Private Practice
Spire Hull & East Riding
Lowfield Rd, Anlaby,
Hull
HU10 7AZ
Biography
Dr. Gooriah graduated in medicine from the University of Leeds in 2008. He also holds a First-Class honours degree in Medical Sciences. He undertook his foundation training at the Leeds University Teaching Hospitals, after which he started specialist training in the Yorkshire Deanery, working in Leeds, Huddersfield, and Hull. He has been a consultant neurologist since 2017 and possesses considerable experience in a broad range of acute and chronic neurological diseases. He is also an expert in the diagnosis and management of dementia and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, tremors, and restless legs syndrome. He runs specialist clinics for these conditions. This is in addition to general clinics for symptoms such as headaches, seizures, funny turns, dizziness, pins and needles, etc.
​​As a consultant, Dr. Gooriah has helped develop a pathway to improve the diagnosis of dementia in Hull. He holds a monthly multidisciplinary meeting with healthcare providers to support them with the diagnosis and treatment of patients with dementia at the Hull Memory Clinic.
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Dr. Gooriah is the Royal College of Physicians Regional Specialty Advisor for Yorkshire and a previous member of the service committee of the Association of British Neurologists between 2017 and 2023. He has a keen interest in the training of junior doctors and aspiring neurologists. He has previously served as Clinical Lead for Neurology from 2021 to 2024 for Hull University Teaching hospitals.
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Education & Training
2008
MBChB University of Leeds
2011
Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (London)
2012-2017
Neurology Training in Yorkshire
2017
Certificate of Completion of Training in Neurology
2022
Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (London)
Publications
Book chapter
Gooriah R, Raman A (2016) Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: an overview of pathophysiology, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment. In: Moretti, D. ed. Dementia. Intech 529-546
Journal publications
Wong HT, Rowland-Hill C, Gooriah R. Vein of Labbé thrombosis: don't miss the dot! Pract Neurol. 2019 Dec;19(6):541-542.
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Gooriah R, Harley J (2016) Neurological complications following bariatric surgery: a case of Wernicke’s encephalopathy and dry beri-beri. Rev Neurol. 172(11): 715-716
Buture A, Gooriah R, Nimeri R, Ahmed F (2016). Current understanding of pain mechanisms in migraine and cluster headache. Anesth Pain Med. 6(3): e35190
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Gooriah R, Nimeri R, Ahmed F (2015) Evidence-based treatments for adults with migraine. Pain Res Treat. 2015;629382
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Gooriah R, Buture A, Ahmed F (2015) Evidence-based treatments for cluster headache. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 11:1687–1696
Gooriah R, Ahmed F (2015) OnabotulinumtoxinA for chronic migraine: a critical appraisal. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 11:1003-13
Gooriah R, Ahmed F (2015) Thunderclap Headache: A Review of Different Aetiologies. Emerg Med (Los Angel) 9:251
Gooriah R, Ahmed F. New and Emerging Treatments for Migraine. J Pain Relief 2015;04(01).
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Gooriah R, Ahmed F. Therapeutic Uses of Botulinum Toxin. J Clin Toxicol 2014;05(01)
Gooriah R, Dafalla BE, Venugopalan TC (2014) Led astray: MELAS initially misdiagnosed as herpes simplex encephalitis. Acta Neurol Belg. 115(4);789-792
Gooriah R, Dafalla BEA, Tun S, Venugopalan TC, Lwin KK. Visual hallucinations: an unusual manifestation of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease termed the “Heidenhain variant.” (2014) J Neurol. 261(11):2228–9