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Dr Ailbhe Burke

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  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

GMC/GDC number:

7016985

Professional background

Dr Ailbhe Burke is a consultant neurologist specialising in neuro-ophthalmology providing locum support to the Queen Square Eye Clinic since 2024.

After qualifying in Medicine at Cambridge in 2008, Dr Ailbhe Burke completed training through academic medicine rotations in Newcastle and London, then neurology in London and Melbourne, Australia. She has worked as a consultant in neuro-ophthalmology at Moorfields since completing the Moorfields Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship in 2019, including co-leading on neuro-emergency and helping develop and deliver their emerging virtual pathways. 

Dr Ailbhe Burke trained in psychology and undertook research in genetics at King’s College London before studying Medicine, and was a research editor for the BMJ for seven years, alongside specialty medical training. She is a founding member and current vice-president of the UK Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (UKNOS) and is active in medical education and training.

Specialties

Publications

  • Isolated Horizontal Gaze Palsy: Observations and Explanations.Ewe R, White OB, Burke A.Front Neurol. 2017 Nov 15;8:611
  • Clinical features of MS associated with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy mtDNA mutations. Pfeffer G, Burke A, Yu-Wai-Man P, Compston DA, Chinnery PF.Neurology. 2013 Dec 10;81(24):2073-81
  • Improving criteria for dissemination in space in multiple sclerosis by including additional regions. Foster MA, Pontillo G, Davagnanam I, Collorone S, Prados F, Kanber B, Yiannakas MC, Ogunbowale L, Burke A, Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott CAM, Ciccarelli O, Brownlee W, Barkhof F, Toosy AT.Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2024 Oct;11(10):2572-2582
  • Venous infarction mimicking a neoplasm in spontaneous intracranial hypotension: an unusual cause of Parinaud's syndrome. Bray TJ, Chandrashekar H, Rees J, Burke A, Merve A, Thust S.J Surg Case Rep. 2016 Mar 17;2016(3)
  • Preliminary Findings of a Dedicated Ocular Myasthenia Gravis Rating Scale: The OMGRate. Wong SH, Eggenberger E, Cornblath W, Xhepa A, Miranda E, Lee H, Burke A, Barnett C.Neuroophthalmology. 2019 Oct 9;44(3):148-156
  • Sexual Reassignment Fails to Prevent Kennedy's Disease. Lanman TA, Bakar D, Badders NM, Burke A, Kokkinis A, Shrader JA, Joe GO, Schindler AB, Bott LC, Harmison GG, Taylor JP, Fischbeck KH, Grunseich C.J Neuromuscul Dis. 2016 Mar 3;3(1):121-125
  • Cite The prevalence and natural history of dominant optic atrophy due to OPA1 mutations. Yu-Wai-Man P, Griffiths PG, Burke A, Sellar PW, Clarke MP, Gnanaraj L, Ah-Kine D, Hudson G, Czermin B, Taylor RW, Horvath R, Chinnery PF.Ophthalmology. 2010 Aug;117(8):1538-46, 1546.e1
  • Toxic epidermal necrolysis and neutropaenia: complications of omeprazole. Thakor AS, Burke A, Handfield-Jones S, Sinha A, Palmer M, Burns A.Australas J Dermatol. 2009 Aug;50(3):207-10.
  • A pilot study of positive mood induction in euthymic bipolar subjects compared with healthy controls. Farmer A, Lam D, Sahakian B, Roiser J, Burke A, O'Neill N, Keating S, Smith GP, McGuffin P.Psychol Med. 2006 Sep;36(9):1213-8. doi: 10.1017/S0033291706007835. Epub 2006 May 17