Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust
The Royal London Hospital
Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgey, Queen Square
Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon (Pituitary Surgeon), BHRUT, Romford
Research interests
Endoscopy
Brain tumours
Skull base
Personal interests
Skull base surgery (anterior and lateral, endoscopic and microsurgical)
Neuro-oncology - brain tumours
Head injury
Spine
Gamma knife
Awards received
EANS (European Association of Neurosurgical Societies) reciprocal exchange award
(Additional) Languages spoken
- Greek, Modern
- Native or bilingual
- German
- Fluent
Publications
1. Endoscope Holders in Cranial Neurosurgery: Part 2-An International Survey.
World Neurosurg. 2018 Mar;111:
PMID: 29305118
2.The use of a stent-retriever to cause mechanical dilatation of a vasospasm secondary to iatrogenic subarachnoid haemorrhage.
Interv Neuroradiol. 2017 Jun;23(3):330-335.
PMID: 28604190
3. Specification Analysis, Design, and Prototyping of a Burr Hole Endoscope Stabilization Device.
Surg Innov. 2016 Dec;23(6):613-619.
PMID: 27448557
4.Endoscope Holders in Cranial Neurosurgery: Part I-Technology, Trends, and Implications.
World Neurosurg. 2016 May;89:343-54. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.01.052.
PMID: 26844875
5.The Assessment of Distortion in Neurosurgical Image Overlay Projection.
Surg Innov. 2016 Feb;23(1):14-22. doi: 10.1177/1553350615593222.
6. "Surgical management of complex multiloculated hydrocephalus in infants and children." Child's Nervous System, February 2015, volume 31, issue 2, pp. 243-249.
PMID: 25795071
7.Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma secondary to extradural arteriovenous malformation in a child: a case-based update.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2013 Nov;29(11):1985-91. doi: 10.1007/s00381-013-2214-5. Epub 2013 Jun 29.
PMID: 23812629
8.EANS-CNS reciprocal travel awards: the CNS 3D surgical anatomy course in Chicago.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2012 Aug;154(8):1535-6.
PMID: 22555550
Combined intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging and navigated neuroendoscopy in children with multicompartmental hydrocephalus and complex cysts: a feasibility study.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011 Sep;8(3):279-88. doi: 10.3171/2011.6.PEDS10501.
PMID: 21882920
Comparative study of application accuracy of two frameless neuronavigation systems: experimental error assessment quantifying registration methods and clinically influencing factors.
Neurosurg Rev. 2010 Apr;34(2):217-28. doi: 10.1007/s10143-010-0302-5. Epub 2011 Jan 19.
PMID: 21246391
Interpeduncular arachnoid cysts in infants and children: insight into the entity based on a case series with long-term follow-up.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2011 Mar;27(3):429-38. doi: 10.1007/s00381-010-1265-0. Epub 2010 Aug 14.
PMID: 20711593
Pilomyxoid astrocytoma of the cervical spinal cord in a child with rapid progression into glioblastoma: case report and literature review.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2011 Feb;27(2):313-21. doi: 10.1007/s00381-010-1171-5. Epub 2010 May 12. Review.
PMID: 20461521
