The Oxford Neuromuscular team have extensive involvement with national and international groups involved with development of “best practice” in the treatment and care of children and adults living with neuromuscular conditions.
The service is regularly involved in national and international clinical trials.
How to access the service
All referrals for new patients must be made by the patients GP or current medical specialist in writing to the appropriate consultant. Existing patients can use the information provided to them in their clinic letter to contact the relevant person.
Our team
Doctors
Dr Sithara Ramdas
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Specialist clinical interests: Paediatric neuromuscular, paediatric neuroimmunology
Dr Stefen Brady
Consultant Neurologist and Myologist
Clinical Lead of the Oxford Adult Muscle Service
Adult Neurologist to the NHS England Rare Mitochondrial Disorders Service
Specialist clinical interests: IBM and other inflammatory myopathies, muscular dystrophy
Professor Laurent Servais
Professor of Paediatric Neuromuscular Diseases
Honorary Consultant
Specialist clinical interests: all neuromuscular diseases, clinical research, outcome measures, newborn screening
Dr Mario Sa
Consultant Neurologist
Dr Louisa Kent
Clinical Fellow
Specialist clinical interests: Neuromuscular and mitochondrial disease
Dr Gemma Fisher
Paediatric Neuromuscular Clinical Fellow
Specialist clinical interests: Neuromuscular, neurology
Specialist physiotherapists
- Hayley Ramjattan, Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes, clinical research
- Hayley English, Neuromuscular, Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes, respiratory
- Francesca Taylor, SMA, mitochondrial disease, respiratory
- Laura Room, Pompe disease
- Megan Wisson, SMA and DMD
- Charlotte Lilien, Neuromuscular disorders, translational research, outcome development
Family Care Advisor
- Rebecca Moore, Paediatric Neuromuscular Family Care Advisor
- Heather Ryan, Registered General Nurse, Adult Neuromuscular Family Care Advisor
Respiratory
- Dr Andrew Ives, Paediatric Respiratory Consultant
- Dr Sarah-Jane Bowen, Paediatric Respiratory Consultant
- Dr Jeremy Hull, Paediatric Respiratory Consultant
- Jayne Gallagher, Paediatric Respiratory Nurse
- Gina Pickering, Paediatric Respiratory Nurse
- Dr Annabel Nickol, Adult Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and Sleep and Ventilation Lead
- Kathryn Bowyer, Adult Respiratory Physiotherapist
- Dr Satish Adwani, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist
- Dr Alex Pitcher, Adult Consultant Cardiologist
Paediatric Psychology
- Dr Owen Rye, Specialist Paediatric Psychologist
Clinics
Adult
Clinics are held at John Radcliffe Hospital
- Adult neuromuscular disease
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Adult SMA clinics
- Adult neuropathy
Children
Clinics are held at John Radcliffe Hospital
- Congenital myasthenia
- Paediatric neuromuscular disease
- Paediatric transition clinics
- Paediatric SMA clinics