Biba Stanton

Honorary Secretary, 2024 - 2026

Dr Stanton is a consultant neurologist at King's College Hospital, where she is the clinical lead for neurology, and South London & Maudsley NHS Trusts. She has a particular clinical interest in functional neurological disorder (FND), as well as behavioural symptoms in neurological disease. She runs a specialist clinic for FND at King’s College Hospital and contributes to the Maudsley Hospital neuropsychiatry service. She leads the FND workstream at King's Health Partners. She is research active as a principal investigator in FND trials.

She graduated from Newcastle University in 2000. Her postgraduate training took place at the Maudsley Hospital, King's College Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. She has a PhD in psychology from King's College London, having undertaken neuropsychology and functional imaging research into apathy in neurodegenerative disorders. She has roles at NICE and NHS England.