Neurosciences Centre
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The Atkinson Morley Regional Neurosciences Centre at St George’s Hospital is an internationally renowned unit for neurology, neurosurgery, neurorehabilitation and stroke services. The hospital offers comprehensive services for the diagnosis, treatment and care of all conditions that affect the brain, spinal cord and the peripheral nervous system and muscles.
St George’s is the regional specialist centre for both inpatient and outpatient services for southwest London, Surrey and Sussex, serving a population of more than 3.5 million people.
Most services are provided in the Atkinson Morley Wing at St George’s Hospital. Neurorehabilitation services are also provided at Queen Mary’s Hospital, a specialist rehabilitation community hospital. The Atkinson Morley Wing and Queen Mary’s Hospital are both new state-of-the-art buildings that were built specifically to cater for neurology patients, with staff and patients having access to modern facilities and equipment.
As the only hospital in the UK with a medical school on site, St George’s is a major centre for research and education. This means that St George’s patients benefit from the latest and most innovative treatments and procedures, improving the outcomes for thousands of patients each year.
The department provides a number of specialist services:
- Autonomic disorders
- Botulinum toxin therapy
- Cognitive neurology and dementia
- Epilepsy
- Headache service
- Infectious diseases and HIV neurology
- Mechanical Thrombectomy for Stroke
- Movement disorders
- Multiple sclerosis
- Neuro and vestibular outpatient physiotherapy
- Neurological pathology
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Neuro-opthalmology
- Neurophysiology
- Neuroradiology
- Neurorehabilitation
- Neurosurgery
- Obstetric neurology
- Chronic Pain Service
- Paroxysmal motor disorders
- Stroke unit
- Tourette Syndrome
- Traumatic brain injury
- Huntington Disease Clinic
Children’s services
Contact details
GPs and patients can contact the department about appointments through the Neurosciences Bookings Centre.
Key staff
Services are provided by multidisciplinary clinical teams. Each team is led by one of our internationally renowned consultants, supported by specialist nurses and therapists.
Clinical Director
Clinical Leads
- Ms Meriem Amarouche – Neurosurgery
- Dr Marco Mula – Neurology
- Dr Andrew Mackinnon – Neuroradiology
- Dr James Blackburn – Chronic Pain
- Dr Sancho Wong – Neurorehabilitation
- Dr Shai Betteridge– Neuropsychology
- Dr Lawrence Hayes
Head of Nursing
- Catherine Chambers
General Manager
- Vivian Ekinodo
Deputy General Manager
- Fabio Fiordelisi
Information about the clinicians providing neurosciences services and the service managers are available on each service page.
Referrals
For referrals to Neuroscience, please visit the Neurosciences Referral and Booking Service page.
