Dr Nicola Giffin

Dr Nicola Giffin has practised as a Consultant Neurologist at Sulis Hospital Bath, formerly Circle , since 20010. She qualified with honors from Kings College Hospital, London and a first class degree in neuroanatomy. She trained as a neurologist at Frenchay hospital and joined the Headache Group at the National Hospital for Neurology as a Clinical fellow for 3 years and obtained an MD in migraine research.

She became a consultant neurologist at the Royal United Hospital in Bath in 2003, enjoying the challenges of all areas of neurology but maintaining her specialist interest in headache, in particular migraine and cluster headaches, and also movement disorders.

Dr Giffin is one of the few neurologists outside London to specialise in headache and was a council member for the British Association for the study of headache for some years, was the Chair of the Association of British Neurologists Advisory Group for headache and pain for 6 years and is regularly called upon to teach at regional and national migraine meetings.

She is on the National Executive of the Association of British Neurologists.

At the RUH in Bath she is the clinical lead for the neurology department. She regularly attends regional neurology meetings at Southmead, Bristol, and liaises with other professionals in the neurosciences when appropriate, including neurosurgery, to produce the best possible care for her patients.