Mr Simon Cudlip

Simon Cudlip is currently in post as a consultant neurosurgeon, and head of the department of neurosurgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford having been originally appointed in 2004. Immediately prior to this he had completed a 1 year fellowship in pituitary surgery at the NHNNS, Queen Square. This consultant appointment was made to replace the position held by Mr Christopher Adams, and specifically, to continue the internationally recognized pituitary practice he had established over the previous decades.Innovations by Mr Cudlip at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust have included the development of a endoscopically assisted minimally invasive technique for spinal surgery allowing day-case surgery, the first implantation of a cervical disc replacement in the region (now widely adopted), and the development of endoscopically assisted transcranial tumour resection for glioma and skull-base tumours.Since 2004 the transition has been made to a pure endoscopic surgical technique for pituitary and anterior skullbase disease, a 48 hour hospital stay for patients undergoing pituitary surgery, a weekly joint pituitary clinic and closer working with the endocrine team, and satellite joint pituitary clinics. From the time of Mr Cudlip’s appointment, the number of pituitary cases operated on per year has nearly doubled to over 100-120 cases/ year. Expansion of the endonasal/ endoscopic technique has allowed more complex tumours to be approached, and now this technique is used for paediatric cases, skull base meningioma, chordoma/ chondrosarcoma, and craniopharyngioma. As a result successful funding has been gained for a dedicated image guidance system, two HD endoscopic systems and 4 full sets of instruments. Mr Cudlip has now performed over 1400 operations for pituitary disease.Together with the academic department of endocrinology, a number of clinically based publications have led to changes in practice in the management of patients with pituitary disease internationally.The size and experience of the pituitary practice has allowed the establishment of a internationally recognized post-CCT endoscopic surgical fellowship supervised by Mr Cudlip. This position is recognized as the most established and accredited Royal College of Surgeons of England fellowship in pituitary surgery.Mr Cudlip is regularly invited to lecture on the subject of pituitary surgery, is a surgical tutor at the Royal College of Surgeons, runs an international clinical course on cervical arthroplasty in Oxford and Amsterdam, is a member of the panel at the yearly Royal College of Physicians pituitary conference, and recently has become a member of the Specialist Endocrinology Clinical Reference Group.Mr Cudlip regularly lectures abroad, and recently undertook a series of lectures in China, speaking as an invited lecturer at a joint meeting between the two largest neurosurgical departments in China.In addition he regulary works in training surgeons in India and Uzbekistean,

Please note the Activity reports are very inaccurate from data gathered from Hospitals - I do not perform Sinus procedures I perform endoscopic pituitary surgery, and at an average of 100 cases per year ( a total of over 1600 such operations) Endoscopic pituitary and skull base surgery Endoscopically assisted (keyhole) brain surgery for tumours Minimally invasive surgery for lumbar disc prolapse Cervical arthroplasty or fusion for degenerative disease in the neck General neurosurgical care of patients