Dr Benjamin Turner is a Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer at St Bartholomew's and The Royal London Hospitals. These two historical and internationally recognised teaching hospitals are now combined and attached to Queen Mary's London University. Dr Turner is a clinician, teacher and academic. Barts and The London has always served a large and varied population, which supplies some of the best experience in clinical neurology worldwide. Dr Turner treats all Neurological conditions but specialises in multiple sclerosis, stroke and headache. As clinical lead in MS for East London and Essex Dr Turner co-ordinates the care for MS sufferers. In addition he leads a research team into novel treatments in MS and the mechanisms of neurodegeneration in MS. He is currently lead investigator for the UK in a comparative trial of MS treatments. Dr Turner is developing stroke services for East London and has a particular interest in young patients with strokes. His work at HCA and The London Bridge Hospital allows him to see private patients with Neurological conditions and provide the highest quality care for patients.

Current Appointment: Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Barts and The London Trust.

Previous Appointments:

Locum Consultant Queen’s Medical Centre, November 2002-April 2003

SpR Training University Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham,
January 1999 – November 2002

Research Neurology research registrar January 1997-January 1999
University of Nottingham, Nottingham
Supervisor: Professor L D Blumhardt / Dr CS Constantinescu

Neurology Senior House Officer February 1996-December 1996
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
Consultants: Professor H J Sagar/Dr G A B Davies-Jones/Dr G S Venables/Dr S J L Howell/Dr R A Grunewald

Ophthalmology Senior House Officer August 1995-February 1996
Eye Infirmary, Sunderland

Rheumatology/ Senior House Officer March 1995-July 1995
General Medicine Freeman Hospital, Newcastle

Neurology Senior House Officer February 1995-March 1995
Newcastle General Hospital
Consultants: Dr P Hudgson/Dr T Walls

Neurology/ Senior House Officer August 1994-February 1995
General Medicine District General Hospital, Sunderland
Consultants: Dr P G Cleland/Dr R E Jones

Nephrology/ Senior House Officer February 1994- July 1994
General Medicine Royal Infirmary, Sunderland

Respiratory/ Senior House Officer August 1993- January 1994
General Medicine Royal Infirmary, Sunderland

Accident and Senior House Officer February 1993- July 1993
Emergency Central Middlesex Hospital, London

General Surgery/ House Officer February 1992- August 1992
Cardiothoracic St Mary's Hospital, London

General Medicine House Office August 1991- February 1992
Hillingdon Hospital, Middlesex, London

Research:

In July of 2003 I was awarded my MD for my thesis Brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis. This involved the development of a novel image analysis methods to estimate the volume change on magnetic resonance images and the application of these techniques multiple sclerosis patients and controls. This has resulted in three peer review article. I have collaborated with my neurosurgical colleagues and applied methods of ventricular measurement to study the outcome of different surgical procedures for hydrocephalus. I am interested in the neurological implications of Coeliac disease and have investigated patients with dermatitis herpetiformis for evidence of neurological disease and immunological markers, resulting in a peer review publication.

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