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Dr Anish Bahra

Consultant at Whipps Cross Hospital
  • Dr Bahra trained at Bristol University. She completed her specialist training in neurology in Wellington, New Zealand, the Royal London Hospital and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN). She completed research into Cluster Headache at the Institute of Neurology, UCL. Dr Bahra supports the general neurology service at Whipps Cross and the Specialist Headache Service at the NHNN.

Treatments and procedures

  • Acute and outpatient neurology at Whipps Cross.

Research interests

Research interests encompass Primary and Secondary headache disorders.  

Recent publications:

  • Lobo R, Wang M, Lobo S, Bahra A. Time to retire 'New daily persistent headache': Mode of onset of chronic migraine and tension-type headache. Cephalalgia. 2021:3331024211044440.
  • Ceronie B, Hart T, Belete D, Ramani L, Bahra A. Isolated headache is not a reliable indicator for brain cancer: the 2-week wait pathway for suspected CNS malignancies. Clin Med (Lond). 2021;21(6):e648-e55.
  • Bahra A, Evans RW. The Secondary Headaches. Cephalalgia. 2021;41(4):427-30.
  • Atraszkiewicz D, Ito R, Bahra A. The efficacy of botulinum toxin type-A for intractable chronic migraine patients with no pain-free time. British Journal of Pain. 2021:20494637211014544.
  • Wodehouse T, Bahra A, Mehta V. Changes in peripheral and central sensitization in patients undergoing occipital nerve stimulation. Br J Pain. 2020;14(4):250-5.
  • Bahra A. Other primary headaches-thunderclap-, cough-, exertional-, and sexual headache. J Neurol. 2020;267(5):1554-66.

Leadership roles

  • Chairperson Whipps Cross and Waltham Forest Medical Education and Research Trust
  • Guideline Group and Council member of the British Association for the Study of Headache
  • Neurology Specialist Certificate Examination Board, Brain Research UK, Editorial Board ACNR, Secondary  Headache SIG, International Headache Society
Speciality
Consultant services Neurology
Languages Spoken English
GMC number 3333484
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