Dr Sarah Michaels

GP / Adult & Child and Adolescent
MBBS, BA, ADHD Advanced Practitioner
GMC #7414512
Dr Sarah Michaels

Dr Sarah Michaels is a skilled General Practitioner specialising in supporting neurodivergent individuals, specifically those with ADHD and those who are autistic.

Dr Michaels’ trained in psychiatry at Maudsley Hospital and has 10 years’ experience working as a doctor with the NHS, including working with the Mood and Personality Team at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and spending three years as a GP.

As a GP, Dr Michaels has helped patients take their first steps towards identification of and formal assessment for autism and ADHD. She uses a warm and friendly person-centred approach, respecting the individual needs and preferences of all her patients, and is also a strong believer in neuro-affirmative approaches.

Coming from a neurodiverse family herself, Dr Michaels is passionate about working with neurodivergent people, helping them to find answers, and supporting them to live their best lives.

Dr Michaels is currently seeing patients online.

Dr Michaels is exceedingly diligent and thorough. She is skilled in working with patients where mental health, addiction, neurodiversity and physical health issues all overlap. As such, she is a well-respected colleague at the practice.

Areas of expertise

  • ASD
  • ADHD

Qualifications and education

  • Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
  • ADHD Advanced Practitioner
  • Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons)

Therapeutic approaches used

  • Person-centred care

Professional bodies and membership

  • Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP)
  • British Medical Association

Publications

In vitro and in vivo studies of trypanocidal activity of dietary isothiocyanates
Dietmar Steverding, Sarah Michaels, Kevin D Read (2022), Planta Med.