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Dr. Bastiaan C. ter Meulen MD PhD

Consultant Neurologist

Internal Medicine, Neurology | 15 years of experience | Speaks English, Dutch, German, French

Areas of Expertise:

  • Headache and migraine
  • Backpain and sciatica
  • Vascular neurology
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Dr. Ter Meulen is an experienced consultant neurologist who has joint King’s College Hospital after being a full staff member for more than 15 years at the OLVG Teaching Hospital in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Dr. Ter Meulen diagnoses and treats the full range of neurological disorders and has a special interest in chronic (neuropathic) pain, migraine and cluster headache. He is known for his empathic and holistic approach to his patients.

Dr. Ter Meulen studied medicine in Belgium and The Netherlands and as a student he also attended two prestigious US institutions: Northwestern University in Chicago and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. After university he specialized into Neurology at the Erasmus Medical Center (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), a leading hospital in the field of stroke neurology and neuro-immunology (MS, Guillain Barre syndrome and auto-immune encephalitis).

Along with his clinical work as neurologist (from 2009 on) Dr. Ter Meulen has worked as a researcher- his PhD-thesis on sciatica was finished in 2024- and was vice-chairman of the local residency program (neurologists-in-training). He also has a special interest in medical ethics: dr. Ter Meulen co-founded and chaired the Amsterdam hospital ethics committee and has led numerous moral case deliberations within the setting of the Neurology Ward and ICU. He co-authored the handbook on medical ethics (in Dutch).

Over the years he has published about 70 papers in both English and Dutch languages. Topics include sciatica (randomized controlled trial and economic evaluation), phantom pain, neuropsychiatry, ethics and Islam. See publication list for details and open access titles.

1994-2002 Medical Doctor (MD)
◦ Leuven University (Belgium)
◦ Radboud University (The Netherlands)
◦ Northwestern University (USA)
◦ Mount Sinai School of Medicine (USA)

2003-2009 Neurologist (specialization)
*Erasmus Medical Center (The Netherlands)
*Haga Teaching Hospital (The Netherlands)
2016-2024 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Faculty of beta sciences. Vrije Universiteit (The Netherlands)

Neurologist (MSRC, The Netherlands)

Neurologist (HAAD, Abu Dhabi)

Neurologist (SCHS, KSA)

1. Klein Heeren brink S, Coenen P, Coppieters MW, van Dongen JM, Vleggeert-Lankamp CLA, Rooker S, Ter Meulen BC, Bosboom JLW, Bouma GJ, Lutke Schipholt IJ, Sleijser-Koehorst MLS, de Vries R, Ostelo RWJG, Scholten-Peeters GGM. (Cost-)effectiveness of personalized multimodal physiotherapy compared to surgery in patients with cervical radiculopathy: A systematic review. J Eval Clin Pract. 2024 Oct;30(7):1227-1238.

2. Ter Meulen BC, Maas ET, van der Vegt R, Haumann J, Weinstein HC, Ostelo RWJG, van Dongen JM. Cost-effectiveness of Transforaminal epidural steroid injections for patients with ACUTE sciatica: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disord. 2024 Apr 1;25(1):247.

3. Ter Meulen BC, van Dongen JM, Maas E, van de Vegt MH, Haumann J, Weinstein HC, Ostelo R. Effect of Transforaminal Epidural Corticosteroid Injections in Acute Sciatica: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Clin J Pain. 2023 Dec 1;39(12):654-662.
4. Ritt MWJ, Koning H, van Dalen BV, Ter Meulen BC. Tibial Nerve Block as Treatment of Chronic Foot Pain. Anesth Pain Med. 2023 Jan 13;13(1):e131180.
5. Vis PJ, Goudriaan AE, Ter Meulen BC, Blom JD. On Perception and Consciousness in HPPD: A Systematic Review. Front Neurosci. 2021 Aug 11;15:675768
6. Zonjee VJ, Slenders JPL, de Beer F, Visser MC, Ter Meulen BC, Van den Berg-Vos RM, van Schaik SM. Practice variation in the informed consent procedure for thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke: a survey among neurologists and neurology residents. BMC Med Ethics. 2021 Aug 25;22(1):114
7. Dwarshuis G, Ter Meulen B, Leurs C, Suliman H. Teaching NeuroImage: Starch-Iodine Test: A Colorful Tool for Objectifying Anhidrosis in Horner Syndrome. Neurology. 2021 Dec 7;97(23):e2353-e2354.
8. Ter Meulen B, Overweg C, Feenstra T, Brouwer B, Terheggen M, van Dongen H, Kallewaard JW, Ostelo R, Weinstein H. Diagnosis and Treatment of Sciatica in the Netherlands: A Survey among Neurologists and Anesthesiologists. Eur Neurol. 2021;84(4):219-229.
9. Blom JD, Ter Meulen BC, Dool J, Ffytche DH. A century of prosopometamorphopsia studies. Cortex. 2021 Jun;139:298-308.
10. Ter Meulen BC, van Dongen JM, van der Vegt M, Weinstein HC, Ostelo RWJG. STeroids Against Radiculopathy (STAR) trial: a statistical analysis plan. Trials. 2021 Jan 22;22(1):80

For dissertation, see https://research.vu.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/299116109/phd-thesis-btermeulen+-+65c1ee0e7a012.pdf

◦ Amsterdam Neurological Association (ANV)
◦ Netherlands Society of Neurology (NVN)
◦ Netherland Headache Association (NHV)
◦ Royal Dutch College of Medicine (KNMG)
◦ Royal College of Physicians (London)
◦ Association of British Neurologists (ABN)
◦ Anglo-Dutch Migraine Association (ADMA)
◦ Network Ethics Support The Netherlands (NEON)
◦ Leyden Islam Academy
◦ British Islamic Medical Association (BIMA)

  • Headache and migraine
  • Backpain and sciatica
  • Vascular neurology
  • Cognitive disorders
  • Epilepsy
  • Movement disorders, including Parkinson Disease
  • Multiple sclerosis

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