Prof Jalesh Panicker is a consultant neurologist in Uro-neurology at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, and is professor in Uro-Neurology and Clinical Neurology at the University College London (UCL) Queen Square Institute of Neurology. He is clinical lead for Uro-Neurology, and together with a team that includes a urologist, uro-gynaecologist, gastroenterologist, nursing, health psychologist, pelvic health physiotherapist and clinical scientists performing urodynamics and pelvic neurophysiology tests, the Department of Uro-Neurology offers a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach to the evaluation and treatment of bladder, bowel and sexual dysfunction in patients with established and suspected neurological disorders. Prof Panicker qualified in 1996 and subsequently trained in both general medicine and neurology. He became involved in the management of patients with neurogenic bladder dysfunction early in his career when setting up a neurorehabilitation service. He maintains an academic and clinical interest in Uro-Neurology and pelvic neurology and his primary interest is in understanding the neural control of the lower urinary tract, and the neurological basis for bladder and sexual dysfunction following inflammatory, degenerative and traumatic disorders of the nervous system and their management.
