Mr Bassel Zebian

Bassel Zebian studied medicine at King’s College London. He completed his neurosurgical training in London rotating between King’s College Hospital, St George’s and the Hurstwood Park Neurosciences Centre. He undertook a paediatric neurosurgical fellowship at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. He is currently a Consultant Paediatric and Adult Neurosurgeon at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – one of the busiest in the country and at the forefront of neurosurgical innovation. He practices privately at King's College Hospital and the London Bridge Hospital. His interests include the management of brain and spine tumours (including pineal, ventricular, thalamic, brainstem tumours and spinal cord tumours), CerebroSpinal Fluid (CSF) Disorders including hydrocephalus, intracranial cysts (including arachnoid, colloid and pineal cysts), Intracranial Hypertension (IIH), Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH), Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension (SIH), Chiari malformations and syringomyelia, endoscopy and minimally invasive neurosurgery, Spinal and cranial neural tube defects including open and closed defects, tethered cord and fetoscopic repair of open spina bifida/myelomeningocoele/myeloschisis, the management of spasticity using Selectove Dorsal Rhizotomy, the neurosurgical management of paediatric neurovascular conditions (haemorrhages) as well as the treatment of the degenerative spine (slipped discs and trapped nerves) with a special interest in minimally invasive approaches including Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy (UBE). He was the training and education lead and is the undergraduate lead for neurosurgery. He is lead for paediatric, teenage and young adult neurosurgery. He is the patron of the King’s College London Neurosurgery Society which was founded by the medical students he taught. He has an active interest in research with a number of national and international presentations and publications. He is the organiser of the international Endoscopy in Neurosurgery course ( hands-on course covering all aspects of neurosurgical endoscopy – cranial and spinal). He is the recipient of a global innovation in healthcare award for his endoscopic and minimally invasive techniques which have allowed access to previously inaccessible lesions and their resection using endoscopic ultrasonic aspirators with one of the largest series of such resections in the world. He is also the recipient of two further awards for his work in fetal neurosurgery and the fetoscopic repair of open neural tube defects. He has the largest UK series of paediatric brain and spine tumour resections using Gliolan (intraoperative tumour fluorescence) and the largest series of endoscopic intraventricular tumour resections including through the use of the transchoroid approach to the 3rd ventricle. He holds a National Clinical Impact Award which he received from the Department of Health and Social Care which oversees the English National Health Service.

-      Management of brain and spine tumours (including pineal, ventricular, thalamic, brainstem and spinal cord tumours) -      CerebroSpinal Fluid (CSF) Disorders including hydrocephalus, intracranial cysts (including arachnoid, colloid and pineal cysts), Intracranial Hypertension (IIH), Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH), Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension (SIH), Chiari malformations and syringomyelia -      Endoscopy and minimally invasive neurosurgery -      Spinal and cranial neural tube defects including open and closed defects, tethered cord and fetoscopic repair of open spina bifida/myelomeningocoele/myeloschisis -      Treatment of the degenerative spine (slipped discs and trapped nerves) with a special interest in minimally invasive spinal approaches including Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy (UBE). -      The neurosurgical management of paediatric neurovascular conditions (haemorrhages) - Management of spasticity using Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy