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Dr Luke Bennetto is a Consultant Neurologist in Bristol. He began specialist training in neurology in 2001 and has been a consultant since July 2008. He is a consultant with Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Bristol, where he teaches medical students and examines at finals and PhD level.
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He was awarded an MD by the University of Bristol for his thesis on disability in multiple sclerosis. He is President of the South West England Neuroscience Association (SWENA), and was previously Neurology Training Programme Director for the Severn Deanery and a member of the Neurology Specialist Advisory Committee. He served as Training Secretary for the UK Neuro-Ophthalmology Society from 2018 to 2025 and was lead organiser of the inaugural UK Neuro-ophthalmology training day held in London in 2025.

Dr Luke Bennetto smiling outdoors

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Medicine (BM), 1997

  • CCT in Neurology, 1 July 2008

  • Doctor of Medicine (MD), 2008

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), 2012

  • GMC registration: 4422662

Professional memberships

  • Royal College of Physicians of London

  • Association of British Neurologists

  • UK Neuro-ophthalmology Society

  • South West England Neuroscience Association (SWENA) - Current President

  • British & Irish Neuro-ophthalmology Club

  • Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland

Selected talks and media

  • Does TBI cause dementia? Debate. St John's Chambers, 19 October 2022

  • Plenary speaker, "Optical Coherence Tomography", Association of British Neurologists Annual Meeting, Edinburgh, May 2024

  • Pre PACES Podcast, episode #10, "Optic Neuropathy", June 2021

  • "Neuro-ophthalmology: 10 things to know", Edinburgh Clinical Neurology Course, 2016

  • "Neurology for Lawyers", Royal College of Physicians, London, 2013

Selected publications

  • Reynolds GL, Plant G, Epps S, Sebastian R, Bennetto L. Glaucoma: what the neurologist needs to know. Pract Neurol. 2024 Nov;24(6):493-502.

  • Mollan SP, Menon V, Cunningham A, Plant GT, Bennetto L, Wong SH, Dayan M. Neuro-ophthalmology in the United Kingdom: providing a sustainable, safe and high-quality service for the future. Eye (Lond). 2024 Aug;38(12):2235-2237.

  • Bennetto L, Lueck CJ. Wall-eyed bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia (WEBINO): what does it mean to be wall-eyed? Pract Neurol. 2022;22(1):4-5.

  • Bennetto L, Guly C, Ormerod I, Plant GT. Eye drop neurology. Pract Neurol. 2014 Jun;14(3):145-151.

  • Bennetto L, Plant GT. The optic papilla ("inny" or "outy") and the origins of papilloedema. Pract Neurol. 2012 Aug;12(4):269-70.

  • Bennetto L, Burrow J, Sakai H, Cobby J, Robertson NP, Scolding N. The relationship between relapse, impairment and disability in multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler. 2011 Oct;17(10):1218-24.

  • Bennetto L, Patel NK, Fuller G. Trigeminal neuralgia and its management. BMJ. 2007 Jan 27;334(7586):201-5.

  • Bennetto L, Powter L, Scolding NJ. Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning presenting without a history of exposure: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2008;2:118.

  • Bennetto L, Totham A, Healy P, Massey E, Scolding N. Plasma exchange in episodes of severe inflammatory demyelination of the central nervous system: a report of six cases. J Neurol. 2004 Dec;251(12):1515-21.

  • Bennetto LP, Lyons P. Miller Fisher syndrome associated with Pasteurella multocida infection. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2004 Dec;75(12):1786-7.

  • Bennetto L, Foreman N, Harding B, Hayward R, Ironside J, Love S, Ellison D. Ki-67 immunolabelling index is a prognostic indicator in childhood posterior fossa ependymomas. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 1998;24(6):434-440.

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