	'Detecting freezing of gait with a tri-axial accelerometer in Parkinson's disease patients' Ahlrichs, C,Sama, A,Lawo, M,Cabestany, J,Rodriguez-Martin, D,Perez-Lopez, C,Sweeney, D,Quinlan, LR,Laighin, GO,Counihan, T,Browne, P,Hadas, L,Vainstein, G,Costa, A,Annicchiarico, R,Alcaine, S,Mestre, B,Quispe, P,Bayes, A,Rodriguez-Molinero, A (2016) 'Detecting freezing of gait with a tri-axial accelerometer in Parkinson's disease patients'. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 54 :223-233 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Dopaminergic-induced dyskinesia assessment based on a single belt-worn accelerometer' Perez-Lopez, C,Sama, A,Rodriguez-Martin, D,Moreno-Arostegui, JM,Cabestany, J,Bayes, A,Mestre, B,Alcaine, S,Quispe, P,Laighin, GO,Sweeney, D,Quinlan, LR,Counihan, TJ,Browne, P,Annicchiarico, R,Costa, A,Lewy, H,Rodriguez-Molinero, A (2016) 'Dopaminergic-induced dyskinesia assessment based on a single belt-worn accelerometer'. Artificial Intelligence In Medicine, 67 :47-56 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Tremor severity is a poor predictor of social disability in patients with essential tremor' Cullinane P, Browne P, McGovern E, Counihan T (2014) 'Tremor severity is a poor predictor of social disability in patients with essential tremor'. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, [Details]
	(2014)	'Quality of Symptom Management in Patients with Huntington's Disease' Browne P, Reynolds C, O'Brien M, Counihan T (2014) 'Quality of Symptom Management in Patients with Huntington's Disease'. Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 11 :216-217 [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	'Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments' Sweeney D, Corley GJ, Browne P, Burridge J, Quinlan LR, O’Laighin G (2015) 'Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments' In: Ebook: Recent Advances in Ambient Assisted Living – Bridging Assistive Technologies, e-Health and Personalized Health Care Series: Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments. IOS Press Ebooks: Recent Advances in Ambient Assisted Living – Bridging Assistive Technologies, e-Health and Personali. [Details]

Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2018)	*54th Annual Irish Neurological Association Meeting* Walsh R, Bradley D, Hughes G, Browne P, Lally S, Onuk K, O’Sullivan S (2018) A Multi-Country, Observational, Cross-Sectional Study to Characterise Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Patients in Movement Disorder Centres: Results from Ireland 54th Annual Irish Neurological Association Meeting [Details]
	(2013)	*International Conference on Neurology and Epidemiology Conference* Gibbons E, Browne P, Chaila E, Counihan T (2013) A Review of Parkinson’s Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa International Conference on Neurology and Epidemiology Conference [Details]
	(2012)	*Movement Disorders Society Congress* Cullinane P, Browne P, McGovern E, Counihan T (2012) Tremor severity is a Poor Predictor of Social Disability in Patients with Essential Tremor Movement Disorders Society Congress [Details]
	(2012)	*Irish Neurological Association 48th Annual Conference* Coffey A, McGovern E, Browne P, Counihan T (2012) On Again Off Again Irish Neurological Association 48th Annual Conference [Details]
	(2011)	*Irish Neurological Association* Reynolds C, Browne P, O'Brien M, Counihan T. (2011) An audit of symptomatic therapies for Huntington disease in the West of Ireland Irish Neurological Association [Details]
	(2011)	*Irish Neurological Association* O'Brien M, Browne P, Counihan T. (2011) Ironing out the tremor Irish Neurological Association Sligo, [Details]
	(2009)	*Movement Disorders Society Congress* Browne P, Counihan T (2009) Hyperhidrosis and Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Disease Movement Disorders Society Congress [Details]

