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 fourth neurosurgical procedure is a burr hole! We’d definitely recommend watching the suggested video.

🧠🗳 It’s that AGM time of the year! We are looking for applications for all positions to join our Neurosurgery Society 2021/2022! 🗳🧠

🧠Our fourth influential neurosurgical figure is Thanjavur Santhanakrishna Kanaka, who was Asia’s first female neurosurgeon.

🧠Our third neurosurgical procedure is Deep Brain Stimulation a technique developed since the 1980s to treat some movement disorders and psychiatric conditions.

☀️Our third historical neurosurgeon is Diana Jean Kinloch Beck, who served as a consultant advisor for neurosurgery during WW2. Read more details by swiping right.

👀Our second neurosurgical procedure is a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, often used to treat hydrocephalus. Read more details by swiping right.

📚This Thursday! We haven’t had an Insta Live for a while so we’re so excited to announce Dr Kenneth Liu on March 25th at 19:00.

🧠Our second influential figure is Walter E Dandy , considered another founding father of neurosurgery alongside Harvey Cushing (check last Monday’s post !)

🧠Our first neurosurgical procedure of the series is Craniectomy which involves removing a portion of the skull itself. Learn by swiping right !

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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