Meet the team
Consultants
Dr Georgina Burke
Dr Burke provides a neurology service to Portsmouth and a specialist myasthenia and neuromuscular service for Wessex. This includes neuromuscular patients transitioning from childrens to adult services.
- Contact her Southampton secretary on 023 8120 6783
- Portsmouth patients can call 023 9228 6000, extension 3909
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Dr Nancy Colchester
Dr Colchester is a consultant neurologist. She holds two general neurology clinics per week, and participates in the acute neurology rota, providing a neurology service for inpatients around the hospital. She is also part of the acute stroke service.
You can contact her secretary on 023 8120 5434.
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Dr Jonathan Frankel
Dr Frankel has an special interest in movement disorders.
- Contact his Southampton secretary on 023 8120 8725
- Portsmouth patients can call his secretary on 023 9228 6000, extension 3909
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Dr Boyd Ghosh
Dr Ghosh works across Salisbury and Southampton, seeing mostly general neurology patients in Salisbury and patients with cognitive disorders and atypical movement disorders in Southampton.
- Contact his Southampton secretary on 023 8120 4030.
- Salisbury patients can call 01722 429233.
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Dr William Gibb
Dr Gibb runs clinics in general neurology, movement disorders, and botulinum therapy. He established a joint clinic in Huntington's disease.
- Contact his Southampton secretary on 023 8120 6781.
- Portsmouth patients can call 023 9228 6000, extension 3901
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Dr Christopher Halfpenny
Dr Halfpenny has an interest in multiple sclerosis and related neuroinflammatory disorders of the central nervous system.
- Contact his Southampton secretary on 023 8120 8444
- Portsmouth patients can call 023 9228 6000, extension 3901
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Dr Simon Hammans
Dr Hammans holds a weekly clinic in muscle disease and neurogenetics in Southampton. He's also the director of the regional muscle and nerve service for Wessex.
You can call his Southampton secretary on 023 8120 4030.
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Dr Haider Katifi
Dr Katifi has a special interest in peripheral nerve disorders.
You can call his secretary on 023 8120 6781.
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Dr Lucy Kinton
Dr Kinton works in acute inpatient neurology and general neurology outpatients. She runs a specialist epilepsy clinic, and has a special interest in neurological sleep disorders.
You can call her secretary 023 8120 5771.
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Dr Christopher Kipps
Dr Kipps has general medicine and neurology experience from a wide variety of settings and has a particular interest in cognitive and movement disorders.
- Contact his secretary on 023 8120 5434.
- Winchester patients can call 019 6282 4507
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Dr Joanna Kitley
Dr Kitley has a special interest in multiple sclerosis and neuroinflammation. She holds clinics at Southampton General Hospital on Thursday afternoons.
- Contact her secretary on 023 8120 8444
- Portsmouth patients can call 023 9228 6000, extension 6807
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Dr Joanna Lovett
Dr Lovett has a special interest in stroke. She developed the 24 hour stroke thrombolysis service in Southampton General Hospital.
- Contact her secretary on 023 8120 6781
- Salisbury patients can call 01722 429233
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Dr Alice Manson
Dr Manson has a special interest in movement disorders, and has extensive experience in the management of complex Parkinson's disease.
- Contact her Southampton secretary on 023 8120 6781
- Isle of Wight patients can call 019 8355 2106
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Dr Adrian Miller
Dr Miller has a special interest in neuromuscular disorders. He holds neuromuscular and motor neurone disease clinics.
- Contact his Southampton secretary on 023 8120 4030
- Basingstoke patients can call 01256 313256
- Winchester patients can call 01962 824507.
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Dr Rhiannon Morris
Dr Morris has a special interest in stroke. She's part of the hospital's acute neurology service and is on the rota for acute stroke care.
You can call her secretary on 023 8120 8725.
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Dr George Pengas
Dr Pengas has special interests in cognitive neurology, normal pressure hydrocephalus, general neurology and acute neurology.
You can call his secretary on 023 8120 5434.
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Dr Ashwin Pinto
Dr Pinto has a special interest in myasthenia gravis and motor neurone disease. He was responsible for establishing the myasthenia clinic and the plasma exchange service.
You can call his secretary on 023 8120 6783.
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Dr Martin Prevett
Dr Prevett has over ten years of experience as a consultant, diagnosing and managing general neurology and epilepsy.
You can call his secretary on 023 8120 5771.
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Dr Claudio Ruffmann
Dr Ruffmann is a consultant neurologist who specialises in Parkinson's disease. He has extensive experience in the management of complex Parkinson’s disease, including patients treated with infusion therapies and DBS.
You can call his secretary on 023 8120 5509.
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Dr Sean Slaght
As well as providing general neurology and specialist epilepsy services to outpatients in Portsmouth, Dr Slaght runs a specialist epilepsy clinic at Southampton General Hospital.
- Contact his Southampton secretary on 023 8120 5771
- Portsmouth patients can call his secretaries at Queen Alexandra Hospital on 023 9228 6000, extension 6807
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Dr Nicolas Weir
Dr Weir has a special interest in stroke.
Contact his neurology secretary on 023 8120 8725 or his stroke and TIA secretary on 023 8120 5792.
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Special nurses and co-ordinators
Multiple sclerosis
- Carrie Day, lead multiple sclerosis specialist nurse
- Lesley Kempson, multiple sclerosis specialist nurse
- Carlene Ford, multiple sclerosis infusion nurse
Call 023 8120 6864
Epilepsy
- Sara Kerley, epilepsy specialist nurse
- Sinead Blake, epilepsy specialist nurse
- Pamela Logan, epilepsy specialist nurse
Call 023 8120 5509
Myasthenia gravis
- Lisa Joyce, myasthenia gravis specialist nurse
Call 07747 473769
Parkinson’s disease
- Alex McEwan, Parkinson’s disease specialist nurse
Call 07775 119211
Motor neurone disease
- Clare Erridge, motor neurone disease co-ordinator
Call 023 8120 5509
Stroke
- Tracey-Jane Bailey, lead stroke specialist nurse
Call 023 8120 4459