Dr Oliver Bernath

Dr Oliver Bernath is a Consultant Neurologist specialising in sleep disorders. He graduated with his Doctor of Medicine in 1990 from the University of Ulm in Germany with a dissertation in muscle physiology. He had also trained at University College Hospital, London, UK. For his post-graduate specialist training, he moved to the United States and trained in Neurology at University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinical Neurophysiology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He also trained in Sleep Medicine with sleep research pioneers Professors Dement and Guilleminault at the Sleep Disorders Clinics at Stanford University and UCSF. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology, and the American Board of Sleep Medicine (now AASM). Dr Bernath is also certified as Somnologist by the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) and the German Society for Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine (DGSM). He entered the Specialist Register as Neurologist in the UK in 1999. Dr Bernath previously led the Northern California Sleep Disorder Center at Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco. He currently sees patients privately at the Lanserhof at The Arts Club and The Chelsea Psychology Clinic. Under the NHS, he sees patients at the Sleep Clinics at Guy's Hospital in London and at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead. He sees patients across the entire spectrum of sleep disorders, including: • Insomnia • Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea • Non-REM Parasomnias (Night Terrors, Sleepwalking, Sleep Eating, Sexsomnia, etc.) • REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder • Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep Disorder • Narcolepsy and Idiopathic Hypersomnia • Jet Lag Disorder • Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome and sleep/wake rhythm disorders • Sleep Optimisation for Performance Dr Bernath offers the full spectrum of diagnostic sleep studies and treatments for sleep disorders. He also sees neurological disorders:: • Epilepsy • Headaches • Movement Disorders • Pain conditions • General neurological conditions

"Evidence-based care tailored to each patient — taking the time to explain options and shared decisions."

1. 2004–2010
   MD · Medicine and Surgery

   Universitat de Barcelona

2. 2010–2014
   Residency · Neurology

   Universidad Complutense de Madrid

3. 2014–2015
   Fellowship · Subspecialty training

   AP-HP Paris, FR

1. 2014-09–2015-08
   Junior consultant

   Universitat de Barcelona Teaching Hospital — Neurology

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h-index: 12 · i10: 11

Selected publications

1. European registry analysis of Neurology outcomes

   Dr Oliver Bernath, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2025

   DOI: 10.3969/euroclin.2025.0 · cited by 55

2. Outcomes of Neurology in adults — a multi-centre cohort

   Dr Oliver Bernath, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2024

   DOI: 10.6368/euroclin.2024.1 · cited by 181

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