Jamie Macniven trained as a clinical psychologist and then as a clinical neuropsychologist in the UK. For several years he worked for the NHS in stroke rehabilitation, neuropsychiatric assessment and neurosurgery. He was the course director of the MSc programme in clinical neuropsychology at the University of Nottingham before immigrating to New Zealand in 2011. He has since worked for the Department of Neurology, Waikato Hospital, the Department of Neurology, Auckland City Hospital, in the national deep brain stimulation and epilepsy surgery services, and in private practice in Christchurch.
