Dr Luke Bennetto

I have been a Consultant Neurologist in Bristol since July 2008. My NHS practice includes work at Southmead Hospital, the Bristol Royal Infirmary and the Bristol Eye Hospital, within Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. I am the lead neurologist for the Bristol Royal Infirmary and the Bristol Eye Hospital. I have been an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Bristol since 2008.
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I have been President of the South West England Neuroscience Association (SWENA) since June 2025. From 2018 to 2025 I was Training Secretary of the UK Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, and in February 2025 I was lead organiser of the inaugural UK Neuro-ophthalmology training day in London. From 2018 to 2022 I was Neurology Training Programme Director for the Severn Deanery and a member of the Neurology Specialist Advisory Committee.
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I began specialist training in neurology in 2001. My areas of specialist interest and research include neuro-ophthalmology, optic neuritis, headache, facial pain, trigeminal neuralgia, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, idiopathic intracranial hypertension and carbon monoxide poisoning. I have been awarded an MD by the University of Bristol for my thesis on disability in multiple sclerosis. I regularly teach medical students and am a finals and PhD examiner for the University of Bristol.