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- MSc MBChB MRCPsych
Irshaad Ebrahim obtained his medical degree from the Nelson R Mandela
School of Medicine, South Africa. He subsequently trained in Psychiatry
at University College, London and Guy’s King’s and St.
Thomas’ Hospitals. He has postgraduate qualifications in Family
Therapy, Neuropharmacology and Neuropsychiatry of Sleep and Memory
disorders. He is an Honorary Consultant Neuropsychiatrist and Senior
Fellow at The Sleep Disorders Centre St. Thomas’ Hospital,
London where he leads the Insomnia Service and Research Team.
Irshaad has led a team of scientists and clinicians in studying
the role of the brain peptide Hypocretin (Orexin) in Psychiatric,
Sleep, Memory and Neurological Disorders. He has published in a
variety of peer-reviewed publications and is a member of the British
Medical Association, The Royal Society of Medicine sleep medicine
committee, The British Sleep Society, The British Neuropsychiatry
Association and the Royal College of Psychiatrists. More recently
he has been instrumental in establishing an International Research
Collaboration in Narcolepsy with Professor Jerome Siegel at The
Centre for Neurobiology Research at UCLA, California.
In early 2003, he established the London Sleep Centre and is thought
of as a pioneer in the world of Private Sleep Medicine in the UK.
He is the founder of Sigma Sleep Diagnostics (Pty) Ltd. |
