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Abhijit Das

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abhijit.das@lthtr.nhs.uk

Abhijit Das

MD, DM, MRCP (UK) (Neurology), FRCP (Edin)

  • Consultant Neurologist
  • Honorary Associate Professor

Abhijit Das is a Consultant Neurologist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where he leads the Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) service, and an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Central Lancashire. His research interest involves application of clinical hypnosis, immersive virtual reality (VR), and neuromodulation in FND management, drawing on more than two decades of experience in clinical neurology and neuroengineering research. 

Dr. Das is a member of the FND and Neuropsychiatry Advisory Group of the Association of British Neurologists (ABN), a Council Member of the Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Section of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) and serves as Specialty Advisor to the British Society of Clinical & Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH), Scientific subcommittee, British & Irish Association of Stroke Physicians (BIASP). He holds multiple international patents in neuroengineering and has contributed extensively to peer-reviewed literature. His research activities have attracted multiple awards and grants. 

His recent research grants include:

  • THRIVE-FND: Therapeutic Hypnosis via Restorative Immersive Virtual Environments for Functional Neurological Disorder (Innovate UK: Mindset: Extended Reality for digital mental health - strand 1, Grant Number: 10102271; Duration: 1/4/24 to 30/9/24; Funding Awarded: £76,368) 
  • Co-production of a Platform Technology for VR Biofeedback Training under Operant Conditioning for Functional Lower Limb Weakness (EPSRC Rehabilitation Technologies Network; 1 January 2024 – 30 November 2024; Funding Awarded: £49,863.48)  

    • His recent publications include: 

    1. Kannan, S., Dutta, A., & Das, A. (2024). Sleep disorders in functional neurological disorder - a systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurological sciences, 10.1007/s10072-024-07931-9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-024-07931-9
    2. Das A, Dutta A (2024). Functional seizure therapy via transauricular vagus nerve stimulation. Medical Hypotheses. Volume 191, 2024,111462, ISSN 0306-9877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2024.111462
    3. Das A. (2024). The art of undiagnosis: navigating the complexity of diagnostic revision in functional neurological disorder (FND). Neurological sciences, 45(6), 2935–2937. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-024-07373-3