Chair: Ian Kamaly-Asl

Ian Kamaly-Asl is a full-time paediatric neurosurgeon based at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. His neurosurgical training was in the North Western Deanery followed by fellowships at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School and The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He was appointed to his current post in 2005. He holds an honorary chair from The University of Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre. Ian is the neurosurgical lead for the paediatric neuro-oncology and paediatric neurovascular services and receives national and international patient referrals for these conditions. For his leadership roles, Ian is an elected member of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons Council, is the national lead for tackling bullying, undermining and harassment and has introduced the neurosurgery national mentoring scheme. He is a past chair of the British Paediatric Neurosurgical Group and member of the NHS England Paediatric Neurosciences Clinical Reference Group. Ian has undertaken various national roles in surgical education including member of the Neurosurgery Specialist Advisory Committee and national lead for simulation in neurosurgery, introducing the neurosurgery national ST1 boot camp. He was previously secretary to the Neurosurgical National Selection Board and training programme director of the North Western Deanery. Ian has an active programme of clinical and basic science research. He is the principal investigator for several national/international studies and has extensively published in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and national guidelines.