I have been a consultant neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery since 1999. I also work at University College London Hospital, Royal Marsden Hospital and Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. I specialise in the assessment and treatment of common neurological conditions e.g. headaches, migraine, trigeminal neuralgia, blackouts, epilepsy, vertigo, dizzy spells, parkinson's disease, tremor, numbness, neuropathy and memory problems.

I have a special interest and expertise in looking after patients with brain and spinal tumours particularly low-grade gliomas e.g. astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas. I also see patients with cancer who have neurological problems such as neuropathy due to chemotherapy, radiotherapy side effects and paraneoplastic syndromes.

Brain Tumours

Brain tumours affect people of all ages and usually cause a combination of symptoms including headaches, vomiting, blackouts, funny turns, paralysis, speech or memory problems. A brain scan is required in all cases of suspected brain tumour followed by surgery to diagnose the exact type of tumour. The care of patients with brain tumours requires the input of a multidisciplinary team and this would be carried out in the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

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  Career

I qualified in 1988 from University College and Middlesex Medical School with distinctions in Medicine, Surgery and Therapeutics. After general professional training in various postgraduate London teaching hospitals, I was awarded a prestigious MRC Clinical Training Fellowship at Guy's Hospital, investigating the association between C jejuni infection and Guillain-Barre syndrome completing a PhD in 1985. I then did my neurology training at the Royal Free Hospital, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, St Thomas' Hospital and neuro-oncology training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York.

I am the only neurologically trained neuro-oncologist in England, Ireland and Wales and am referred patients with neurological problems due to brain tumours or other cancers from all over the country and from abroad. I am a member of the National Cancer Research Network Brain Tumour Clinical Studies Group and worked with the Department of Health to draw up national guidelines for the referral of patients with suspected brain tumours.

I have extensive teaching experience both of medical students and qualified doctors, have given invited lectures at national and international neurology conferences and provided expert witness reports in medical negligence cases involving misdiagnosis and treatment of brain tumours.

I have published over fifty papers and reviews in scientific and medical journals, have contributed chapters on brain tumours and neurological complications of cancer to various reference books including the Oxford Textbook of Medicine and have recently edited a new book on neuro-oncology, coming out in 2010.

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  Clinics at:

Spire Bushey Hospital, Heathbourne Road, Bushey, Herts WD23 1RD
Tel: 020 8950 9090
www.spirehealthcare.com/bushey/


BMI Bishops Wood Hospital, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood, Middx HA6 2JW
Tel: 01923 835814
www.bmihealthcare.co.uk/bishopswood


999 Medical and Diagnostic Centre, 999 Finchley Road, London NW11 7HB
Tel: 020 8455 9939/9989
www.999medicalhealthcare.com


Vista Diagnostics, Capital Tower, 91 Waterloo Rd, London SE1 8RT
Tel: 0845 450 3559
www.VistaDiagnostics.co.uk