The regional centre has eight full-time consultant neurologists and more than 20 other consultants, plus clinical nurse specialists.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham has a dedicated neuromuscular clinic as well as a respiratory and cardiology failure clinics.
How to access the service
To access the service a patient must be referred by either a GP or a consultant.
The team
Dr Yusuf A Rajabally
Consultant Neurologist
Doctor Rajabally qualified and trained in neurology in France, obtaining an MD on genetic neuropathies in 1997. Consultant in Leicester since 2001, running a neuromuscular clinic and involved in clinical research in inflammatory and other acquired neuropathies.
Dr Saiju Jacob
Consultant Neurologist
Doctor Jacob carried out his neurology training in London and the West Midlands, with doctoral research and fellowship at Oxford. His special interests include neuromuscular and neuroimmunology disorders, with weekly clinics for each.
Dr Nicholas Davies
Consultant Neurologist
Doctor Davies trained in Birmingham and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London. Specialist interests include: Neuromuscular disorders, metabolic diseases and ion channel disorders.
Dr Venkataramanan Srinivasan
Consultant Neurologist
Dr Hardev Pall
Consultant Neurologist
Dr Hardev Pall is a clinical neurologist with an interest in teaching and research. He graduated from Bristol University in 1979 and had postgraduate training in Birmingham, London and Cambridge. Clinical interests in movement and motor neuron disorders. Has clinics for movement disorders and patients for deep brain stimulation surgery.
Dr Girija Sadalage
Consultant Neurologist
Dr Shyam Madathil
Consultant in respiratory medicine
Doctor Madathil obtained his membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 2002. He covers general respiratory medicine with a special interest in non-invasive ventilation and sleep apnoea.
Dr William Bradlow
Cardiology Consultant
Dr William Moody
Cardiology Consultant
Dr Shyamn Madathil
Respiratory Consultant
Alice Roe
Adult Lead Neuromuscular Clinical Nurse Specialist
Gurpreet Bharj
Neuromuscular Clinical Nurse Specialists for adults
Helen Chase
Neuromuscular Physiotherapist
Trudy Pelton
Neuromuscular Physiotherapist
Dr Rajdeep Jain
Neurophysiology Consultant
Dr Paul Mocroft
Neurophysiology Consultant
Dr Ashish Garg
Neurophysiology Consultant
Jane O'Connor
Transition Care Advisor
Clinics
Adult
Clinics are held at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
- Specialist neuromuscular consultant clinics
- Specialist neuroimmunology consultant clinics (for myasthenia gravis)
- Specialist Inflammatory neuropathy consultant clinics
- Joint cardiology and neuromuscular clinics (with palliative care)
- Joint metabolic and neuromuscular clinics
- Ion channel clinic
- Neuromuscular nurse clinics
- NIV clinics