Other Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	'Apomorphine - Pros and Cons as a treatment for Parkinson's disease' Carroll E, Browne P, Daly L, Mooney J and Counihan T (2017) 'Apomorphine - Pros and Cons as a treatment for Parkinson's disease' Hospital Doctor of Ireland, . [Details]
	(2017)	'Duodopa - its use and efficacy in Parkinson's disease for improvement of quality of life' Quek Kai Liang Roy, Browne P, Counihan T (2017) 'Duodopa - its use and efficacy in Parkinson's disease for improvement of quality of life' Hospital Doctor of Ireland, . [Details]
	(2017)	'Benefits of Telemedicine Movement Disorders Services - a Global Perspective' Arora E, and Browne P (2017) 'Benefits of Telemedicine Movement Disorders Services - a Global Perspective' Hospital Doctor of Ireland, . [Details]
	(2015)	'Genetics in Parkinson's disease - what have we learned?' Corcoran A, Browne P, Counihan T (2015) 'Genetics in Parkinson's disease - what have we learned?' Hospital Doctor of Ireland, . [Details]
	(2015)	'Non-motor complications associated with restless legs syndrome' Lucey R, Browne P, Dempsey S, Counihan T (2015) 'Non-motor complications associated with restless legs syndrome' Nursing in general Practice, . [Details]
	(2015)	'Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease - Pros and Cons' Murry D, Browne P, Dempsey S, Counihan T (2015) 'Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease - Pros and Cons' Hospital Doctor of Ireland, . [Details]
	(2015)	'A Review of Fertility in Wilson's Disease' Murphy-O’Connor H, Browne P, Counihan T (2015) 'A Review of Fertility in Wilson's Disease' Hospital Doctor of Ireland, . [Details]
	(2014)	'Neurology Clinical Focus: Parkinson's Disease Module 161' Browne P, Laffan A, Shaikoon S, Soon T, Counihan T (2014) 'Neurology Clinical Focus: Parkinson's Disease Module 161' Hospital Doctor of Ireland, 20 (3) . [Details]
	(2014)	'Huntington's Disease, Nourishment needs' Khan, S, Browne P, Counihan, T (2014) 'Huntington's Disease, Nourishment needs' Nursing in the Community, Clinical Guide for Irish Nurses, . [Details]
	(2014)	'Autonomic Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease' Waters C, Browne P, Counihan T (2014) 'Autonomic Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease' Modern Medicine, The Irish Journal of Clinical Medicine, . [Details]
	(2014)	'Parkinson's Disease - A brief practical approach' Browne P, Daly L, Counihan T (2014) 'Parkinson's Disease - A brief practical approach' Nursing in General Practice, . [Details]
	(2014)	'A Review of Treatment Options for Dystonia' Trousdell J, Browne P, Counihan T (2014) 'A Review of Treatment Options for Dystonia' Hospital Doctor of Ireland, . [Details]
	(2014)	'Movement Disorders Clinical Nurse Specialist Interventions Compared to UK Best Practice' Ward R, Browne P (2014) 'Movement Disorders Clinical Nurse Specialist Interventions Compared to UK Best Practice' World of Irish Nursing, . [Details]
	(2013)	'Huntington's Disease - Ethics Dilemma' Wynne M, Browne P, Counihan T (2013) 'Huntington's Disease - Ethics Dilemma' Modern Medicine, The Irish Journal of Clinical Medicine, . [Details]
	(2013)	'Dementia in Parkinsonism' Reddin C, Browne P, Counihan T (2013) 'Dementia in Parkinsonism' Forum, Irish College General of Practitioners, 30 (3) . [Details]
	(2013)	'Neuroprotection in Parkinson's Disease' Talty M, Browne P, Counihan T (2013) 'Neuroprotection in Parkinson's Disease' Modern Medicine, Irish Journal of Clinical Medicine, 43 (4) . [Details]
	(2013)	'Towards optimum and early care' Browne P (2013) 'Towards optimum and early care' Forum, Ireland's Journal of Distance Learning, Irish College of General Practitioners, 13 (2) . [Details]
	(2013)	'Pregnancy in Parkinson's Disease' Burke S, Browne P, Counihan T (2013) 'Pregnancy in Parkinson's Disease' Modern Medicine, Irish Journal of Clinical Medicine, 43 (3) . [Details]
	(2013)	'Poor prognostic indicators in PD' Clark J, Browne P, Counihan T (2013) 'Poor prognostic indicators in PD' Modern Medicine, Irish Journal of Clinical Medicine, 43 (5) . [Details]
	(2013)	'Parkinson's' Browne P (2013) 'Parkinson's' Nursing in the Community. Clinical Guide for Irish Nurses, 14 (2) . [Details]
	(2013)	'Palliation in Movement Disorders' Matthews E, Browne P, Counihan T (2013) 'Palliation in Movement Disorders' Modern Medicine, Irish Journal of Clinical Medicine, 43 (2) . [Details]
	(2013)	'Nutritional Issues in Advanced Huntington's Disease' Khan S, Browne P, Counihan T (2013) 'Nutritional Issues in Advanced Huntington's Disease' Forum, Irish College General of Practitioners, . [Details]
	(2013)	'Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Parkinson's Disease' Goodbody P, Browne P, Counihan T (2013) 'Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Parkinson's Disease' Modern Medicine, Irish Journal of Clinical Medicine, 43 (1) . [Details]
	(2012)	'The Dementia Link - Patients with Parkinsonisms are at increased risk of dementia' Browne P, Reddin C, Counihan T (2012) 'The Dementia Link - Patients with Parkinsonisms are at increased risk of dementia' Psychiatry Professional, . [Details]
	(2012)	'Novel Therapies in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease' Day L, Browne P, Counihan T (2012) 'Novel Therapies in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease' Modern Medicine, Irish Journal of Clinical Medicine, 42 (6) . [Details]
	(2012)	'Clinical focus: Parkinson's Disease. Neurology Module 115' McGovern E, Quereshi A, Browne P, Hennessy M (2012) 'Clinical focus: Parkinson's Disease. Neurology Module 115' Hospital Doctor of Ireland, 18 (1) . [Details]
	(2012)	'Motor Complications of Parkinson's Disease' Fahy C, Browne P, Counihan T (2012) 'Motor Complications of Parkinson's Disease' Modern Medicine, Irish Journal of Clinical Medicine, 42 (5) . [Details]
	(2012)	'Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease' Egan R, Browne P, McGovern E, Counihan T (2012) 'Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease' Modern Medicine, Irish Journal of Clinical Medicine, 42 (4) . [Details]
	(2011)	'Empowerment of the patient' Browne P, Counihan T (2011) 'Empowerment of the patient' Forum, Irish College of General Practitioners, . [Details]
	(2011)	'Marrying the Parkinson's disease patient and carer needs' Browne P, Counihan T (2011) 'Marrying the Parkinson's disease patient and carer needs' Forum, Irish College of General Practitioners, . [Details]
	(2011)	'Parkinson's Disease Sleep Disorders' Browne P, Counihan T (2011) 'Parkinson's Disease Sleep Disorders' Forum, Irish College General of Practitioners, 11 (3) . [Details]
	(2010)	'Delaying or withholding Parkinson's treatment affects quality of life and may result in faster disease progression' Counihan T, Browne P (2010) 'Delaying or withholding Parkinson's treatment affects quality of life and may result in faster disease progression' Forum, Irish College General of Practitioners, . [Details]

