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Lead neuro-oncology neurosurgeon; intracranial microsurgery and gamma knife.
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Information on Prof. Neil Kitchen
Mr Neil Kitchen — Consultant Neurosurgeon; practising at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square; Director of the Gamma Knife Unit and lead skull-base neurosurgeon.
Education & training: Studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital and Cambridge University, with a BSc in the history of medicine at UCL; advanced cranial microsurgery training.
Clinical interests: Brain tumour surgery, skull base surgery and gamma knife radiosurgery; complex intracranial microsurgery.
Research, teaching & leadership: Directs stereotactic radiosurgery service; leads skull-base programmes and contributes to national training.
Service & systems: Integrates radiosurgery and microsurgery within neuro-oncology pathways; data-driven quality improvement and outcomes monitoring.
Publications & presentations: Peer-reviewed outputs and invited lectures on neuro-oncology and radiosurgery.