Dr Manjit Matharu

Dr Matharu is a Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and is Clinical Lead of the Heacache Group.

Dr Matharu’s major clinical and research interests include functional and structural imaging in primary headaches, trigeminal autonomic cephalgias and neurostimulation for intractable headaches.  He has authored numerous scientific papers and was awarded a PhD for his work on functional and structural neuroimaging in primary headache syndromes.

Dr Matharu is a contributor to the Queen Square Video Hub where he discusses key topics relating to headache disorders.

Special interests

• Chronic daily headache
• Medication overuse headache
• Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias
• Cluster headache
• Paroxysmal hemicrania
• SUNCT
• SUNA
• Hemicrania continua
• Facial pain including trigeminal neuralgia;
• Secondary headaches including low CSF pressure headache and post-traumatic headache
• Ehler’s Danlos Syndrome

Education

• BSc (First Class Honours) University of Manchester 1991
• MB, ChB (Honours Degree) University of Manchester 1994
• PhD University of London 2006

Professional Memberships

• General Medical Council (GMC) 4090760
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) 2012
• Association of British Neurologists (ABN)
• British Association for the Study of Headaches (BASH)
• International Headache Society (IHS)
• Anglo-Dutch Migraine Association (ADMA)

Private medical secretary

Lauren Laycock

Consultation Fees

New appointment : £300

Follow up appointment : £175