Dr Daniela Riano Barros

Professional statement

Dr Daniela Riano Barros (known as Dr Barros) is a renowned and trusted consultant psychiatrist practising in London. She treats patients suffering from a multitude of neuropsychiatric, psychiatric and psychological disorders. Her areas of expertise include functional neurological disorders, dementia, traumatic brain injury, as well as mood disorders and she is also a medicolegal expert.
 
Dr Barros originally qualified from Universidad La Salle in Mexico City with a degree in medicine, before moving to the UK, where she pursued a masters degree in clinical neurology at University College London. Following this, she chose to undertake a PhD in Neurosciences at Imperial College London.
 
During her PhD studies, she focused on treating cognitive impairments in individuals with epilepsy using positron emission tomography (PET) and also worked at the epilepsy clinics of UCH Hospitals Epilepsy Society.
 
Following her PhD, she completed her specialist training at various London hospitals, including the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Maudsley Hospital. She became a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2016.

Since 2021, while working as a neuropsychiatrists and liaison consultant at St. Thomas' Hospital in London, Dr Barros has taken an interest in identifying and treating neuropsychiatric conditions in adult inherited metabolic diseases, such as phenylketonuria (PKU), as well as in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Alongside the aforementioned treatments, Dr Barros also treats other psychiatric conditions such as depression, anxiety, OCD, psychosis, sleep disorders, PTSD/cPTSD and adult ADHD. She believes strongly in focusing on a mind, body and person-centred approach to her treatment and is committed to delivering sessions where her patients feel safe, comfortable and ready to open up, so that she can help them to deal with whatever issues they may have.