Consultant Neurologist
MBChB MD(Hons) FRCP Ed FRCP Lond
Northern Ireland and Nationwide
Dr Forbes trained in Medicine at the University of Dundee Medical School, graduating MBChB (1992) and MD(Honours) in 2000.
He completed specialist training in Neurology in July 2003 and hold a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Adult Neurology with The General Medical Council (GMC Registration No 3687413).
He has worked as a Consultant Neurologist in Craigavon Area Hospital since March 2004.
Dr Forbes served on the board of The Irish Institute for Clinical Neuroscience until 2021 and served on the Association of British Neurologist’s Standards and Services Committee until May 2023. In 2023 he was President of the Irish Neurological Association.
His research interests include headache disorders, specifically thunderclap headache, Chronic Migraine and health service research relating to management of acute neurological illness.
He has 20 years experience as Consultant Neurologist in acute general hospital and will accept instructions for Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury and Tribunal work. Dr Forbes has a subspecialty interest in headache disorders, including post-traumatic headache.
He has completed training with Bond-Solon. Expect a structured, referenced report, compliant with CPR 35 for a lay audience. Turnaround is 4 weeks from receipt of instructions. Personal Injury, negligence and tribunal work accepted.
University of Dundee
Bond Solon
The Association of British Neurologists, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and London, British Association for the Study of Headache, The International Headache Society and The American Headache Society. He is a member of the Ulster Medicolegal Association.