Job Title: Consultant Neurosurgeon

Department: Neurosurgery

Telephone Number: 01772 522583

Primary Medical Qualification: MBChB (Liverpool): 1990

Other Qualifications: BSc Hons (Liverpool): 1987, Neurosurgery (London): 1999, MD (Liverpool): 2000

Year of Registration: 2001 

GMC Number: 3498240

Career History:

Medical School:University of Liverpool:1984 – 1990

Basic Surgical Training: Liverpool Surgical Rotation: 1990 – 1996
Higher Neurosurgical Training: Dublin: 1996 – 2000
Neurosurgical Fellowship: Saint Louis, Missouri: 2000 -2001
Consultant Post: Preston 2001 – present 

Specialist Areas: General Neurosurgery 

Special Interests: Neurovascular Surgery, Skull Base Surgery including pituitary

Research Interests: Molecular Biology and Genetics of Intracranial Aneurysms and Tumours

Clinics: 

General Neurosurgery: Twice monthly at Preston, once a month at Burnley 
Neurovascular: Once a month at Preston.
Skull Base: Once a month at Preston.
Pituitary: Once every two months at Preston.

Languages Spoken: English, Welsh 

Awards & Prizes: 

Bromley Undergraduate Scholarship       1985
Thomas S. Hartman Prize in Anatomy     1986
Gossage Undergraduate Scholarship      1986
George Adami Prize in Pathology            1988
Kanthac Medal in Medical Microbiology   1988
Henry Cohen Prize in General Medicine  1988
Muriel B. Hall Prize in Psychiatry              1990