Address:
Basil Samuel Out-patients
Basement of Chandler Wing
The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Queen Square
London, WC1N 3BG

Biography:
As an Audio-Vestibular Physician, I have been trained and accredited in Audiological Medicine, the specialty concerned with the diagnosis and management of hearing and balance disorders. My background is in General Medicine and Neurology. As a Lecturer in the Institute of Neurology to Prof Ed Thompson, my PhD is in the identification of antigen specific oligoclonal bands in the CSF, aiding the diagnosis of herpes simplex encephalitis. I worked as a Registrar in Neurology at the Middlesex Hospital, and was then a clinical research fellow in Harare, Zimbabwe, studying the neuro-otological sequelae of bacterial meningitis. I have been a consultant since 1991. My interests are primarily in balance disorders and the rehabilitation of patients with intractable dizziness.

Articles:
Davies RA, Luxon LM (1995). Dizziness following head injury: a neuro-otological study.
Journal of Neurology 242: 222-230

Davies RA, Luxon LM Editors: Handbook of Vestibular Rehabilitation (1997). Whurr, London
(2nd edition in preparation at present)

Bamiou DE, Davies RA, McKee M, Luxon LM (2000). Symptoms, disability and handicap in unilateral peripheral vestibular disorders: effects of early presentation and balance exercises. Scandinavian Audiology 29: 238-244

Pollak L, Davies RA, Luxon LM (2002). Effectiveness of the particule repositioning manoeuvre in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo with and without additional vestibular pathology. Otology & Neurology 23(1): 79-83

Pavlou M, Lingeswaran A, Davies RA, Gresty MA, Bronstein AM (2004) Simulator-based rehabilitation in refractory dizziness. Journal of Neurology 251: 983-995

Davies R. (2004). The essentials of bedside neuro-otological examination and interpretation of commonly used investigations. Neurology in Practice Review, J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 75(suppl IV): iv32 - iv44