Nigel King

CONSULTANT CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST

TEACHING
Dr King is responsible for the Clinical Neuropsychological Module on the Doctoral Course and the accreditation of prior learning of neuropsychologcal compentencies for trainees anticipating applying for the Division of Neuropsychology Specialist Register of Clinical Neuropsychologists after their training. He also teaches on the Professional Issues Module on 'Expert Witness & Court Work Skills'.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Dr Nigel King is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist specialising in head injury and trauma. He is the Clinical Lead and the Head of Department of Clinical Neuropsychology at the Community Head Injury Service, Aylesbury, and was a Senior Research Fellow of Harris Manchester College - University of Oxford from 2008 to 2018.

At OXICPTR he is a Clinical Tutor and Neuropsychology Lead.  He has published widely in internationally refereed journals in neuropsychology, head injury and post-traumatic stress disorder and is a regular speaker at national and international conferences on these subjects. His self-help book Overcoming Mild Traumatic Brain Injury was shortlisted for the British Medical Association Book of the Year Award in their Popular Medicine category. In addition to Dr King’s NHS work he regularly acts as an expert witness conducting medico legal assessments for solicitors acting for claimants and defendants, and as a single-joint expert.

Publications