Amolak Bansal

Doctor Amolak Singh Bansal is a consultant immunologist at the Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals in the United Kingdom. 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 CFS 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 (Collin SM, Crawley E, May MT, Sterne JA, Hollingworth W, O'Dowd H, Butt K, Dunn D, Pemberton S, White P, Murphy M, Mullick Y, Amolak Bansal)
 * 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, Research Article - 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 by (Attree EA, Arroll MA, Dancey CP, Griffith C, Amolak Bansal) (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, Review - Chronic fatigue syndrome and the immune system: Where are we now? (Abstract)

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, 2014 - Dr. Amolak S. Bansal - Seminarium om barn och unga med ME/CFS
 * 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