Professor Ian Kamaly-Asl

Ian Kamaly-Asl is a full-time Paediatric Neurosurgeon based at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, holding an honorary Chair from The University of Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre. He trained in the UK and completed fellowships at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School and The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

He is the neurosurgical Lead for the paediatric neuro-oncology service, The Christie national proton service, and the paediatric neurovascular service, receiving national and international patient referrals.

Ian was elected to the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2023. He is the Lead for digital surgery at the College  and the national Lead for tackling bullying, undermining, and harassment. He introduced the neurosurgery national mentoring scheme.

In surgical education, he was the national Lead for simulation in neurosurgery, introducing the neurosurgery national ST1 boot camp. Ian has an active research programme, serves as a Principal Investigator for national and international studies, and is extensively published.