Professional Profile

Dr Dawson trained at the King’s College London GKT School of Medical Education and completed specialist neurology training at the north west London Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in 2023.

He is a Consultant Neurologist with clinical interests in all aspects of general neurology, and a specialist clinical interest in functional neurological disorders (FND), including functional (dissociative) seizures and associated symptoms such as chronic pain and fatigue.

He also has extensive clinical and academic experience in neurorehabilitation, and his ongoing clinical interests include acute and chronic neurorehabilitation and the management of complex neurological disability, such as brain and spinal cord injury.

Dr Dawson runs a large general neurology outpatient practice at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, where he also provides a ward referral neurology consultation service for inpatients.

In the regional specialist FND service at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, he provides a specialist outpatient assessment clinic, complex case MDT and contributes to the regional FND education programme for people with a new or recent diagnosis of FND.

Dr Dawson has an interest in clinical service development and was a Clinical Management Fellow and Lead RMO for Neurorehabilitation at the Wellington Hospital between 2016 and 2020.

He holds an Executive MSc in Clinical Management and Medical Leadership from Bayes Business School, City University of London, and a PhD in Neurorehabilitation from the UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square.

Dr Dawson has previously worked on specialist upper limb neurorehabilitation in the chronic phase of stroke. He was awarded the Queen Square Annual Prize in Neurology for his work in demonstrating the potential for ongoing motor recovery beyond the initial acute phase with a high-intensity complex rehabilitation intervention.