Dr. Biju Abdul Hameed

Biography

Dr. Biju Abdul Hameed is a Consultant Pediatric Neurologist with over 20 years of experience.

He earned his medical degree in India in 1994, followed by advanced training at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children in the United Kingdom. In 2016, he became a consultant pediatric neurologist there.

Dr. Hameed's research focuses on neuroprotection, excitotoxicity, and the application of neuroscience in neurorehabilitation. He earned his PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Bristol in 2014, with a dissertation on steroid receptors and neurotrophins in experimental traumatic brain injury.

Dr. Hameed specializes in complex movement disorders and neurorehabilitation for children. His expertise includes managing dystonia, tremor, ataxia, and spasticity in pediatric patients. He has extensive experience treating children with cerebral palsy, genetic movement disorders, brain trauma, and other acquired brain injuries. He also has a keen interest in applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to neuroscience.

Dr. Hameed serves on the Executive Board of the International Child Neurology Association, where he chairs the Education Committee. He is also a Program Director at the International Child Neurology Teaching Network (ICNTN) and the Managing Editor for the Journal of the International Child Neurology Association.

Before joining Mubadala Health Dubai he had served as a consultant pediatric neurologist and neurodisability consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, where he also led the pediatric neurorehabilitation team. Additionally, Dr. Hameed has been a visiting consultant at Royal London Hospital and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital in London, and he is a full-time consultant at Danat Al Emarat in Abu Dhabi.

A sought-after speaker, Dr. Hameed has presented at leading academic conferences worldwide on topics such as cerebral palsy, movement disorders, traumatic brain injury, and neurorehabilitation.

Scope of Service

• To provide accurate diagnosis and management including rehabilitation, of children with neurological disorders.
• Recognition of a genetic disorder and provision of appropriate counselling.
• Expert management of life-threatening and potentially treatable neurological and neurometabolic disorders.
• Avoidance of severe disability by preventing delay in appropriate treatment.
• Effective provision for educational needs by specialist evaluation of developmental neurological disorders

Field of Expertise 

Epilepsy; Cerebral Palsy; Movement Disorders; Autism; ADHD; Traumatic Brain Injury; Headaches; Developmental Delay; Neuromuscular Disorders; Acquired Brain Injuries; Foetal Neurology