Dr Chris Price

Dr Christopher Price is a Consultant Neurologist and expert witness at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, where he has held his current consultant post since 2019. His principal areas of clinical expertise include general neurology, epilepsy, neurovascular disorders, sleep medicine and functional neurological disorders, with extensive experience in the assessment and management of both acute and chronic neurological conditions.

A Consultant Neurologist since 2009, Dr Price has over 20 years' experience in clinical neuroscience and provides comprehensive neurological care across outpatient and inpatient settings. His practice encompasses the diagnosis and treatment of a broad spectrum of neurological disorders, including epilepsy, headache disorders, multiple sclerosis, movement disorders and complex functional neurological conditions. He works as part of multidisciplinary teams, delivering specialist neurological input to acute medical services while maintaining a busy programme of general neurology clinics.

Dr Price has developed recognised expertise in epilepsy, leading specialist services and supporting the transition of young people into adult epilepsy care. He also has extensive experience in neurovascular medicine, including the diagnosis and management of vascular neurological disorders, and leads a regional sleep service managing conditions such as narcolepsy, parasomnias and circadian rhythm disorders. As a member of the Association of British Neurologists' Special Advisory Group for Epilepsy, he contributes to the advancement of specialist neurological practice and education, further strengthening his authority within the field.

Dr Christopher Price has undertaken medico-legal practice since 2020 and accepts instructions in both clinical negligence and personal injury claims. He acts for both claimants and defendants and has completed Bond Solon training in the preparation of medico-legal reports, including formal training in court procedures and the presentation of expert evidence. His medico-legal practice focuses on a broad range of neurological conditions, with particular expertise in general neurology, epilepsy, neurovascular disorders, head injury, migraine, sleep disorders and functional neurological disorders. He is instructed to prepare screening, breach of duty and causation reports, including combined breach of duty and causation opinions, providing solicitors with clear, evidence-based assessments on complex neurological issues arising from injury and alleged clinical negligence.

Dr Price's current clinical practice encompasses the assessment and management of patients with a wide spectrum of neurological disorders across both outpatient and inpatient settings. He spends much of his clinical time diagnosing and treating common neurological conditions, including epilepsy, headache disorders, multiple sclerosis, movement disorders, sleep disorders and functional neurological disorders, while also providing specialist neurological input to patients presenting with acute neurological illness.

A significant focus of his practice is epilepsy, where he leads specialist services, manages complex cases and supports the transition of young people into adult epilepsy care. He also has extensive expertise in neurovascular medicine, including cerebrovascular disease and vascular malformations. Through his regional sleep service, he investigates and treats disorders such as narcolepsy, parasomnias and circadian rhythm disorders using specialist diagnostic investigations including polysomnography and multiple sleep latency testing. In addition, he has developed a multidisciplinary approach to the management of complex functional neurological disorders, working closely with colleagues across a range of specialties to coordinate comprehensive patient care.

Dr Price has made a substantial academic contribution to neurology through a PhD from the University of Cambridge, extensive peer-reviewed publications and authorship of a chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Headache. His research has focused particularly on stroke, neurovascular disease and acute cerebral ischaemia, and he also teaches neurological topics to general practitioners, physicians, undergraduate and postgraduate medical trainees.