Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon • 26 years’ experience in medico-legal report writing in the UK Main interests Head and spinal injuries • Cervical and lumbar disc diseases and sequelae of their treatment (i.e. failed neck and back surgery syndromes) • Negligence claims in neurosurgery and spinal surgery Author of 'Neurosurgeon in War and Peace' , ISBN: 9781665585323, available in print and E-Book (Amazon, eBay and Author House UK). https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neurosurgeon-War-Peace-Ameen-Abbas/dp/1665584211

Clinical interests focus on: • Neurosurgical oncology of the brain and spinal cord • Surgery for cranial neuropathies (trigeminal, glossopharyngeal, geniculate neuralgias; hemifacial spasm) • Complex spinal surgery He also focuses on: • Degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine and cervical spine • Surgeries for facial pain and cranial nerve hyperactive disorders • Brain tumours • Spinal cord tumours • Disorders of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics • Disorders of the cranio-cervical junction

Head injuries • Spine injuries (neck to lower back) • Back pain/cauda equina 'Overall the experience is fine.' Aaron Zeveron, James Doyle, Paul Crowley & Co Solicitors All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.

General neurosurgery • Pituitary neurosurgery • Skull base neurosurgery • Endoscopic neurosurgery • Neuro-oncology • Paediatric neurosurgery • Trauma/traumatic brain injury Prepared to work for the claimant or defendant, or as an SJE.

General neurosurgery • Neurovascular neurosurgery • Neurosurgical trauma • Head injuries

Adult neurosurgery: hydrocephalus, trauma/head injury Paediatric neurosurgery: trauma/head injury, hydrocephalus, brain tumours, spinal tumours, spinal injury, spinal dysraphism, cranial dysraphism, intrathecal baclofen pumps, intracranial infection, intraspinal infection

I provide well-constructed, evidence-based, expert reports for clinical negligence and personal injury claims across the range of general elective and emergency neurosurgical practice. I have particular expertise in head injuries, cauda equina syndrome and surgical neuro-oncology. Areas of medico-legal expertise: • Adult elective and emergency neurosurgery • Head injury • Brain tumour diagnosis and management • Cauda equina syndrome

General neurosurgery excepting functional and pituitary neurosurgery • Oncology neurosurgery • Head injury • Spinal neurosurgery • Paediatric neurosurgery • Vascular neurosurgery • Degenerative spinal disease • Human factors and mathematical modelling of disease and treatment • Clinical trials Private Secretary: Jennifer Walton - [email protected]

Spinal surgery • General neurosurgery • Head injury • Skull base surgery, including acoustic neuroma management and meningiomas • Chiari malformation and syringomyelia - from all causes • Trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm and glossopharyngeal neuralgia • Intradural spinal tumours

Brain injury • Brain injury sequelae • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) • Head injury • Concussion

Head injury • Post-traumatic epilepsy, headache, concussion • Spinal injury • Whiplash injury • Lower back injury • Neurovascular diseases • General neurosurgery • Nerve injury

Neurology • Whiplash • Head injury • Muscle injury • Nerve injury • Neurogenetics • Headache • Migraine • Epilepsy • Stroke • Neuropathy • Neuropathic pain • Neuromuscular disorders • Neurological diseases & disorders • Neurodegenerative diseases • Muscular pain & disorders • Brain injury, diseases & disorders Also at: (i) Department of Neurology, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire, AL7 4HQ. (ii) Spire Harpenden Hospital, Ambrose Lane, Harpenden , Hertfordshire, AL5 4BP. (iii) Wellington Hospital, London , NW8 9LE. (iv)...

Neurosurgery • Spinal surgery

Minimally invasive neurosurgery • Management of skull base tumours • Vascular pathologies, including endoscopic endonasal approaches and cerebral revascularisations All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.

General adult neurosurgery, including head injury, brain tumours, pituitary tumours, hydrocephalus, degenerate spinal disorders, cervical & lumbar disc disease, brain haemorrhage, aneurysms, AVMs • I am able to provide personal injury reports & clinical negligence reports • I am situated in The Midlands & can do home visits if required

Mr Phillips' clinical interests are in endoscopic skull base surgery, cranial neurosurgery, particularly pituitary surgery, trigeminal neuralgia, subarachnoid haemorrhage and radiosurgery. He has also contributed to national policy in radiosurgery.

Consultant Stroke Neurologist working in hyperacute & acute stroke services at St George's Hospital, involved in thrombolysis & thrombectomy service provision • Secondary stroke prevention care (inpatient & outpatient) • General neurology: mainly outpatient neurology clinics (two a week) seeing about 24 new patients a month with a variety of neurological symptoms & diagnosis. Also some inpatient neurology work seeing ward referrals & acute neurology admissions (these could range from infection/cancer to autoimmune...

Hydrocephalus • Spina bifida • Childhood neurological conditions (paediatric neurosurgery) • Lumbar disc disorders • Head injury • Neuro-endoscopy • Child abuse affecting the brain

General neurology (disorders of and injuries to the nervous system, i.e. brain, spinal cord, nerves, muscles) • Epilepsy • Post-trauma epilepsy • Stroke • Migraine • Headache • Nerve injury • Neuropathy • Neuropathic pain • Neurodegenerative diseases

Neurosurgery • Surgical conditions of the brain and spine, head injury and spinal injury. Having 17 years' consultant experience in all aspects of neurosurgery, I am qualified to provide an opinion on most aspects of spinal and cranial conditions and treatments. My particular clinical interests are endoscopic pituitary region surgery, degenerative spinal surgery, including instrumentation, and endoscopic ventricular surgery. I have significant medico-legal experience and have been cross-examined in the Coroners...

General cranial neurosurgery • Skull base surgery • Acoustic neuroma surgery • Brain tumours • Neuro-oncology • Neurotrauma • Head injury • Traumatic brain injury • Cerebral abscess • Intracerebral haemorrhage • Subarachnoid haemorrhage • Hydrocephalus • Chiari malformation NHS employment: Consultant Neurosurgeon, University Hospital Birmingham, UK Additional email: [email protected]

Cerebrovascular disease, including cerebral revascularisation, aneurysms, arterio-venous malformations, cavernomas, dural fistula • Tumours of the skull base and carnio-vertebral junction, meningiomas and benign tumours of the brain and spine and degenerative spinal conditions • Neuroendoscopy, head injuries, hydrocephalus and shunts Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate

Areas of interest include personal injury and clinical negligence claims involving cranial and spinal neurosurgery. Specifically this includes: • Head injury • Neck and back injury • Spinal surgery • Cranial surgery • Neuro-oncology • Skull base surgery • Vascular surgery and subarachnoid haemorrhage • Meningioma surgery • Whiplash. Consulting face to face in Sheffield and Manchester.