Prab Prabhakar MBBS, FRCPCH

Dr. Prab Prabhakar is a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Lecturer in Paediatric Neurology at UCL Institute of Child Health.

He qualified from Madras University in Chennai in 1993. He trained in Paediatric Neurology in London and was appointed a consultant in 2007. He is a general neurologist who sees a wide variety of childhood neurological illnesses including epilepsy, stroke, demyelinating disorders, head injury (both accidental and non-accidental), and multidisciplinary assessment of complex neurometabolic and genetic conditions across the age range. He runs the largest specialist Children’s Headache service in the UK.

Dr. Prab Prabhakar works closely with the team at LCU. He particularly undertakes neurological and neurodevelopment assessments for children with craniofacial disorders and undertakes assessments for epilepsy and headaches in children pre and post-surgery. He undertakes neurological assessments of swallow and speech in children with complex craniofacial conditions, by working closely with a team of speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, audiologists, and neurophysiologists.