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Mike Barnes personal profile
Consultant neurologist and medical cannabis expert, Professor Mike Barnes has dedicated his career to the development of neurological rehabilitation and medical cannabis awareness, education and clinical excellence. Professor Barnes brings his expertise to global medical cannabis and CBD wellness organisations, educates clinicians and patients and advocates for a sensible and robust approach to medical cannabis prescribing and industry growth in the UK. In 2018, Prof Barnes was the first UK doctor to successfully negotiate a medical cannabis prescription from the Government, for Alfie Dingley. A respected medical cannabis expert, speaker and educator, Professor Barnes now Chairs ECH Medical, part of European Cannabis Holdings. In this position, he works as Director of Education for the Academy of Medical Cannabis and is Chair of The Medical Cannabis Clinics. He is CMO of the Lyphe Group and Chair of Maple Tree Med Can Consultancy Prof Barnes Chairs the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society, a not-for-profit society providing training, expert guidance & peer support for clinicians prescribing life-changing medical cannabis treatments in the UK. He supports the End our Pain campaign and is a Trustee of the United Patients Alliance and lobby group CLEAR (Cannabis Law Reform.) Prof Barnes is also a non-executive Director of Christchurch Group Neurological Rehabilitation. Author of more than a dozen books and 100 academic papers, Prof Barnes’s latest book, The Beginner's Guide to Medical Cannabis is available to buy and download on Amazon.