Staff Profile

I'm an academic registrar in Neurophysiology at Newcastle Hospitals. I hold a medical degree as well as an MSc in Computational Neuroscience, and I was awarded a PhD in Neurophysiology in 2022.

I'm a clinical researcher in Computational Neurophysiology, looking at new ways of measuring the health of the motor units which control our muscles. I also look at the implementation and challenges of AI in healthcare.

My research has developed new methods of measuring the structure and function of motor units, including ultrasound, multi-electrode EMG, and new forms of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS).

I teach Neurophysiology on the Newcastle MB BS curriculum, and a short introduction to Neurology for the dentistry course. I have delivered teaching on EEG and NCS/EMG to postgraduate doctors locally.

• Articles

  • Baker M, Maitland S. Response to: ‘Cortical Inexcitability in ALS: Correlating a Clinical Phenotype. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2024, epub ahead of print.
  • Maitland A, Fowkes R, Maitland S. Can ChatGPT pass the MRCP (UK) written examinations? Analysis of performance and errors using a clinical decision-reasoning framework. BMJ Open 2024, 14(3), e080558.
  • Sirkis T, Maitland S. Monitoring real-time junior doctor sentiment from comments on a public social media platform: a retrospective observational study. Postgraduate Medical Journal 2023, 99(1171), 423–427.
  • Sorensen DM, Bostock H, Abrahao A, Alaamel A, Alaydin HC, Ballegaard M, Boran E, Cengiz B, de Carvalho M, Dunker O, Fuglsang-Frederiksen A, Graffe CC, Jones KE, Kallio M, Kalra S, Krarup C, Kroigard T, Liguori R, Lupescu T, Maitland S, Matamala JM, Moldovan M, Moreno-Roco J, Nilsen KB, Phung L, Santos MO, Themistocleous AC, Uysal H, Vacchiano V, Whittaker RG, Zinman L, Tankisi H. Estimating motor unit numbers from a CMAP scan: Repeatability study on three muscles at 15 centres. Clinical Neurophysiology 2023, 151, 92-99.
  • Maitland S, Hall J, McNeill A, Stenberg B, Schofield I, Whittaker R. Ultrasound-guided motor unit scanning electromyography. Muscle and Nerve 2022, 66(6), 730-735.
  • Kennion O, Maitland S, Brady R. Machine learning as a new horizon for colorectal cancer risk prediction? A systematic review. Health Sciences Review 2022, 4, 100041.
  • Maitland S, Escobedo-Cousin E, Schofield I, O'Neill A, Baker S, Whittaker R. Electrical cross-sectional imaging of human motor units in vivo. Clinical Neurophysiology 2022, 136, 82-92.
  • Sørensen DM, Maitland S, Tankisi H. Assessing inter-rater reproducibility in MScanFit MUNE in a 6-subject, 12-rater “Round Robin” setup. 2022.
  • Maitland S, Baker S. Ipsilateral motor evoked potentials as a measure of the reticulospinal tract in age-related strength changes. Front. Aging Neurosci 2021.

• Reviews

  • Maitland S, Baker M. Serotonin syndrome. Drug and therapeutics bulletin 2022, 60(6), 88-91.
  • Waite SJ, Maitland S, Thomas A, Yarnall AJ. Sarcopenia and frailty in individuals with dementia: A systematic review. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 2021, 92, 104268.
  • Maitland S, Mcelnay P, Brady R. AI: simply reinforcing medicine's worst biases?. BMJ Innovations 2020, 6(4), 117-120.