Mr Thomas Santarius

Thomas Santarius (Tom) trained in Neurosurgery at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge with additional experience gained in London (Atkinson Morley Hospital, Great Ormond Hospital); in the USA: Boston (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital) and San Francisco (UCSF Medical Center); France (Montpellier). He underwent research training at Harvard University (Dr Peter McL Black), the Sanger Institute (Sir Micheal Stratton) and obtained PhD (Natural Sciences) from the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on improvement of outcomes of patients with brain tumours through understanding of the biology of brain tumours and refinements of surgical techniques to make neurosurgical operations safer and more effective. Tom is active in neurosurgical teaching and training, serving as a faculty at courses and symposia in the UK and around the world. In 2005 he co-founded and directs Cambridge Lectures in Neurosurgical Anatomy. He also co-founded International Academy of Neurosurgical Anatomy (IANA) and served on the Anatomy Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies and as at the President of the British-Irish Meningioma Society. In addition to his Addenbrooke's Hospital and University's Clinical School appointments, Tom serves as an affiliated lecturer at the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience.

Thomas Santarius has a special interest in treating patients with brain tumours, both adult and paediatric. His research is focused on better understanding of the biology of brain tumours and the improvement of surgical techniques to remove brain tumours, making them safer and more effective. The most common tumours he treats are meningiomas, metastases ('secondaries'), pituitary adenomas and gliomas (low-grade gliomas, such as oligodendrogliomas and astrocytomas, and glioblastomas). Some brain tumours can be treated and even cured by surgery alone, but many will require other treatments such as chemo- and radiotherapy. Thomas works closely with neurologists, neuro-oncologists, neuro-pathologists, neuro-radiologists, neuro-endocrinologists, neuro-ophthalmologists, neuro-physiologists, neuro-psychologists, neuro-anaesthetists, neuro-intensivists and ENT surgeons.