Preston Skull Base Group is a multi-disciplinary team concerned with the evaluation and treatment of patients with disorders of the skull base.

Examples of such disorders include acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma), meningoma, pituitary adenoma, head & neck cancers (of the paranasal sinuses, temporal bone, parotid gland), Arnold-Chiari malformation and trauma.

Preston Skull Base Group has on-site access to nasal endoscopy, orbital surgery, maxilofacial surgery, plastic surgery and radiotherapy.

The group runs joint clnics and supports the running of a skull base Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) meeting and a Pituitary MDT meeting, each of which run twice a month to discuss individual patient cases. The focus of the group is on patient choice and quality of life.

Members of the Preston Skull Base Group

Neurosurgery:  

Mr G. Roberts (Skull Base MDT Lead)
Prof N. Gurusinghe
Mr A. Golash 

Otology:

Mr A. Pahade

Head & Neck /Skull Base Endoscopy:

Mr J. De Carpentier
Mr V. Varadarajan

Maxillofacial Surgery:

Mr S. Akhtar
Mr K. Anjum 

Orbital Surgery:

Mr M. Sira
Mr V. Patel

Radiotherapy:

Dr C. Lim

Plastic Surgery:

Mr J. Srinivasan

Endocrinology:

Dr S. Howell
Dr K. Kaushal

Facial Prosthetics:

Mrs A. Fow
Mrs R. Scarrott

Specialist Nurses:

Ms J. Tate (Surgical)
Ms J. Law (Surgical)
Ms S. Wilson (Endocrine)
Mr A. Fishburm (Head & Neck)

Contact details

Mr G. Roberts
Consultant Neurosurgeon,
Department of Neurosurgery,
Royal Preston Hospital,
Sharoe Green Lane,
Preston,
Tel: (01772) 522583
Fax: (01772) 522093