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 also very highly trained in spinal surgery.
Appointments
Clinical Director of Neurosciences North Bristol NHS Trust 2004-2010 Chair British Paediatric Neurosurgery Group 2005-6 Chair Paediatric Neuroscience Clinical Reference Group 2012-14 Honorary Treasurer of Society for Research into Hydrocephalus & Spina Bifida President Frenchay Hospital Cricket Club 2003-1014
Membership Of Societies
Royal College of Surgeons of England, Society of British Neurological Surgeons, Medical Protection Society, International Society of Paediatric Neurosurgery, European Society of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Society for Research into Hydrocephalus & Spina Bifida, Society of Expert Witnesses
Medicolegal Activity
Medico-legal opinions given on areas of expertise. Training in medico-legal report writing and court procedures (Bond Solon courses) Society of Expert Witnesses since 2004
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London 1988-90 Frenchay Hospital Bristol 1990-94 LeBonnheur & St Judes Hospital, Memphis USA 1994-95 Year of first medical qualification: 1983 Registered as an Expert Witness: Royal College of Surgeons of England
Society of British Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Neurological SurgeonsTethered spinal cord surgery, hydrocephalus treatment, Normal pressure hydrocephalus Intra-operative MRI
Intra-operative neurophysiology
Rigid Neuroendoscopy
/ul>Pople IK, Bayston R, Hayward RD. Infection of cerebrospinal fluid shunts in infants: a study of etiological factors. J Neurosurg 1992;77(1):29-36 Pople IK, Ettles D. The role of endoscopic choroid plexus coagulation in the management of hydrocephalus. Neurosurgery 1995;36(4):698-701; discussion 701-2 Pople IK, Athanasiou TC, Sandeman DR, Coakham HB. The role of endoscopic biopsy and third ventriculostomy in the management of pineal region tumours. Br J Neurosurg 2001; 15:305-311 Whitelaw A, Pople I, Cherian S, Evans D, Thoresen M Phase 1 trial of prevention of hydrocephalus after intraventricular hemorrhage in newborn infants by drainage, irrigation, and fibrinolytic therapy. Pediatrics 2003 Apr 111:4 Pt 1 759-65 Pople I, Poon W, Assaker R, et al. Comparison of infection rate with the use of antibiotic-impregnated vs standard extraventricular drainage devices: a prospective, randomized controlled trial. Neurosurgery. 2012 Jul;71(1):6-13 0117 907 9412
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