
Module editors
The ebrain Module Editors are subject-matter experts who ensure that the information contained within each ebrain session is correct, up to date, and matched to the Learning Objectives. They examine the strengths and weaknesses in terms of accuracy, relevance, and effectiveness of content. Our Module Editors also help with finding new/replacement authors and identifying possible Peer Reviewers.
Functional Neuroanatomy Mr Pragnesh BhattConsultant Neurosurgeon at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. He takes a multidisciplinary team approach to degenerative spinal conditions. |
Surgical Principles and Techniques Mr Ravindra NannapaneniSenior Neurosurgeon in Cardiff. Having trained in General Surgery in India, he undertook his neurosurgical training in Newcastle/Middlesbrough. Over the last 18 years he has helped establish multiple services in Cardiff including neuronavigation, disc arthroplasty, endoscopic skull base surgery and complex spinal neurosurgery. He has extensive experience in teaching both nationally and internationally. |
Core Radiology Dr Stuart CurrieConsultant neuroradiologist at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust with interests in adult neurology and neuro-oncological imaging. |
Headache and Pain Dr Andrew DowsonClinical Lead for the East Kent Headache Service and has clinics both at the Princess Royal University Hospital and in the Community in Bromley Kent as well as a private headache clinic in Guildford, Surrey. |
lschaemic Vascular Disease Dr Simon Fandler-HöflerConsultant Neurologist at the University Hospital of the Medical University of Graz, Austria. Dr Amit Mistri
Consultant Physician in Stroke Medicine at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Deputy Clinical Director of Emergency & Specialty Medicine, and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Leicester. |
Haemorrhagic Vascular Disease Mr Mario Teo Consultant Neurosurgeon and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Bristol Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, North Bristol University Hospital, |
Head Injury Mr Kevin Tsang Consultant neurosurgeon at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Major Trauma Surgeon at the Major Trauma Centre of St Mary's Hospital and also as a General Neurosurgeon at Charing Cross Hospital. |
Transient Loss of Consciousness and Epilepsy Dr Antonio Gil-Nagel Director of the Epilepsy Program at Hospital Ruber Internacional, in Madrid, an international referral centre for epilepsy, specialized in diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment of epilepsy in adults and children. Dr Laura Mantoan Adult epileptologist at King’s College Hospital. |
Neurological Infections Amy Ross RussellNeurology trainee in Southampton, UK, and podcast editor for Practical Neurology (BMJ). Amy trained in Medicine at the University of Oxford, subsequently working in Gloucestershire, Eastern Cape, RSA, and London, UK, at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, the Royal Brompton Hospital and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, before starting neurology specialist training. |
Neuro-inflammatory Diseases Dr Declan Chard Honorary Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, with a specialist interest in multiple sclerosis (MS) and other inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system. Dr Carmen Tur Neurologist and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Queen Square MS Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London. |
Neurodegeneration Alexander Foulkes Consultant Neurologist running a cognitive disorders clinic at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and general neurology clinic at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, as well as general neurology clinics at Watford General Hospital and St Albans City Hospital. Catherine Pennington Senior Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Neurologist at The University of Edinburgh. |
Movement Disorders Professor Kailash Bhatia Professor of Clinical Neurology at the Clinical and Movement Neuroscience Department at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London and an Honorary Consultant Neurologist at the affiliated National Hospital for Neurology. Dr Anna Sadnicka Trainee Neurologist at St George’s University of London with an interest in neural control of movement and how this is disturbed in movement disorders. |
Coma and Sleep Dr Guy Leschziner Consultant neurologist within the Department of Neurology and Sleep Disorders Centre at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, and at London Bridge Hospital, the Cromwell Hospital. |
Neuro-ophthalmology Zhaleh Khaleeli Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology, UCLH where she runs specialist clinics in both MS and Neuro-ophthalmology. At Watford General Hospital she sees general neurology patients in clinic and on the wards. |
Neuro-otology Dr Diego Kaski Consultant Neurologist at the University College London Hospital and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. |
Diseases of the Autonomic Nervous System Dr Ellen Merete Hagen Consultant neurologist in the autonomic unit at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Dr Valeria Iodice Honorary Associate Professor in Neurology at University College London and Clinical and Academic lead at the autonomic unit at the National hospital for neurology and neurosurgery. |
Spinal Trauma Mr Simon Tizzard Spine Surgeon of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Middlesbrough. |
Spinal Tumours Mr Nikolay Peev Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital regional Neuroscience unit in Belfast trust. |
Elective Spinal Disease Mr Navneet Singh Consultant neurosurgeon at St George’s NHS Foundation Trust and has clinical interests in neuro-oncology and paediatric neurosurgery as well as general neurosurgery including spine and trauma. |
Tumours and Cysts Professor Sebastian Brandner Professor of Neuropathology at the Division of Neuropathology, Institute of Neurology, University College London and Honorary Consultant Neuropathologist at University College London Hospitals. Mr Andy Brodbelt Consultant neurosurgeon and the lead for neurooncology at the Walton Centre NHS Foundation trust, and an honorary senior clinical lecturer at Liverpool University. Professor Riccardo Soffietti Professor of Neurology and Neuro-Oncology at University of Turin, Italy. |
Hydrocephalus and Cerebrospinal Fluid Pathologies Mr Greg James Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. |
Neuro-rehabilitation and Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Professor Steven Laureys Professor of Neurology & Director at Coma Science Group, University of Liège, Belgium. Dr Fahim Anwar Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge. |
Neuropsychiatry Dr Alasdair Rooney Consultant neuropsychiatrist, NHS Lothian and Principal Investigator, CCBS, University of Edinburgh. |
Neuropsychology Prof. Dr. Christoph Helmstaedter Psychologist and professor for clinical neuropsychology at the University of Bonn Medical Center, Germany. Head neuropsychologist in the Department of Epileptology and the Mauritius Neurorehabilitation Center in Meerbusch, Germany. Dr Juri-Alexander Witt Clinical neuropsychologist and researcher in the Department of Epileptology at the University of Bonn Medical Center. |
Neuropaediatrics Dr Daniela Pohl Paediatric neurologist and associate professor of paediatric neurology at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. |