Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon at the Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust in Oxford UK, and Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Manor Hospital Oxford. Honorary Seior Lecturer University of Oxford

MB BS (Lond), Medical Degree
BSc (Hons) Immunology, additional degree forming part of medical degree
FRCS (Eng), qualification in basic surgery
FRCS (Surgical Neurology), qualification in neurosurgery
MD, postgraduate degree in medical research
CCST Neurosurgery, registration on GMC specialist register in neurosurgery

Registar (resident) at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, and Atkinson Morley's Hospital, London.
Neurosurgery fellowship in Aachen, Germany, and one year spent in post-training fellowship in pituitary surgery at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London.

Previous research includes: Chemical analysis of brain tumours using MRI (MR spectroscopy): Imaging of peripheral nerve using MRI (MR neurography). Currently involved in numerous prospective studies involving patients with pituitary tumours undergoing surgery and clinical studies examining minimally invasive spinal and pituitary surgery.

Awake craniotomy using stealth frameless stereotaxy without rigid skull fixation Barazi SA, Cudlip S, Marsh H. Br J Neurosurg. 2006 Feb;20(1):43-5

Craniopharyngiomas. Karavitaki N, Cudlip S, Adams CB, Wass JA.Endocr Rev. 2006 Jun;27(4):371-97. Epub 2006 Mar 16

Treatment of pituitary tumors: history. Thanabalasingham G, Karavitaki N, Cudlip S, Wass JA Endocrine. 2005 Oct;28(1):3-8

Metabolic profiles of human brain tumors using quantitative in vivo 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy.Magn Reson Med. 2003 Feb;49(2):223-32.Howe FA, Barton SJ, Cudlip SA et al

Minimally invasive (keyhole) spinal surgery
Pituitary surgery, including endoscopic pituitary surgery
Surgery for brain tumours, including awake craniotomy