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Profile summary
Undergraduate Medicine University of Southampton 1982-87
House Officer in Medicine and Surgery, Southampton 1987/88
Anatomy Lecturer (temporary), Glasgow 1988/89
SHO ED, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Glasgow and Winchester 1989/92
Registrar in Neurosurgery, Cambridge 1992/94
MRC Clinical Training Fellow and Honorary Senior Registrar, Cambridge 1995/96
Specialist Registrar, Cambridge 1997/2000
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Aberdeen 2000/2002
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Plymouth 2002/ present
Honorary Posts, University of Plymouth - currently Professor (2021/ present)
Professional memberships
Society of British Neurological Surgeons
European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of England
Fellow Academy of Medical Educators
Roles on external bodies
Council member and President Elect, Society of British Neurological Surgeons
Chairman European Neurosurgical Examination Board (FEBNS)
Board and Council Member European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
Member of Council and of Cases Committee, Medical Defence Union
Teaching interests
Lead for Personal Development and Professionalism. University Plymouth
Previously Chairman of SAC Neurosurgery, responsible for training in UK and Ireland
Since Lead development of UK (2017/20) and European (2020/22) Curricula in Neurosurgery
Academic qualifications
Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education with distinction, University of Plymouth
… → 2016
PhD
… → 1998
FRCS Surgical Neurology
… → 1998
FRCS England
… → 1992
BM awarded with Distinction in Clinical Medicine , University of Southampton
… → 1987
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled trial of a two-week course of dexamethasone for adult patients with a symptomatic Chronic Subdural Haematoma (Dex-CSDH trial)
British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative and Dex-CSDH Trial Collaborators, 1 Mar 2024, In: Health Technology Assessment. 28, 12, p. 1-122 122 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Can AI pass the written European Board Examination in Neurological Surgery? - Ethical and practical issues
Stengel, F. C., Stienen, M. N., Ivanov, M., Gandía-González, M. L., Raffa, G., Ganau, M., Whitfield, P. & Motov, S., Jan 2024, In: Brain and Spine. 4, 102765.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Surgical recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in English adult neurosurgical centres
Thompson, D., Williams, A., Whitfield, P. C., Hutchinson, P., Phillips, N., Cromwell, D. & Helmy, A., 19 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Neurosurgery.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The safety of early pharmacological venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in patients with traumatic intracranial haemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Borbas, B. Z., Whitfield, P. & King, N., 30 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Neurosurgery.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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A survey of the radiological follow-up of unruptured intracranial aneurysms in the United Kingdom
Hall, S., Abouharb, A., Anderson, I., Bacon, A., Bahl, A., Brydon, H., Dow, G., Fouyas, I., Galea, J., Ghosh, A., Gurusinghe, N., Kamel, M., Minhas, P., Mitchell, P., Mowle, D., Mukerji, N., Nair, R., Norris, J., Patel, H. & Patel, J. & 11 others, , 2023, In: British Journal of Neurosurgery. 37, 2, p. 163-169 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review