Consultant Neurologist and Professor in Neurology
MD; Board‑certified Neurologist (Neurology Board Certificate, 1989); Professor in Neurology at Universitätsmedizin Charité, Berlin; former Adjunct Professor in Neurology, Columbia University, New York.
UK & Internationally
Professor Henning Mast is an experienced Consultant Neurologist, Professor in Neurology, and teacher in neurologic insurance medicine with more than 40 years’ continuous clinical and medico‑legal practice. He has held senior neurology posts at leading institutions across Europe, including the UK and the USA.
Professor Mast has been preparing medico‑legal reports since 1983 and now completes over 100 reports per year, with a broadly even balance between claimant and defendant instructions. He produces more than 18 medical negligence reports annually and has extensive court experience, attending to give evidence and participate in conferences and joint discussions on a regular basis.
Key areas of clinical and medico‑legal expertise include:
* Traumatic brain injury and post‑traumatic neurological syndromes
* Cerebrovascular disease and stroke, including acute management and longer‑term sequelae
* Peripheral and central nervous system disorders causing chronic pain and disability
* Functional and organic neurological disorders
* Neurological complications of medical and surgical treatment
* Long‑term neurological disability, prognosis and employability
* Assessment of causation, condition and prognosis in personal injury and clinical negligence claims
* Evaluation of standards of neurological care, including diagnostic delay and management decisions
Professor Mast accepts instructions from solicitors, insurers and agencies for both claimant and defendant work, offering clear, structured reports and timely turnaround.
Professor Henning Mast completed his medical education in the USA and Germany, studying at Columbia University in New York, Universität Düsseldorf and Freie Universität Berlin, before qualifying in neurology and gaining his Neurology Board Certificate in 1989. He subsequently achieved his Habilitation (venia legendi) in Neurology in 1996 and has held academic appointments as Professor in Neurology at Universitätsmedizin Charité, Berlin, and as Adjunct Professor in Neurology at Columbia University’s Neurological Institute in New York, combining high‑level clinical practice with ongoing teaching and research.