Dr Brent Elliott

Dr Brent Elliott is a consultant neuropsychiatrist affiliated with the Neurosciences Institute at Cleveland Clinic London Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Portland Place Outpatient Centre, the Rapid Access and Acute Rehabilitation (RAAR) team at the Royal London Hospital, and the Traumatic Brain Injury multidisciplinary team at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

He also serves as a liaison psychiatrist at St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospitals, where he held leadership roles as service lead and Associate Clinical Director from 2013 to 2023. Previously, he was an honorary consultant neuropsychiatrist at the Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy between 2011 and 2016. Dr Elliott graduated with distinction in Pathology and Surgery from St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospitals Medical School in 2001. He pursued psychiatry training in East London, later advancing to a higher trainee position in general adult and liaison psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital.

As part of his advanced training, he served as a neuropsychiatry registrar at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, gaining extensive experience in managing the intersection of psychiatry and neurology. Specialising in the psychiatric care of patients with neurological conditions, Dr Elliott focuses on disorders arising from traumatic brain injury, stroke, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and functional neurological disorders. He also brings significant expertise in acute crisis psychiatry, developed through his decade-long work in the Emergency Department and Major Trauma Centre at the Royal London Hospital.

His comprehensive approach emphasises tailored interventions for complex neurological-psychiatric conditions. Dr Elliott's research centers on the interplay between sleep disturbances and psychiatric conditions. He holds an MSc in Sleep Medicine with distinction from the University of Oxford, where he was awarded the Archibald Jackson and Thomas Willis prizes. Currently, as a probationary DPhil (PhD) student at Oxford, his research investigates the relationship between sleep quality and mental health outcomes in patients recovering from traumatic brain injury and stroke, highlighting his commitment to advancing the field of neuropsychiatry.