Consultant Profile

Dr James Rakshi

Name:

Dr James Rakshi MB, ChB, MD, FRCP

Practising at:

Spire Bushey Hospital

Specialties:

Neurology
- Multiple sclerosis
- Movement disorders
- Headache
- Epilepsy
- Neuromuscular disorders

Special clinical interests:

Dementia, Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Headache, Stroke, Epilepsy/funny turns, Spinal cord and Disc disease.
Neurology of general medical conditions.

Research interests:

The effect of drug therapy on the progression of Parkinson's disease.

Current NHS and /or university posts:

Consultant Neurologist Royal Free Hospitals NHS Trust
Consultant Neurologist Barnet and Chase Farm Hospital NHS Trust
Consultant Neurologist Marie Foster Neurorehabilitation Centre
Honorary Senior Lecturer University College London

Year of first medical qualification:

1988

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London
Association of British Neurologists
London Movement Disorder Group
Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine

Contact Details

Telephone number to make a private appointment:

0208 901 5555

Private secretary telephone number:

0208 950 0534

Background Information

Professional profile:

James Rakshi was appointed Consultant Neurologist in 2003 at the Royal Free, Barnet and Edgware Hospitals. He is also Consultant neurologist for the Marie Foster Neuro-Rehabilitation Centre in Barnet and the Edgware Parkinsons Disease Centre. He was appointed an Honorary Senior Lecturer, University College London in 2005.

He qualified in 1988 from Aberdeen Medical School where he first became interested in Neurology. He developed a particular interest in brain scanning at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where the first UK clinical MRI scanner was built.

He did his general medical training in district general hospitals including Preston, Mayday, Bromley, Farnborough and Ealing hospitals and at St Mary's teaching hospital. He trained in Neurology at National Hospital for Neurology, Queen Square, and at Hammersmith, St George's and Charing Cross hospitals. His clinical neurological experience covers the complete range of acute and chronic neurological disorders.

He undertook his research at the MRC Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital. He studied the function of the brain in Parkinsons disease (PD) with positron emission tomography (PET). He is a member of the Amadeus Consortium, an international collaboration of 12 European neuro-imaging centres who are currently undertaking large-scale studies looking at the effect of drug therapy on PD.

Personal profile:

James has many varied interests outside medicine. He is passionate about travelling, which he combines with wildlife and landscape photography and has arranged his own safari to Kenya and more recently joined an expert wildlife expedition to the Galapagos Islands. He is hoping to join a wildlife expedition to the Antartica in 2007. He is an avid Chelsea fan (pre-renaissance!) and season ticket holder and regularly attends their social events.
He however enjoys all sports and is a member of his local gym. He also has a particular interest in classic cars especially Aston Martins.

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