Consultant in Neurology and Stroke Medicine
DipHE BA MA MB BChir PhD MRCP SCE(Neurology)
Bristol, South West, London, and Nationwide
Dr Richard Ibitoye is an NHS and Private Consultant Neurologist and Stroke Physician at North Bristol NHS Trust and Spire Bristol Hospital. He trained in medicine at the University of Cambridge (BA, MA, MB BChir). Within his neurology training, he completed a Clinical Research Fellowship in Neuro-otology and PhD in Vestibular Neuroscience at Imperial College London. He was subsequently awarded a Guarantors of Brain Post-Doctoral Clinical Research Fellowship which he undertook at University College London on the effects of small vessel disease (a major cause of stroke) and balance.
Dr Ibitoye accepts instructions in both Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury claims (Claimant, Defendant, and Single Joint Expert), providing Screening/Advisory reports, Breach of Duty and Causation opinions, and Condition & Prognosis reports. He has completed over 60 medicolegal reports and completed formal training in medicolegal report writing (BMA Excellence in Medico-Legal Report Writing).
Areas of expertise
- Stroke & Cerebrovascular Medicine: Ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke, transient ischaemic attack (TIA), missed posterior circulation stroke in acute/emergency settings, cervical and vertebral artery dissection, thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy delays, cerebral small vessel disease, and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST).
- Vestibular Neurology & Neuro-otology: Acute vertigo and dizziness, misdiagnosis of central vertigo as peripheral labyrinthitis/vestibular neuritis, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), vestibular migraine, Ménière's disease, and chronic balance disorders.
- Traumatic Brain Injury & Personal Injury: Concussion and mild-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-concussion syndrome, post-traumatic vertigo and vestibular dysfunction, post-traumatic headache/migraine.
- General Neurology: Headache and migraine disorders, epilepsy.
His current empirical turnaround times are 6 days for advisory/screening reports and 13 days for full CPR Part 35 disclosable reports (with a formal target window of 6 to 8 weeks from instruction and receipt of records). An anonymised sample report and direct Terms & Conditions are available upon request or via his website.
CV attached.
2024 Open University Higher Education in Mathematical Sciences DipHE
2021 Imperial College London Clinical Medicine PhD 2006 – 2009
University of Cambridge (Clinical) Medical Sciences MB BChir 2003 – 2006
University of Cambridge (Pre-clinical) Medical Sciences BA 1,2.1,2.1 MA
MRCP(UK) 2012, Royal College of Physicians London Specialty Certificate Examination in Neurology 2016
British Medical Association Excellence in Medico-Legal Report Writing Course (19/11/2025)