NHS Practice

Professor Christopher Uff is a Consultant Neurosurgeon specializing in the treatment of acute brain pathology. His NHS practice is at the Royal London Hospital Major Trauma Centre in East London where he is Head of Neurotrauma and Neurosurgical Academia. He is an Honorary Professor in Neuroscience  and Trauma at the Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London.

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He was Clinical Lead for Neurosurgery from 2017 - 2021, during which the Royal London Hospital was rated best in the UK across all domains in the GMC national training survey.

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In 2019, Professor Uff performed aneurysm surgery on live TV for Chanel 5's Operation Live series: My5 - Operation Live - Season 2 - Episode 3 / Episode 3 (channel5.com)

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Private Practice

Independent practice is based at London Bridge Hospital (Tooley St and The Shard) and The London Clinic (Devonshire Place).

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Academic

He is an Honorary Professor at Queen Mary University of London where his academic interests include the pathophysiology of acute brain injury and non-invasive intracranial pressure monitoring.

http://www.c4ts.qmul.ac.uk/staff/chris-uff

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chris_Uff

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Surgical Training

Originally from London he attended pre-clinical medical school in St Andrews where he was awarded a BSc with Honours in developmental neurobiology, and clinical school in Manchester.

He trained in general surgery in East Angia and in neurosurgery in London. He remains the most junior trainee to pass the FRCS (Neurosurgery) consultant exam.

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PhD

He studied for a PhD in Physics and Neurosurgery at the Institute of Cancer Research (University of London) investigating the mechanical properties of the interface between normal brain and tumours which was awarded in 2012. He has received prizes from the British Neuro-Oncology Society and the Society of British Neurological Surgeons.

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Neurovascular Surgery

He completed the neuro-vascular fellowship at Kings College Hospital in 2014 and was appointed as a Consultant Neurosurgeon at The Royal London Hospital later in 2014.

http://www.nhs.uk/profiles/consultant/4695550

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Other Interests

Other interests include IronMan Triathlon, Marathon running and violin making.

Notable marathon results include:

• 2014 Virgin London Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 43 minutes and 25 seconds (position 295 / 36,000).

• Second place in the 2013 Lee Valley Trail Marathon with a time of 3 hours 35 seconds.