Dr Mona Ghadiri-Sani

Dr Mona Ghadiri-Sani is a Consultant Neurologist and expert witness at The Walton Centre for Neurology & Neurosurgery, where she has served as a consultant since 2017. Her principal areas of clinical expertise include headache disorders, migraine, idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), neuro-Behçet's disease, epilepsy and post-traumatic neurological conditions, with particular expertise in the diagnosis and management of complex and refractory headache disorders.

Dr Ghadiri-Sani leads a busy clinical practice managing patients with a broad spectrum of acute and chronic neurological conditions through specialist and general neurology clinics, inpatient consultations and multidisciplinary services. As Clinical Lead for Headache, she has developed and expanded specialist headache services, established regional multidisciplinary meetings and leads dedicated clinics for complex and refractory headache disorders. She has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of migraine, cluster headache, post-traumatic headache and other primary and secondary headache syndromes, including the administration of advanced therapies such as botulinum toxin injections, CGRP-targeted treatments and cranial nerve blocks.

Alongside her clinical work, Dr Ghadiri-Sani is recognised nationally for her leadership in headache medicine and neuroinflammatory disorders, including her specialist neuro-Behçet's clinic. She is a Senior Honorary Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, Regional Headache Network Lead and an active educator, delivering teaching to neurologists, general practitioners and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals. Her combination of specialist clinical practice, service development and academic leadership has established her as a respected authority in the management of complex neurological disorders.

Dr Mona Ghadiri-Sani has undertaken medico-legal work since 2022, providing independent expert opinion in clinical negligence, personal injury and professional regulatory/fitness to practise matters involving claimants aged 16 years and over. Her medico-legal practice focuses on the preparation of condition and prognosis reports, particularly in cases involving headache disorders, migraine, idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), epilepsy, head injury, whiplash and post-traumatic headache, alongside other neurological conditions within her scope of expertise.

Drawing on her specialist clinical practice as a consultant neurologist, Dr Ghadiri-Sani is instructed on cases requiring expert assessment of the diagnosis, clinical impact and likely future course of neurological disorders. She is particularly well placed to advise on complex headache conditions, neuroinflammatory disease including neuro-Behçet's disease, and neurological symptoms arising following trauma. Her reports provide clear, evidence-based opinions to assist solicitors in understanding the neurological issues relevant to liability and the ongoing effects of injury or disease, delivering balanced and clinically informed assessments tailored to the specific questions arising within each case.

Dr Ghadiri-Sani's current clinical practice centres on the assessment and management of patients with complex headache disorders and a broad range of acute and chronic neurological conditions. A significant proportion of her work involves investigating, diagnosing and treating patients with migraine, cluster headache, idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) and post-traumatic headache, including individuals with persistent or treatment-resistant symptoms referred to specialist services. She also manages patients with epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and neuroinflammatory disorders, providing comprehensive neurological assessment in both outpatient and inpatient settings.

Her specialist expertise is applied through multidisciplinary management of challenging neurological presentations, combining detailed clinical evaluation with advanced therapeutic interventions where appropriate. She has extensive experience administering botulinum toxin injections, cranial nerve blocks and CGRP-targeted therapies for headache disorders, while also leading the assessment and ongoing management of patients with neuro-Behçet's disease through a dedicated specialist clinic. Alongside her subspecialty practice, she continues to deliver general neurology clinics, assessing and managing patients with a wide spectrum of neurological disease, ensuring that complex diagnostic and treatment decisions are supported by current evidence and specialist expertise.

Dr Ghadiri-Sani combines an active research portfolio with significant academic and educational leadership in headache medicine. She is a Senior Honorary Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, Editor of the *Journal of Neurology* and Principal Investigator for clinical headache research. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, regularly presents at national and international conferences, and leads undergraduate and postgraduate education alongside specialist training in headache disorders.