Clinical interests focus on: • Neurosurgical oncology of the brain and spinal cord • Surgery for cranial neuropathies (trigeminal, glossopharyngeal, geniculate neuralgias; hemifacial spasm) • Complex spinal surgery He also focuses on: • Degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine and cervical spine • Surgeries for facial pain and cranial nerve hyperactive disorders • Brain tumours • Spinal cord tumours • Disorders of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics • Disorders of the cranio-cervical junction

Minimally invasive neurosurgery • Management of skull base tumours • Vascular pathologies, including endoscopic endonasal approaches and cerebral revascularisations All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.

I provide well-constructed, evidence-based, expert reports for clinical negligence and personal injury claims across the range of general elective and emergency neurosurgical practice. I have particular expertise in head injuries, cauda equina syndrome and surgical neuro-oncology. Areas of medico-legal expertise: • Adult elective and emergency neurosurgery • Head injury • Brain tumour diagnosis and management • Cauda equina syndrome

Spinal surgery • General neurosurgery • Head injury • Skull base surgery, including acoustic neuroma management and meningiomas • Chiari malformation and syringomyelia - from all causes • Trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm and glossopharyngeal neuralgia • Intradural spinal tumours

Adult neurosurgery: hydrocephalus, trauma/head injury Paediatric neurosurgery: trauma/head injury, hydrocephalus, brain tumours, spinal tumours, spinal injury, spinal dysraphism, cranial dysraphism, intrathecal baclofen pumps, intracranial infection, intraspinal infection

Spine • Stenosis of the spine • Cervical spine: disease, disorders, injury, pain, spondylosis and strain • Whiplash injuries • Lumbar spine disorders and injury • Spine soft tissue injury • Strain injuries • Thoracic spine disorders, injury and pain • Spinal surgery • Spinal microsurgery • Spinal minimally invasive surgery • Cauda equina syndrome • Disc prolapse Also consulting at: (i) London Independent Hospital, E1. (ii) Highgate Hospital, N6. (iii) Princess Grace Hospital, W1U.

Mr Phillips' clinical interests are in endoscopic skull base surgery, cranial neurosurgery, particularly pituitary surgery, trigeminal neuralgia, subarachnoid haemorrhage and radiosurgery. He has also contributed to national policy in radiosurgery.

General cranial neurosurgery • Skull base surgery • Acoustic neuroma surgery • Brain tumours • Neuro-oncology • Neurotrauma • Head injury • Traumatic brain injury • Cerebral abscess • Intracerebral haemorrhage • Subarachnoid haemorrhage • Hydrocephalus • Chiari malformation NHS employment: Consultant Neurosurgeon, University Hospital Birmingham, UK Additional email: [email protected]

General neurosurgery • Pituitary neurosurgery • Skull base neurosurgery • Endoscopic neurosurgery • Neuro-oncology • Paediatric neurosurgery • Trauma/traumatic brain injury Prepared to work for the claimant or defendant, or as an SJE.