Dr Panicker works as a  Consultant Neurologist in Uro-Neurology at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, and is a Reader in Uro-Neurology and Clinical Neurology at the University College London (UCL) Queen Square Institute of Neurology   He is Clinical lead for Uro-Neurology, and together with a team that includes a Urologist, Uro-gynaecologist, Gastroenterologist, Nursing, Health Psychologist and  Clinical scientists performing  urodynamics and pelvic neurophysiology tests, the Department of Uro-Neurology  offers  a holistic, multi-disciplinary  approach to the evaluation and treatment of   bladder, bowel and sexual dysfunction in patients with established and suspected  neurological disorders.

Dr Panicker qualified in 1996 and subsequently trained in both General Medicine and Neurology.  He became involved in the management of patients with neurogenic bladder dysfunction early in his career when setting up a neurorehabilitation service.  He maintains  an academic and clinical interest in Uro-Neurology and Pelvic neurology and his primary interest is in understanding the neural control of the lower urinary tract,  and the neurological basis for bladder and sexual dysfunction following inflammatory, degenerative and  traumatic   disorders of the nervous system and  their management.  In his dedicated Uro-Neurology clinics, he sees patients across a wide range of  neurological disorders that include  Multiple sclerosis and related  inflammatory disorders, dementias, Parkinson’s Disease and Parkinson's plus syndromes, spinal cord tumour  and traumatic disorders such as  cauda equina syndrome.  A growing number of patients with unexplained bladder, sexual and bowel dysfunction  are being referred for evaluating a possible neurological cause, and  he leads a dedicated pelvic neurology service that  includes pelvic neurophysiology testing evaluating the afferent and efferent sacral somatic innervation, urodynamics testing and  close links with Neuroradiology.  The department  runs a dedicated service for young women presenting with unexplained urinary retention, many of whom ultimately are found to have a primary disorder of sphincter relaxation (Fowler’s syndrome).


Dr Panicker is involved in  the  training of health care professionals  from the United Kingdom and Overseas across different specialities.  He is involved in the running of MSc courses and PhD supervision at UCL, and his  clinical research is supported by external grants.  He has edited two books, and published  more than 150  peer-reviewed articles  and 15 book chapters.