Dr Girija Sadalage, Consultant Neurologist

Dr Girija Sadalage

Consultant Neurologist

Book online
|

Dr Girija Sadalage MBBS MRCP (Neurology) FRCP PhD

Consultant Neurologist

MBBS MRCP (Neurology) FRCP PhD

Dr Girija Sadalage

Consultant Neurologist MBBS MRCP (Neurology) FRCP PhD

Book online
|
MBBS MRCP (Neurology) FRCP PhD
HCA-Healthcare-UK

Areas of expertise

  • Alzheimers disease
  • Dementia with lewy bodies
  • Parkinson's disease
  • Huntington's disease
  • Cluster headache
HCA-Healthcare-UK

Address

About Dr Girija Sadalage

GMC number: 6050614

Year qualified: 2000

Place of primary qualification: University of Mysore

Dr Girija Sadalage is an experienced Consultant Neurologist at Circle Rehabilitation in Birmingham and Harborne Hospital Birmingham, with over six years of experience. She specialises in managing both chronic and acute neurological conditions, including myasthenia gravis, autoimmune encephalitis, neuromyelitis optica, stiff person syndrome, neuromuscular disorders, headaches, epilepsy, and Parkinson's disease. Dr Sadalage also serves as a Consultant Neurologist at The University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust.

Dr Sadalage's medical journey began at the University of Mysore, India, where she completed her medical training in 2000. She moved to the UK in 2003 to pursue neurology training in the West Midlands. She became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians in 2009 and received her Membership in Neurology from the Royal College of Physicians in 2014. In 2021, she earned a PhD in Clinical Neurology from the University of Nottingham and became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2023.

Her subspecialist focus is in neuroimmunology, and she manages specialised clinics dedicated to neuroimmunology and neuromuscular disorders. Dr Sadalage has conducted three years of research on myasthenia gravis, resulting in numerous published papers. She currently oversees myasthenia trials at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

Areas of expertise

  • ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Amnesic syndrome
  • Ataxia
  • Autonomic disorders
  • Balance problems & disorders
  • Bell's palsy
  • Brachial plexus injury
  • Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
  • Cluster headache
  • Concussion
  • Dementia with lewy bodies
  • Dizziness
  • Dysarthria
  • Dystonia
  • Epilepsy
  • Facial palsy
  • Facial spasm
  • Frontotemporal dementia
  • Guillain barre syndrome
  • Head injury
  • Headache
  • Huntington's disease
  • Hypoxic/anoxic brain injury
  • Memory disorders
  • Metabolic brain diseases
  • Migraine
  • Motor neurone disease (MND)
  • Movement disorders
  • Muscle fatigue & wasting
  • Muscle spasm
  • Muscle twitching
  • Muscle weakness
  • Muscular dystrophy
  • Myopathy
  • Neurodegeneration
  • Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)
  • Neurological complications of HIV
  • Neuromuscular disease
  • Numbness & sensation abnormalities
  • Parkinson's disease
  • Peripheral neuropathy
  • Prion disease
  • Restless leg syndrome
  • Seizures
  • Transient epileptic amnesia
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Tremor
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Vascular dementia
  • Visual impairment

Professional memberships

General Medical Council