Amolak Bansal

Doctor Amolak Singh Bansal is a consultant immunologist. He spent most of his career, until his retirement, at the Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals in the United Kingdom. He now practices one day a week at the Spire St Anthony's Hospital near Cheam, Surrey. He has researched the involvement of B cells (also known as B lymphocytes) in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). His professional interests are allergy, autoimmunity, CFS/ME and immunodeficiency.

Bansal Score Chart for ME/CFS
Dr. Bansal developed a diagnostic scoring system, the Bansal Score Chart for ME/CFS, in order to improve the diagnostic certainty for primary and secondary care physicians.

Current ongoing work

 * Evaluation of glucocorticoid receptor resistance in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as determined from leucocyte GCRalpha and beta mRNA.

Notable studies

 * 2011, The impact of CFS/ME on employment and productivity in the UK: a cross-sectional study based on the CFS/ME national outcomes database (Abstract)
 * 2012, Chronic fatigue syndrome, the immune system and viral infection (Abstract)
 * 2013, Altered functional B cell subset populations in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome compared to healthy controls. (Full Text)
 * 2013, The Immune System in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Abstract)
 * 2014, Psychosocial factors involved in memory and cognitive failures in people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (Full Text)
 * 2016, Investigating unexplained fatigue in general practice with a particular focus on CFS/ME (Full Text)
 * 2016, Extended B cell phenotype in patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A cross-sectional study (Full Text)
 * 2017, Chronic fatigue syndrome and the immune system: Where are we now? (Abstract)
 * 2018, CD24 Expression and B Cell Maturation Shows a Novel Link With Energy Metabolism: Potential Implications for Patients With Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Full Text)

Talks and interviews

 * 2012, Croydon GP Education Programme slide presentation
 * Title - "Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME)"


 * 2014, Speaker at the 9th Invest in ME BRMEC conference - [Conference Report]
 * Talk title - "Diagnosis/Treatments and ME in UK"


 * 2014, Seminarium om barn och unga med ME/CFS (video)
 * 2015, Jorgen Jelstad TV interview at ME conference (18 Nov 2015)
 * 2015, Speaker at the 10th Invest in ME International ME Conference - DVD available
 * Talk title - "Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis: Combining clinic and research"

Online presence

 * PubMed

Learn more

 * Epsom & St Helier Hospitals - Amolak Bansal