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Dr Adnan Al-Araji

Consultant Neurologist MB CHB, MRCP(UK), FRCP(Glasg), FRCP
Claimants and DefendantsRemote AppointmentsFace to Face AppointmentsCourt Attendance16+ Patients

Medico-Legal Experience

Dr Al-Araji is a Consultant Neurologist who has been an Expert Witness since 2013. He has completed over 1,500 reports in both clinical negligence and personal injury.

His ratio of report writing is balanced and completes a measured amount of both clinical negligence and personal injury related cases on a yearly basis (approx.100-150 pcy). He has experience in Court and has witness summons pending.

He is an international expert on neurological complications of Behcet disease (neuro-Bencet’s disease).

Dr Al-Araji is Bond Solon trained and is happy to opine cases on condition and prognosis, causation and breach of duty.

Dr Al-Araji has extensive experience in cases associated with:

  • Whiplash associated symptoms:
    – Headache
    – Musculoskeletal related pain (head/neck/back)
    – Dizziness
  • Cycling injury (absence of helmet)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI/mTBI):
    – Post traumatic headaches
    – Post traumatic amnesia
    – Post concussive syndrome/symptoms
    – Faints/seizures
    – Numbness
    – Tingling
    – Tremor
    – Weakness
    – Balance difficulty
    – Visual symptoms
    – Fatigue
    – Memory problems
  • Head injury/blunt force trauma:
    – Loss of consciousness
    – Intracranial bleed
    – Brain contusion
    – Skull fracture(s)
  • Functional neurological disorder (FND)
  • Dementia & cognitive disorders
  • Epileptic seizures
  • Peripheral nerve injury
  • Spinal cord injury:
    – Motor and sensory symptoms (back/buttocks/lower limb(s))
  • Brain infection/tumour:
    – Encephalitis

Dr Al-Araji ‘s availability is 2-4 weeks and has a report turnaround time of 6 – 8 weeks.

Clinical Experience

Dr Al-Araji graduated in 1977 from the University of Baghdad and completed his postgraduate training in General Medicine and Neurology in Iraq and the UK. His postgraduate neurology training included general neurology, neuro-imaging, clinical neurophysiology, neuro-surgery, rehabilitation medicine, intensive care, neuro-ophthalmology, neuro-psychiatry and research methodology.

His current post as a Consultant Neurologist at St John & St Elizabeth Hospital in London, he undertakes regular neurology clinics. In his past immediate post as a Consultant Neurologist at the Regional Neuroscience Centre in Stoke on Trent, Dr Al-Araji’s duties included general neurology and specialised out-patients’ clinics, on-call duties for acute neurology take and a minimum of two ward rounds per week for in-patients.

Dr Al-Araji has special interest in inflammatory and demyelinating neurological conditions. His other duties also included teaching and supervising undergraduates of Keele Medical School during their neurology placement and postgraduate general medicine and neurology trainees.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Dr Al-Araji have experience of hypoxic brain injury?

No, unfortunately he cannot assist with this.

Does Dr Al-Araji specialise in Neuro-Otology?

No, this is not a sub-speciality.

Does Dr Al-Araji run any MS clinics at the moment?

Yes, Dr Al-Araji is seeing a significant number of MS patients in his clinic.

Does Dr Al-Araji have experience in working with stroke cases?

Yes

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Venues

Consulting Rooms

38Ltd, 38 Harborne Road, Birmingham, B15 3EB

10 Harley Street

London, W1G 9PF

Basford Consulting Rooms, 540 Etruria Road Basford

Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 0SX

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