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Bruce Virgo

Patient Advisory Group Member

’Bruce Virgo is a retired maritime lawyer (qualified in Australia, England/Wales & Scotland) previously working in the City of London. Australian by birth, he has lived with his family in Edinburgh for over 20 years.

Following onset of symptoms in 2013, Bruce was diagnosed with a rarer form of MND in late 2014. Since May 2016, when progress of his MND forced him to relinquish full-time legal work, Bruce has been an active patient advocate participating in various research projects & studies concerning MND in Scotland, the rest of the UK, and internationally. He has been a member of the Patient & Carer Advisory Council to the International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations since February 2020 and joined the Research Review Committee of the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation in 2023.