Peter Hamlyn, Vice-Chairman, Brain and Spine Foundation
Peter Hamlyn qualified from University College London in medicine having first obtained a First Class Honours Degree in Neuroscience in 1982. He has remained in hospital practice since that time, becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1986.
He set up the Brain and Spine Foundation in 1992, shortly after operating on the former boxer Michael Watson, following the head injuries he sustained during the super-middleweight fight with Chris Eubank.
Peter became a Consultant Neurosurgeon (surgery of the brain and spine) in 1990 when he was appointed as neurosurgeon at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He subsequently became neurosurgeon to St Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospital, following their merger in 1996. He is a full time NHS consultant as well as running a private practice, and is responsible for some 300 operations a year, holds approximately 2,500 outpatient consultations a year, and handles in the region of 500 admissions per year. These cover a wide range of brain and spinal disorders of both an acute and chronic nature.
Peter holds an MD thesis from the University of London on the neurovascular compression in neurological and systemic disease which was awarded the University’s 1993 Roger’s Price for Advances in Medical Science. He has published on various subjects relating to both brain and spinal disorders and has similarly presented such work at learned societies. He is the Vice Chairman of The Brain and Spine Foundation and a Fellow of the Institute of Sports Medicine, awarded for his work in the field of head trauma. He is also a Medical Adviser to the Trigeminal Neuralgia Association of the United Kingdom.
