Professional background

Dr Paul Shanahan is a consultant neurologist with the Headache Group at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. He trained at University College Dublin and gained his MB BCh BAO in 1993. He undertook general medical training in Ireland before specialising in Neurology in 1997, and has trained in neurology in Ireland and London.    

He trained in headache at the Headache Group of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery before taking up his current consultant post.

Research interests

Migraine

Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias