Salford Royal Hospital Microsurgical Skull Base Fellowship
Based at: Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester
Surgical Specialty Association approving: None
Fellowship period: Fellowship in existence 2005 – present.
Supervisor/Lead Consultant: Mr Scott Rutherford, Consultant Neurosurgeon
Fellowship duration: 12 months, fellowship runs August-August.
Stated learning outcomes:
- To be competent in the assessment, management and follow-up of patients with skull base pathology, to understand relevant anatomy, surgical approaches and MDT working.
- To be competent in core and applied skull base operative techniques, enhanced communication techniques with patients with complex pathology and MDT members.
- To be new consultant competent in managing all aspects of skull base practice
- To participate in at least one audit and research project and aim to present at the annual British Skull Base Society meeting. Research will be encouraged and the fellow will be expected to be involved in developing academic aspects of skull base.
Clinical competencies to be achieved:
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary setting, and safely and appropriately manage skull base pathologies, operatively and non-operatively.
- Ability to safely resect skull base pathologies, e.g. meningiomas, vestibular schwannomas, and other less common lesions, and to deal with their potential complications.
The number of main operations the fellow could expect to be involved in:
Approximately 220 skull base procedures / year. MDT manages >800 new referrals per year, 200 of which are new vestibular schwannomas, and total MDT caseload of 2,700 patients annually. Largest cohort of NF2-related Schwannomatosis patients in UK and adult and paediatric auditory brainstem implantation experience.
Fellows awarded Fellowship Certificate (dates of Fellowship):
|
Fellow |
Year |
Current post |
|
Scott Rutherford |
2005 |
Consultant, Manchester, UK |
|
Emad Shenouda |
2006 |
Consultant, Southampton, UK |
|
Paolo Perrini |
2007 |
Consultant, Pisa, Italy, UK |
|
Stephen McNally |
2008 |
Consultant, Dublin, Ireland |
|
Paul Smith |
2009 |
Consultant, Melbourne, Australia |
|
Sinan Barazi |
2010 |
Consultant, London, UK |
|
Katie Gilkes |
2011 |
Consultant, Liverpool, UK |
|
Arul Bala |
2011-12 |
Consultant, Perth, Australia |
|
Charlotte Hammerbeck-Ward |
2012-13 |
Consultant, Brighton, UK |
|
Yahia Al-Tamimi |
2013-14 |
Consultant, Sheffield, UK |
|
Omar Pathmanaban |
2014-15 |
Consultant, Manchester, UK |
|
Jawad Yousaf |
2015-16 |
Consultant, Liverpool, UK |
|
Alireza Shoakazemi |
2016-17 |
Consultant, London, UK |
|
Wayne Ng |
2017-18 |
Consultant, Queensland, Australia |
|
Aaron Robichaud |
2019-21 |
Consultant, Nova Scotia, Canada |
|
Laurence Glancz |
2021-22 |
Consultant, Nottingham, UK |
|
Evangelos Drosos |
2022-23 |
Skull base fellow, Bristol, UK |
|
Mosaab Alsuwaihel |
2023-24 |
Skull base fellow, Cardiff, UK |
Timetable
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|
am |
pm |
|
Mon |
Skull base theatre |
Skull base theatre |
|
Tues |
Skull base theatre |
Skull base theatre |
|
|
Trigeminal neuralgia clinic |
Skull base clinic |
|
Wed |
On-call/CPD |
NF2 MDT & clinic |
|
|
Oculoplastic-skull base clinic |
|
|
Thurs |
Skull base clinic |
Skull base clinic |
|
Fri |
Skull Base MDT (alt weeks) |
Audit & research |
|
|
General theatre (alt weeks) |
General theatre (alt weeks) |