Mr Pasquale Gallo – about me: I am a Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon at Royal Hospital for Sick Children of Edinburgh. After qualifying as a doctor at The Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Rome, I continued on to study neurosurgery in Italy and France, before undertaking two fellowships in Birmingham, UK. I have since been working…
July 19, 2016
Mr Saurabh Sinha BMBCh(Oxon) MA(Oxon) FRCS(Ed) FRCSEd(NeuroSurg) is a consultant adult and paediatric neurosurgeon based in Sheffield in the United Kingdom. He is one of the few neurosurgeons qualified in paediatric endoscopic base skull surgery.
I was trained in Liverpool at the Walton centre, after which I underwent a complex spine fellowship in Switzerland. I am now the overall surgical director for the hospital, after 10 years as neurosurgical departmental lead. Specialist interests I specialise in paediatric brain tumours, spinal dysraphism, and hydrocephalus. I have been instrumental in bringing intra-operative MRI to Sheffield Children’s Hospital, allowing safer…
Richard Edwards is a Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon based in Bristol. His main areas of surgical expertise include Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy for diplegic cerebral palsy. In 2011 Bristol became the first centre to offer this procedure in the UK, using the technique initially developed by T S Park in St Louis, USA. He also has developed significant…
Mr Martin Tisdall is a consultant paediatric neurosurgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), London. About me: I have been a consultant neurosurgeon since 2013, having undergone a year of specialist training in Toronto Sick Kids Hospital. I run the paediatric epilepsy service in London and have a research interest in traumatic brain injuries.
Kristian Aqualina is a consultant paediatric neurosurgeon based in Great Ormond Street, London. He graduated from the University of Malta in 1995, completing his neurosurgical training in Bristol in 2009. During this time he carried out significant research into post germinal matrix haemorrhage hydrocephalus in premature babies. He published widely in this field and was awarded an…
Mr Pople was appointed as a Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon in Bristol 1995. He graduated from Sheffield Medical School, before continuing his training in Great Ormond Street and North Bristol NHS Trust. He then completed his fellowship at LeBonnheur & St Judes Hospital, USA. His main area of interest is in tethered spinal cord surgery and hydrocephalus treatment but he is…
Connor Mallucci – Senior Paediatric Neurosurgery Consultant About me: I qualified in London at University College in 1989. I underwent neurosurgery training in Birmingham, Nottingham and then Paris. I am committed to improving outcomes in children with brain tumours and hydrocephalus. I have just completed my tenure as chairman of the British Paediatric Neurosurgery Group, and continue…
Qualifications and training Mr Thompson trained at Charing Cross Hospital, London. He was demonstrator in Anatomy before embarking on his surgical career. His neurosurgical training was at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square; The Atkinson Morley’s Hospital, Wimbledon and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). He was fellow in craniofacial surgery at GOSH…
Mr Shungu Ushewokunze – Consultant paediatric neurosurgeon About me: I am department lead for paediatric neurosurgery in Sheffield. I graduated from the University of Zimbabwe before completing my neurosurgical training in Birmingham, Coventry and Stoke-on-Trent. I have developed a special interest in Epilepsy, Moya Moya disease, temporal lobe tumours, and hydrocephalus.