Dr Hoeritzauer did her undergraduate MB BCh BAO at Queen's university in Belfast with a semester in Humboldt University in Berlin and an intercalated degree in psychology at UCL.  She did her neurology training in Belfast and Edinburgh including a PhD looking at the Clinical Features and Prognosis of Scan-negative Uro-Neurological Disorders.  She currently works in Edinburgh as a consultant neurologist with an interest in acute and chronic idiopathic urinary retention and has recently been awarded an NRS Fellowship.  Dr Hoeritzauer is a principal of the Functional Neurological Disorders Reseach Group along with Professors Jon Stone and Alan Carson and Dr Laura McWhirter.