Dr Ioana Popescu initially qualified in General Medicine from the University of Bucharest and went on to graduate with merit from her MSc in Clinical Gerontology at King’s College London. She completed her Training in General Adult Psychiatry and Old Age Psychiatry in March 2004. Alongside her work with Red & Yellow, she is a Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist for the Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Service at Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, as well as the Vice-chair of the trust’s Drugs and Therapies Committee. She has previously worked at various hospitals across London including Guy’s and St Thomas’ and The Royal Free. She is a member of the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry at the Royal College of Psychiatrists and was awarded The Mohsen Naguib prize for best new research presentation by trainees. She holds an honorary research contract at the Institute of Psychiatry and her research includes the management of dementia in developing countries. She has also been published in the American Journal of Psychiatry and contributed a chapter to the Pocket Psychiatry 2nd Edition of Psychiatric Disorders in Later Life.

Expertise

Ioana is specialised in the diagnosis and treatment of older adults (aged over 50) with a wide range of conditions including:

• Anxiety Disorders
• Depression
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Vascular dementia
• Lewy Body dementia
• Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Panic Disorders
• Sleep Disorders
• Capacity Assessment
• Schizophrenia and other causes of psychosis