BASH Council Officers
Council Officers are elected by members for a fixed term. They are Trustees of the Charity. The roles are voluntary.
Dr Brendan Davies, Chair
BSc MBBS FRCP MD
GMC 3477991
Consultant Neurologist & Clinical lead for Neurology at University Hospital of North Midlands (UHNM). Clinical & research lead for the Midlands Regional Headache clinic. Specific interest in headache & facial pain disorders. Specialist advisor to NICE on Headache disorders. Co-author for NICE CG150 UK management guidelines for Headache disorders. Medical trustee for the Migraine Trust
Prof Alex Sinclair, Vice Chair
MBChB FRCP PhD
GMC 4703369
Professor of Neurology at University of Birmingham and Consultant Neurologist at University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust. Academic lead for headache and intracranial pressure. Leading authority on headache and intracranial pressure.
Dr Diana Wei, Treasurer
MBBS FRCP PhD
GMC 6160622
Consultant neurologist working in King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London. She has a special interest in transitioning young people from paediatric to adult headache services. Her research background includes a PhD on the subject of cluster headache.
Dr Gina Kennedy, Scientific Officer
BSc MBBCh MRCP PhD
GMC 6030135
Consultant Neurologist and Clinical lead at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Trust with specialist interest in Headache. Chair of Northern Regional Headache Specialist group with role in developing local, regional and national pathways of care for patients with headache. She has an active role in headache clinical trials and up to date headache treatments with a keen interest in app technology to improve headache management.
Dr Ben Wakerley, Education Officer
MBBS FRCP PhD
GMC 6028684
Clinical lead for headache at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. Runs the complex headache clinic and specialises in diagnosing and treating all kinds of headache. molecular immunology and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He is an honorary clinical associate professor at the University of Birmingham.
Dr Katy Munro, Secretary
BM MRCGP (1984) DRCOG
GMC 2634782
Previously an NHS GP for 25 years. Now a Senior GP Headache Specialist for the National Migraine Centre, a charity providing consultations to people with migraine on a voluntary donation basis.
Co-founder & host of Heads Up podcast. Author of “Managing Your Migraine”, (Penguin Life Expert Series).
She is also a person with migraine.
BASH Council Honorary Advisors
BASH Honorary Advisors are co-opted on to the Council and contribute to BASH Full Council meetings. The role is usually for two years but may be extended.
For more detail about this role, please click here.