History of BSBS
The British Skull Base Society was founded in November 1992 by a multidisciplinary group of clinicians working in the field of skull base surgery including otolaryngologists, maxillofacial surgeons and neurosurgeons. Founder members included Professor Michael Gleeson, Professor Anthony Cheeseman, Mr David Uttley, Miss Anne Moore and Mr Danny Archer.
It’s inaugural meeting was held in 1993 as part of the European Skull Base Society meeting in Riva del Garda.
Past Presidents of the society include:
- Mr David Uttley, Consultant Neurosurgeon
- Mr Danny Archer, Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon
- Professor Richard Ramsden, Consultant Otolaryngologogist
- Mr Carl Hardwidge, Consultant Neurosurgeon
- Mr David Moffat, Consultant Otolaryngologist
- Professor Andrew King, Consultant Neurosurgeon
- Professor Shakeel Saeed, Consultant Otolaryngologist
- Mr Nick Thomas, Consultant Neurosurgeon
- Mr Patrick Axon, Consultant Otolaryngologist
Previous BSBS meetings have been hosted by:
- 1992 Royal Marsden, London
- 1993 Lake Garda, Italy (part of ESBS)
- 1995 Paris, France (part of ESBS)
- 1997 London
- 1998 Nottingham
- 1999 Nottingham
- 2001 Copenhagen (part of ESBS)
- 2002 National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London
- 2003 Southmead Hospital, Bristol
- 2004 Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester
- 2005 Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton
- 2006 Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
- 2007 Prague (part of ESBS)
- 2008 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
- 2009 Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
- 2010 Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
- 2011 Southampton General Hospital, Southampton
- 2012 Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham
- 2013 Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds
- 2014 National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London
- 2015 Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
- 2016 Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
- 2017 University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
- 2018 The Walton Centre, Liverpool
- 2019 Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow