Dr Niraj Mistry

Dr Niraj Mistry is a consultant neurologist based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. He completed his pre-clinical medical training at the University of Cambridge, his clinical training at Addenbrooke’s, his basic neuroscience training in Oxford, and his higher specialist training in Nottingham. Nij earned a Research MD from the University of Cambridge for investigations in MS performed at Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre. His research focused on the use of Ulta-High-Field MRI, to improve how MS is diagnose and to advance understanding of how MS causes disability. During this time, he was also intensely involved in more than a dozen clinical trials investigating the efficacy of new treatments for MS patients.

“I wanted to be a trustee because it was a way for me to understand and engage with the care needs of younger people with MS, needs that sadly aren’t always catered for in NHS services.”

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