Newspaper Articles

	Year	Publication
	(2011)	Many Faces of Parkinson's Disease. Reynolds C, Browne P, Counihan T (2011) Many Faces of Parkinson's Disease. Irish Medical Times: Newspaper Articles [Details]

Honours and Awards

Year	Title	Awarding Body
2024	Fellowship in Public Health (FRSPH)	Royal Society of Public Health
2024	ESNO Associate	European Specialist Nurses Organisation
2024	Fellowship in Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare	Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
2023	Freedom of the City of London	City of London
2023	Regional Recognition Award	Sigma Global Nursing Excellence ¿ European Region
2023	Colonel	Office of Governor of Commonwealth Kentucky, United States of America
2022	National Services Day Medal (Emergency Services)	Emergency Services
2022	Covid-19 Pandemic 2020-2022 Service Recognition Medal	Saolta University Health Care Group ¿ University Hospital Galway
2022	An Garda Siochana Centenary Medal	An Garda Siochana
2021	Admitted as a Nurse Leader	Sigma Global Theta Tau
2015	Fellowship in Nursing and Midwifery (FFNMRCSI)	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Education

	Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
	2015	Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery RCSI	Fellow of Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	Neurology Nursing

Teaching Interests

Neurology with a specialist interest in movement disorders
Chronic disease management
Gerontology
Palliative Care in Neurology
Humanitarian healthcare and Health Services Development
Digital Health