About the clinic

The Clinic is a research centre and outpatient service for people with migraine. On average around 1,500 patients are seen at the Clinic every year. Patients can self refer or be referred by their GP. The clinic is a medical charity and relies on donations from patients and other supporters in order to continue helping those with migraine and other headaches.

Although most of our patients live in London and the Home Counties, patients come from all over the UK and the rest of the world. The only limit is how far they are prepared to travel.

Patients from outside the UK must be seen as private patients. The Clinic also accepts private patients from the UK.  All private patients can self refer or be referred by their GP or other physician.  Our charges are in accordance with current British Medical Association recommendations.
Please contact us for further details.

Clinic patron
Dr Marcia Wilkinson founded the clinic together with Dr Nat Blau in 1980 as an independent registered medical charity affiliated with St Bartholomew's Hospital.
She has a long standing interest in migraine as evidenced by her numerous publications. She became Patron on her retirement in 1997. Dr. Wilkinson won the first Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Award, presented at the Headache World 2000 meeting in London.

Clinic Board of Directors
Dr J N Blau (Chairman)
Dr E A MacGregor (Vice Chairman)
Dr I Margaronis
Mr C Berry

Our Team
Dr J N Blau MD FRCP FRCPath is Consultant Neurologist at the Clinic and Honorary Medical Advisor to the British Migraine Action Association. He was joint editor of Continued Professional Development (CPD) Bulletin — Neurology, he completed his term as Chairman of the British Association for the Study of Headache (BASH) and as an executive committee member of the Anglo-Dutch Migraine Association (ADMA). Dr Blau has a particular interest in Cluster Headache, migraine in children and causal mechanisms of migraine in all age groups.

Dr Anne MacGregor is Director of Clinical Research at the City of London Migraine Clinic, and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in the Research Centre for Neuroscience, within the Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary, University of London She has a particular interest in the link between hormonal changes and headaches in women and through her research has delineated menstrual and menstrually related migraine. Dr MacGregor also works in the Department of Sexual Health at St. Bartholomew's Hospital and is an instructing doctor and member of the Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Medicine of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Dr MacGregor won the third Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Award, which was presented at the Migraine Trust International Symposium in September 2002.

The management team is completed by Paul Jansen, interim CEO. He is a former Global Business Support Manager for the wholesale unit of ABN AMRO Bank, has an Executive MBA at INSEAD (with distinction) and is specialised in interim management and consultancy for the social entrepreneurship sector.

Dr Blau and Dr MacGregor head a team of doctors with a special interest in migraine. They are supported by our clinical research sister, clinic administrator, secretary, fundraising administrator and several voluntary helpers.

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