Nicholas Higgins

J. Nicholas P. Higgins is a consultant neuroradiologist and interventional radiologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Education

Higgins attended Oxford University and Guy’s Hospital Medical School.

Career

In 1997, Higgins became a consultant neuroradiologist and interventional neuroradiologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge.

He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and the Royal College of Radiologists.

In 2002 he published the first case of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) treated by stenting the transverse venous sinuses. His recent research investigates possible connections between IIH, spontaneous intracranial hypotension, Chiari malformation, syringomyelia, chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia.

Papers

• 2021, “A paradigm for chronic fatigue syndrome: caught between idiopathic intracranial hypertension and spontaneous intracranial hypotension; caused by cranial venous outflow obstruction”
• 2023, “Life changing response to successive surgical interventions on cranial venous outflow: A case report on chronic fatigue syndrome”