About Us

King’s College London Neurosurgical Society aims to promote the surgical sub-specialty of neurosurgery through the provision of relevant events for students and staff interested in the field.

These events consist of lectures, career advice, neurosurgical observation opportunities, OSCE skills workshops, networking initiatives and more.

Our Streams

Our newly-launched 5 streams allows all neurosurgery, neurology and neuroscience enthusiasts to keep up-to-date with our society.

The Committee

Kelvin Pak

President

Sharmila Devi

President

Imogen Stables

Vice President

Tasneem Saumtally

Secretary

The typical role of secretary is geared towards general logistics for the society such as handling room bookings, taking minutes during meetings, and keeping an eye on the emails. While this is what I do, it is not where the bulk of my time is spent. Rather, researching and writing the fortnightly newsletter is where more of my efforts are focused.

Malaika Jindal

Treasurer

As treasurer, I balance the books for the KCL neurosurgery society. I process and pay invoices on behalf of the committee members and arrange reimbursements. In addition, I liaise with external organisations to secure sponsorships and grants to finance the society’s events.

Harry Senior

Events Officer

Hi, I am Harry (Year 2 Medic) and we are the events/charity officers this year! We are working towards several events throughout the year including Instagram CBD Sessions as well as a Women in Neurosurgery talk. A large part of our role is also to organise events to help fundraise for our chosen charity, Zellweger UK.

Tommaso Squeri

Academic Lead

Nye Rhys Potter

Clinical Lead

Orla Mantle

Media Lead

Elena Maerz Engstler

Media officer

Sophie Majoe

Social media officer

Current Members

We have set up an “Ideas” form for current members of our society who wish to contribute to our society. If you have a new idea to trial, looking for opportunities to collaborate as an individual or a society, do fill up our form:

Alumni

We thank our Alumni committee members for their immense contributions to our society and engagement with medical students and trainees. Join our Facebook page [Alumni Committee Members] to stay up to date with our society and opportunities to involve and mentor our upcoming neurosurgical enthusiasts.

Social Media

Instagram

🌎Our ninth influential figure is Albert Rhoton Jr, who did pioneering work in microsurgery and neurosurgical education!

😷Our seventh technique is laminectomy, which is a surgery that removes all or part of the vertebrae.

💀THE CRANIUM💀 (lateral view). Formed of 22 bones, the cranium can anatomically be divided into neurocranium (protects the brain) and viscerocranium (forms the face). The bones of the skull are joined together by cranial sutures which are syndesmoses (fibrous joints).

👨🏻‍⚕️Our eighth influential neurosurgeon is William Beecher Scoville, who is known for working on the famous case H.M.

📚This Wednesday May 5th at 19:00! We’re excited to present Dr Roman Kovalenko.

☀️Our sixth technique is a hemispherectomy.

🧠Thank you to the KCL Neurosurgery Society committee 2020/21 and all members!

🧠Our seventh influential figure is Gazi Yasargil.

🎓Our sixth influential figure is Wilder Graves Penfield, who pioneered the Montreal procedure to treat epileptic patients.

Twitter

Follow us for updates in Innovation, Academic Neurosurgery and connect with our alumni and international neurosurgical departments.

A rapid review by our alumni, Hanrahan et al, 2020 on neurosurgical responses to COVID-19: doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.06.167
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